"God of our Fathers"? Would that have been Kipling's Recessional? In which case the verse

"Far-called our navies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire;
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget - lest we forget."

would be well worth pondering.