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Once to Every Man and Nation

I've been thinking about this hymn a lot.  I think it should be the standard for Christians who are against Christian Nationalism and the current state of the country.  It was originally a poem titled This Present Crisis written by James Russel Lowell in 1845 in protest of the Mexican-American War.  The poem inspired the name of the NAACP magazine, "The Crisis."  Excellent credentials already, right?   Here is a lovely rendering of the song and the lyrics are below.  The last verse, in particular, is potent.   Once to every man and nation, comes the moment to decide, in the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; some great cause, some great decision, offering each the bloom or blight, and the choice goes by forever, 'twixt that darkness and that light. Then to side with truth is noble, when we share her wretched crust, ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just; then it is the brave man chooses w...