I don’t see anything wrong with “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Lift every voice and sing,
’Til earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on ’til victory is won.
Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chastening rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet
Come to the place For which our fathers died.
We have come, over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
’Til now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.
God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who has by Thy might
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet, stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;
Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand,
True to our God,
True to our native land.
It won’t be long until they push it to replace the Star Spangled Banner, just as Juneteenth will replace Independence Day.
It’s been a beautiful hymn for about 100 years, and in Baptist hymnals. Blacks glommed in to it because the authors were black. It wasn’t meant to be any kind of “national anthem”.
The issue is not the lyrics being objectionable.
The issue is that some are pushing the so called black national anthem, to make a political statement about alleged racism.
Never surrender anything to leftists. If leftists want it, it’s bad. Even if it’s not inherently bad, they want it for bad reasons and will use it as a base for launching additional attacks.
The simple fact that it’s being billed as a “black national anthem” makes it racist.
Historically a good song on both sides was and could be the BATTLE HYMNN OF THE REPUBLIC. Many black soldiers sang this with great emotion.
What about an "Asian National Anthem" or a "Hispanic National Anthem" or an "Arab National Anthem?"
Why does a "Black National Anthem" get special recognition alongside the National Anthem of our country?
I’m surprised the left hasn’t tried to ban it. It is Christian based, and American Nationalist.
Thank you for posting these inspiring lyrics!
What is wrong, and you should know this, is that this is simply
another diabolic way to separate us. They can’t stand us being
at peace with each other, each of us U.S. Citizens.
There has to be friction.
Where do you draw the line. In Los Angeles schools there
are 165 different languages spoken by its students. Well,
we only have 163 more anthems to go.
I’m so tired of these blatant attempts to fractionate
this nation.
Trump should promise to declare it the new National Anthem.
Yes, it is some of the popular church hymnals. I’m wondering if this raciest crowd changed the lyrics.
There cqn be ONLY one.