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Samuel Francis Smith Quotes

Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountainside Let freedom ring!

Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims' pride, From every mountainside Let freedom ring!

Samuel Francis Smith
Father, 4th Of July, Pride
"America" (song) (1831) See Archibald Carey 1; Martin Luther King 14

If you cannot be great, be willing to serve God in that which is small. If you cannot do great things for Him, cheerfully do little ones. If you cannot be an Aaron to serve at the altar, or a Moses to guide the tribes, consent to be "a little maid" to Xaaman the Syrian, for the honor of God's prophets, or a little child, for Christ's sake, to be set by Him in the midst of the people, as an illustration of the sweetness of humility.

Samuel Francis Smith
Children, Humility, Illustration
"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 123, 1895.

From every mountain side, Let freedom ring.

Samuel Francis Smith
4th Of July, Mountain, Sides
"America" (song) (1831) See Archibald Carey 1; Martin Luther King 14

My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing . . . Long may our land be bright, With freedom's holy light; Protect us by Thy might, Great God, our King.

Samuel Francis Smith
Country, Sweet, Kings
Samuel Francis Smith, B. F. Edmands (1860). “The psalmist, with music: a manual for the service of sacred song in Baptist congregations and choirs”, p.367

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