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America The Beautiful

Oh America The Beautiful, you are the love of the world
You are adorable for your noble heart and courage to stand for Justice for All
Even though you are so young,being in born on July 4th, 1776
You are so strong and just and can make peace in the world.
Thank God for making America The Beautiful

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Oh America The Beautiful keeps making peace in the world
We have faith that one day, there will be eternal peace forever because of you
Healing all the children of the world
Making a better place for humankind

Oh America The Beautiful, you are the world leader for peace
It is time for real change in the world
All things are possible with you
Thanks America for being so gentle and humanitarian

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It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
~William Ernest Henley.

Some well-learned Christians I know don’t subscribe very much to this poem of Henley’s from 1875 (published in 1892). I imagine they think its ‘theology’ is askew and tantamount to some form of heresy, or that it’s problematic at best.

Yet, like many inspirational poems and works talking of victory against the odds, there is the countering view that all of these speak volumes for the resilience that is made known only via the power of God. We call this the activity of faith, or requiring same to succeed.

Thankfulness to the “gods”