A New National Anthem.

                                          Tune :—National Anthem.

The end of
Queen
Victoria's
Reign
       AND THE
Beginning of
King
Edward's
Reign.

God bless our gracious King!
If 'tis Thy blessed will,
            Long may he reign ;
Thy wisdom to him give,
Direct him how to live,
And give him grace and faith
            And godly fear.

Confound our enemies ;
Frustrate their fiendish tricks,
            And bring them down.
Let truth and right now reign,
Nor let deceit prevail
In these beloved Isles,
            God save our King !

Let kings and nations bow
To Thee, our glorious Lord
            And King of Kings ;
To Thee we look and pray
Do Thou the sceptre sway ;
And make Thy foes obey,
            Whilst Edward reigns.

In heaven, and earth below,
Thy might and power are known ;
            Through Thee we live ;
But ah ! the hour is nigh,
And soon we all must die,
And spend an endless day
            In bliss or woe.

By Thee kings live and reign ;
Thy word this truth declares
            Oh ! may we pray
For England's greatness, still
The Bible we will bring,
And solemnly proclaim :
            The secret's here.

1st Chron.
29th c. 28 v.
2nd Chron.
1st. c.
7th to the
12 v.

The 59th
and the
129th
Psalms.

Rom. 14 c.
11th v.
Rev. 19th c.
and 16th v.
2nd Psa. and
the
9th v.

1st Chron.
29 c. & 11 v.
Acts 17 c. & 28 v.
1st Peter 4th c.
and the
7th v.

Prov. 8th c.
15 & 16 v.

Acts 17th c.
11th v.
Isaiah 61st c.
1st, 2nd, & 3rd v.

The above Poem was conceived and written in a pure spirit on the first Sabbath evening in
February, 1901, not a word or a sentence has been borrowed from any other source.

A written copy as well as several printed copies, have been sent to their Most Gracious
Majesties, and duly acknowledged with thanks. Colonel Blundell, M.P., the Right Honourable
Joseph Chamberlain, and the Mayor of Wigan, and other leading gentlemen have also sent letters of
thanks to me, the Authoress,

                                                            A. J. WRIGHT.

57, Orrell Road, nr. Wigan.
            May 20th, 1902.

The Authoress was born on Good Friday, April 10th, 1857, on the very premises her grandfather
built, where the printer's office now stands and where she lived the first 34 years of her life.

                                    George Sutherland, Printer, Brook Lane, Lamberhead Green.