From the post Flag Day on the blog How Great The Yield From A Fertile Field:
Since today is Flag day, I thought I would post the lyrics to The Star-Spangled Banner. The last three verses are rarely heard. I think the fourth verse in particular is often overlooked in our society today. Few of us have sacrificed to obtain the freedom that our flag represents. Many forget that God has the power to raise Nations or put down Nations. Too few are grateful for all that we have.May God´s mercies be renewed.
None of us have done anything to deserve the spiritual freedom that we can have.
[Star-Spangled Banner, Verse Four]
O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
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