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America The Beautiful
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Aug 31, 2026 updated
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Travis Cottrell's rendition of "America the Beautiful" is a patriotic hymn that celebrates the natural beauty and heroic history of the United States while invoking God's grace and blessing upon the nation. The song expresses a prayer for brotherhood, refinement of character, and the shining of mercy and servanthood. It reflects a Christian perspective on national identity, seeing God's hand in the country's founding and future. The lyrics emphasize themes of divine guidance, moral virtue, and unity, making it a song often used in patriotic and worship settings.
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O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain
America, America, God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea
O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life
America, America, may God thy gold refine
'Til all success be nobleness, and ev'ry gain divine!
O beautiful for patr'ot dream that sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears
America, America, God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea
O beautiful, this founding faith, the Rock on which we stand
With firm assurance we take hold of God's almighty hand
America, America, the love of God our light
Let mercy, grace and servanthood be ever shining bright
America, America, God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea
And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea
Shining sea