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

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Source: America (song) (1831) See Archibald Carey 1; Martin Luther King 14

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Samuel Francis Smith

Hymn Writer

Samuel Francis Smith was an American Baptist minister and hymn writer, best known for composing 'My Country, 'Tis of Thee,' which celebrates freedom and patriotism.

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"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."

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