Faith of Our Fathers

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Faith of our fathers! li ving still in spite of dungeon, fire and sword:
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O how our hearts beat high with joy whene’er we hear that glorious word!
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Faith of our Fathers! Ho ly Faith! We will be true to thee till death!

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Our fathers, chained in prisons dark, were still in heart and conscience free,
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How sweet would be their children’s fate, if they, like them, could die for thee!
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Faith of our Fathers! Ho ly Faith! We will be true to thee till death!

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Faith of our fathers, we still strive to win all nations un to thee!
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And thro’ the truth that comes from God mankind shall then indeed be free:
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Faith of our Fathers! Ho ly Faith! We will be true to thee till death!

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Faith of our Fathers! we will love both friend and foe in all our strife,
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And preach thee, too, as love knows how, by kindly words and virtuous life:
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Faith of our Fathers! Ho ly Faith! We will be true to thee till death!

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