342		LM
	HOW long hast Thou bestowed Thy care    On our ungrateful, rebel land? For of the nations far and near     Few know such blessings from Thy hand.
2	Here peace and liberty have dwelt,     The glorious Gospel brightly shone; And oft our enemies have felt     That God has made our cause His own.
3	But Heaven and earth have clearly heard     Our vile rejection of that love. We, though like children kindly reared,     Rebels against Thy goodness prove.
4	Thy grace despised, Thy power defied,     And legions of the foulest crimes, Profanest sins of lust and pride     All greatly mark the present times.
5	Lord, hear Thy people everywhere,     Who meet to mourn, confess, and pray: The nation and Thy churches spare,     And let Thy wrath be turned away.
	John Newton, 1725-1807