For the Church Catholic

All nations, tongues, and people bless;
But chiefly, O Thou Triune God,
Protect Thy Israel in distress.

Throughout the world dispersed abroad,
Hated, oppress'd; Thy church defend,
And bless, and save them to the end.
Forth from the midst of Babel call
Thy servants who Thy word obey,
Before Thy plagues o'erwhelm them all,
That own the beastly Pontiff's sway.
Before Thy fiery breath consume
The last great Antichrist of Rome.

Thou know'st, the' usurping Man of Sin
O'er all T j purer churches reigns:
This cruel Antichrist within,
He holds our struggling souls in chains.
Or sits sublime in Moses' chair.
And lords it o'er Thy people there.

Come, glorious God, our souls unbind.
And let the reign of Satan cease;

And let Thy spouse on Thee reclined
Ascend out of the wilderness.
From every spot and wrinkle clear,
And perfect as her Husband here.