Ethiopia Poem by Benjamin Cutler Clark

But Ethiopia hath stretch'd out
Her hands to God on high;
And midst her many fears and doubts
Her voice hath reach'd the sky.


And God hath heard Eth'opia's cries,
And brought salvation near:
He promises her tears and sighs
Shall surely disappear.


Although her sons are scatter'd wide
O'er many distant climes,
Yet God commands that they shall bide
His own appointed times.


If stretching forth to God her hands
Means supplicating pray'r,
Then, from her own and distant lands,
Her groans have filled the air.


That grace which brings salvation down
Hath unto her appear'd;
And thousands of her sons around
The gracious truth have heard.


And millions more in ev'ry land,
Who've felt the heavenly love,
Join with Eth'opia's outstretch'd hands,
To praise their Lord above.


Then stretch, Eth'opia, stretch thy hands,
Thy God remembers thee;
And all throughout thy sunny lands,
Declares thou shalt be free.