[quidnunc]

I Vow To Thee My Country

I vow to thee, my country — all earthly things above —
Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love;
The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test,
That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best;
The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,
The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice.

And there’s another country, I’ve heard of long ago—
Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know;
We may not count her armies, we may not see her King;
Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering;
And soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase,

[goldstategop]

You forgot the final verse - taken from the Psalms - "and her ways are ways of gentleness and all her paths are peace."

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[P8riot]

Beautiful song. I sang it at a friend's wedding a few summers ago. He married a young lady in Cornwall. He flew me over to be part of the ceremony.

[nmh]

What's racist about this?

[I still care]

"said the hymn's popularity was a symptom of a "dangerous" increase in English nationalism which had parallels with the rise of Nazism."

Nationalism nothing. If he wants to see the REAL legacy of the Nazis, tell him to come to Florida and get a load of our judges. We're killing our innocent disabled here.

[mjtobias]

It's a beautiful hymn.

There is no problem with.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Methinks the Rt Rev Lowe's opinion represents a dangerous increase in cattle manure coming from certain quarters of society.

[Clive]

While he is banning npatriotic songs, I wonder if he has turned his mind to the xenophobic language of La Marseillaise:

Aux armes citoyens
Formez vos bataillons
Marchons, marchons
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons

[Churchillspirit]

Good find and thanks for posting the words.

One of my favorite hymns.

This bishop should go find something else to worry about.

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