Thanks, AKS, yes, I wrote that a bit hastily, I knew the lyrics were written in response to something going on in the thirties, didn't think it through or look it up, the way I have to do more of these days (if we knew all the things we've forgotten, boy we'd know a lot!) 'O must have been the Nazis', I mis-remembered. Yes, the Winter War.

And I forgot to include the lyrics of Lloyd Stone, for those that don't know them, and to also mention Bill Staines recording among the others. So, here is the
'Rational Anthem'

The first two verses are Lloyd Stones, 1934, the third verse was written by Georgia Harkness in 1939, and is much more religious to my taste, it is included in some Hymnals, but not sung on the recordings mentioned. I would stick with the two verses of Stone's, but I add it here for thouroughness.

THIS IS MY SONG, O GOD OF ALL THE NATIONS
Lloyd Stone
Tune: FINLANDIA, Jean Sibelius, 1899

This is my song, O God of all the nations,
A song of peace for lands afar and mine.
This is my home, the country where my heart is;
Here are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine;
But other hearts in other lands are beating
With hopes and dreams as true and high as mine.

My country's skies are bluer than the ocean,
And sunlight beams on cloverleaf and pine;
But other lands have sunlight too, and clover,
And skies are everywhere as blue as mine.
O hear my song, thou God of all the nations,
A song of peace for their land and for mine.

later third verse -
(This is my prayer, O Ruler of all nations:
Let thy reign come; on earth thy will be done.
In peace may all earth's people draw together,
And hearts united learn to live as one.)
O hear my prayer, thou God of all the nations;
Myself I give thee; let thy will be done.