In Faith We Fearless Stand

By Sarah C. Maeser

Hark, the world with strife is ringing!
Wide its direful echoes flinging;
And the thirst for pow’r and worldly gain
Enthrals the souls of men.
Yet with faith we fearless stand,
For our God still rules the nations,
And we know the world’s salvation
Rests forever in His hand.

Now the whirlwind’s pond’rous roaring,
And the sea its banks o’er pouring;
And the earthquakes thrill and lightning flash,
The dreadful warning bring.
Still with faith we fearless stand,
For our God still rules the nations,
And we know the world’s salvation
Rests forever in His hand.

Then fear not, though thrones may totter,
In the midst of human slaughter:
For from out these blood-fed battle fields
Shall flow’rs of freedom spring.
While in faith we fearless stand,
For our God still rules the nations,
And we know the world’s salvation
Rests forever in His hand.

(1918)