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Excerpt from Garfield and Arthur Republican Campaign Song Book, 1880 Lend now thy gracious ear; While for our country dear To thee we pray. We wait and pray. Give of thy bounteous grace; Guard from invading foe; Bless of mankind each race; Keep from intestine woe; Let all thy goodness trace Some good for token show, In life's dark way. Thy love display, '2 Great God! Our Father, hear! '5 Great God! Our Father, hear! Teach us thy name to fear As suppliants we appear In holy dread. Before thy throne. Make wars and strife to cease; Let not the foot of pride Oh! Give perpetual pcace; Come near us to abide; So earth shall yield increase Be thou our earthly guide, Of daily bread. And lead us home. 3 Great God! Our Father, hear! 6 Great God! Our Father, hear! Guide all, both far and near, Make thou our pathway clear In our dear land. With heavenly light. In Union, strength to find; Bless thou our beauteous land, One, both in heart and mind; While we as brothers stand, 0 God! Thy people bind In phalanx firm and grand, In love's strong band. To guard the right. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.