THE GREATNESS OF A NATION
What makes a nation great?
Not serried ranks and flags unfurled,
Not armored ships that gird the world,/Not hoarded wealth nor busy mills,
Not cattle on a thousand hills,
Not boasted deeds in freedom’s cause…
All these may be,
and yet the state
In the eye of God be far from great.
The land is great which knows the Lord,
Whose songs are guided by his word;
Where justice rules ‘twixt man and man,
Where love controls in art and plan;
Where, breathing in his native air,
Each soul finds joy in praise and prayer…
Thus may our country, good and great,
Be God’s delight…man’s best estate. From “Which Way America” by Dr. Russell Clearman
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