Scripture Verse

All the earth is Mine. Exodus 19:5

Introduction

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Albert D. Watson (1859–1926)

Words: Al­bert D. Wat­son, 1917. The orig­in­al words were writ­ten for use in Ca­na­da. See the end of this page for a ver­sion suit­able for oth­er coun­tries.

Music: O Ca­na­da Calixa La­val­lée, 1880. Har­mo­ny ed­it­ed by Will­iam S. Ding­man (1858–1947) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Ding­man (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

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Calixa Lavallée (1841–1891)

Lyrics

Lord of the lands, be­neath Thy bend­ing skies,
On field and flood, wher­e’er our ban­ner flies,
Thy peo­ple lift their hearts to Thee,
Their grate­ful voices raise:
May our do­minion ev­er be
A tem­ple to Thy praise.
Thy will alone let all en­throne;

Refrain

Lord of the lands, make Ca­na­da Thine own:
Lord of the lands, make Ca­na­da Thine own!

Almighty Love, by Thy mys­ter­ious pow­er,
In wis­dom guide, with faith and free­dom dow­er;
Be ours a na­tion ev­er­more
That no op­press­ion blights,
Where jus­tice rules from shore to shore,
From lakes to north­ern lights.
May love alone for wrong atone;

Refrain

Lord of the worlds, with strong eter­nal hand,
Hold us in hon­or, truth and self-com­mand;
The loy­al heart, the con­stant mind,
The cour­age to be true,
Our wide ex­tend­ing em­pire bind,
And all the earth re­new.
Thy name be known through ev­ery zone;

Lord of the worlds, make all the lands Thine own:
Lord of the worlds, make all the lands Thine own!

A mo­di­fied ver­sion for use out­side Ca­na­da:

Lord of the lands, be­neath Thy bend­ing skies,
On field and flood, where’er our ban­ner flies,
Thy peo­ple lift their hearts to Thee,
Their grate­ful voic­es raise:
May e’er this thank­ful coun­try be
A tem­ple to Thy praise.
Thy will alone let all en­throne;

Refrain

Lord of the lands, make all our hearts Thine own:
Lord of the lands, make all our hearts Thine own!

Almighty Love, by Thy mys­ter­ious pow­er,
In wis­dom guide, with faith and free­dom dow­er;
Be ours a na­tion ev­er­more
That no op­press­ion blights,
Where jus­tice rules from shore to shore,
From lakes to mount­ain heights.
May love alone for wrong atone;

Refrain

Lord of the worlds, with strong eter­nal hand,
Hold us in hon­or, truth and self-com­mand;
The loy­al heart, the con­stant mind,
The cour­age to be true,
Our wide ex­tend­ing em­pire bind,
And all the earth re­new.
Thy name be known through ev­ery zone;

Lord of the worlds, make all the lands Thine own:
Lord of the worlds, make all the lands Thine own!