NC Family Staff | January 20, 2021 | SHARE: 
As our nation inaugurates a new President and Vice-President today in the midst of a global pandemic, political strife, economic uncertainty, and social unrest, let us pray for God’s providence and protection over our nation, our state, our local communities and our families.
Let us also lift our eyes to heaven and thank God for His sovereignty and His immeasurable blessings on our country. As we look to Him, may He continue to shed His grace on the United States of America and return a true sense of brotherhood to our nation.
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness,
And every gain divine!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
