Many of you, who have been with me from the beginning, know that when I am working on a big post, I tend to do a "filler" post, to give me time to work on the big one. I am currently working on my post on "the war on drugs" and I am busy working on compiling some notes I took on interviews with former drug users, and writing my final notes. To give me time to finish, I decided to bring back something I have not done in a long time. Anyone remember "guess the hymn"? I have posted a stanza from 4 different hymns below. How many can you name, without doing a search online for the answer?

Hymn #1

Praise to the Lord, who over all things so wondrously reigneth,
Shelters thee under His wings, yea, so gently sustaineth!
Hast thou not seen how thy desires ever have been
Granted in what He ordaineth?

Hymn #2

Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees,
Sweet freedom’s song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.

Hymn #3

O spirit, whom the Father sent to spread abroad the firmament
O wind of heaven, by thy might save all who dare the eagle's flight
And keep them by thy watchful care from every peril in the air

Hymn #4*

Oh, thus be it ever when freeman shall stand
Between their loved home and war’s desolation;
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land,
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto, “In God is our trust.”

* I had to cheat on this hymn, I took out the final 2 lines of this hymn, as they would have been a dead giveaway to the name of the hymn. I will post the final 2 lines in the comment section, once people have a chance to guess.