"Our fathers' God, to thee
Author of liberty,
To thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light;
Protect us by thy might,
Great God our king."
this is the fourth verse of
My Country Tis of Thee
- Words: Samuel Francis Smith, c1832
- Smith was an American minister and writer. According to Julian's Dictionary of Hymnology,
he was one of the main editors of The Psalmist--"the most creditable and influential of the American Baptist collections"
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