PRAYER FOR OUR COUNTRY

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AMERICA, AMERICA, GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE.

Katherine L. Bates, "America the Beautiful"

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God,
For our country we give thanks.

For spacious skies and amber waves of grain,

We give thanks.

For Maine lobsters, Iowa corn, and Hawaiian pineapple,

We give thanks.

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                                                For West Virginia coal,
 Oregon lumber, and Oklahoma oil,

We give thanks.

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. For religious freedom and for faith unbound,

We give thanks.

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For blessings and hope beyond compare,

We give thanks.

For America the beautiful,

We give thanks.

May you always shed your grace on our country.

Amen and amen.

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From the book NO ATHEISTS IN FOXHOLES

by Patrick J. McLaughlin
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