Profoundly grateful
for all Thy countless blessings
and fully conscious of Thy presence here
and wherever Thy name is called upon in sincerity,
we invoke Thy spirit to dwell among us
at this hour and at all times.

Every spot in our fair land
has a glory all its own
to enkindle our pride
and to prompt our prayer.
We feel Thy everlasting arms support us,
and we pray
that we may never cease to deserve Thy protection
nor fall below the great mission
which Thou hast placed in our hands.

Even as the sun, ready to run his race,
stands this hour highest in the heavens,
declaring Thy glory,
so does our beloved America
enjoy now the high noon
of prosperity and promise.
May she not lose her queenly zenith
nor go the downward slope to decline.

Give us, therefore, O God,
a deeper apprectation
of the heroism of peace
and of the apostleship of justice
with which Thou has commissioned us.

May we feel
that the consciousness of American sovereignty
lies in a righteous citizenship.
Let us realize soulfully
that honesty is not only the best policy,
but the only principle
of a self-respecting nation
or individual.

May we learn to hear Thy voice,
not in the storm of formidable power
nor in the fire of flinty steel
nor in the quake of raging creeds,
but in the still small voice
of equity, justice, and peace.

And not only here, but everywhere,
may Thy blessings be bountifully bestowed.
Wherever there is a hand uplifted to heal and to help,
do Thou treble its efficacy for good;
wherever there is a voice crying out
against injustice and persecution,
do Thou give ear
and force to its righteous appeal.

Bless all the peoples
with increasing wisdom,
freedom,
and brotherliness,
that the day may not be far distant
when all may stand in the high noon of full-orbed liberty
and recognize in the great Republic of a united humanity
but one citizenship,
that of a consecrated manhood and womanhood,
under Thee, the Father and Ruler of all.
Amen.