Bless, Lord, the peaceable homes and steady lives which from early times have looked to a wide and quiet river to be their highway and their harbor.  As the estuary opens to the sea, so may the hope of Thy people to be borne to the wideness of Thy glory and Delaware be ever sanctified: Lovely among her fields of green; first to wear the Constitution of American freedom, alert to the needs of all, and in all things faithful.
Amen

Joseph Dial

Bless, Lord, the hilly ramparts, the steep valleys and generous plains where be Thy Providence Thou didst settle a sturdy race, destined for freedom.  By inwardness of faith, in openness of spirit was the soil prepared, where independence might take root, and liberty baptize a nation fir for the New World.  Grant, O Heavenly Father, that they to whom such riches have come down may ever be chosen of Thee to be builders of Thy commonwealth and bearers of Thy peace.
Amen

Grant, gracious Lord, that we may find grace ever to plant gardens alongside the busy marts of commerce;

So, O Father, may blessing fall upon Thy people in
New Jersey; and upon their coastlands and riverbanks and wooded hills; and upon their souls within. In their sowing let hope be never dim, and in their reaping no defilement, but rather thanksgiving for the bloom of glory which is Thine alone to give;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

Cherish, Lord, the hardy spirit of Thy servants whose lives are rooted in the tawny earth of Georgia. Nurture in them the precious fibre of freedom wrested by their fathers from the upland clearings and workworn fields.  Visit now upon the sons, in their towns and cities and burgeoning affairs, such fresh vision of Thy destiny that they may ever be knit together in fruitful life and liberty, planting deep the seed of courage by their abounding streams, and sinning Thy blessing upon the goodly land.

Amen

Have in Thy keeping, O God, the strong hills and homely rocks of Connecticut, and the undaunted folk who live among them.  As by mighty glacier Thou didst shape and furnish the land, so by grace and labor did Thy servants clear it, meting the bounds with boulders, and measuring themselves against the stern beauty of Thy handiwork.  Thus moulded to Thy majesty, may Thy people ever rejoice in the bounty of their valleys, the refreshment of the sea, and Thy changing glory at each season of the year.  Bless their towns and government; bless their commerce; bless their rest; that in their turn they may endow their progeny with that hard and humble hope which is ever learned of Thee;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

Bless, O lord, the fish in the sea, emblems of Thine own Son, and like Him given for the sustenance of life.  Bless the crook of sandy cape curving out upon that sea to fold in safety the Pilgrims who crossed the deep for Thy salvation.

Bless the harbors and hills to which they came, who fled starvation or oppression or a mean spirit. Bless, O Heavenly Father, the goodly land that was their refuge; the farms and schools and lofty ships builded there, and the golden dome presiding over the brave heritage of patriot fathers.

Bless the Commonwealth thus established, that her people, daring ever to venture  in Thy Name, may not fail to reach the haven of Thy mercy and be renewed in the quest of life;

through Jesus Christ our Savior,

Amen

Blow, Lord, Thy clean winds upon the shores and shoals of Maryland.  Blow gentle breeze of blessing across the earth, atop her stalwart hills, and over the greening fields.  Blow, Holy Spirit, the freshness of liberty through the hearts of Thy people whose domain named for a queen, yet worships the King who is the Father of us all.

So may Thy children catch upon their hopes the breath of glory which Thou doth send to fill the spangled sky, the lofty sails of ships, and faithful lives of men.

Fulfill then, O God, the promise once borne upon the wings of a dove of a land of peace and companionship, and courage enough ever to follow after Thee.

Amen

Grant, great Creator, that we too may love what Thou hast blessed so well: The Southland soil of Carolina.

Praise Thee, Lord, for the blue of upcountry hills, and their grassy apron falling toward the sea; praise Thee for islands and salt marshes and birds which nest in the sand; praise and thanksgiving for the fruitful earth that cherishes a magnolia or laurel upon the mountain, or cotton for raiment.

Soft is the wind, soft the speech of men, gentle Thy Grace where the roots of Thy children are hid.  May they in Thy goodness grow, reaching up their spirits toward heaven, until they shall have fulfilled Thy purpose for them;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

O God, how hast Thou favored Thy children who are given to perceive Thy splendor upon the wooded terrain of New Hampshire!

May our live too reflect Thy grace:  As free as a deer upon the mountain, yet humble enough to seek Thy way and no other.  So shall we dwell with Thee and one another, taking the place in Nature's harmony which Thou hast appointed to be our blessing;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

Renew Thy grace, O Thou ruler of destiny, upon the Commonwealth of Virginia, that she  may ever rejoice in the dominion of Thy Providence. Bless the gracious land where Thou has unfolded such a measure of Thy purpose for mankind.

For each step on the highway of history we lift our thanksgiving:  For those who wrested welcome from the wilderness; who planted peace along the inland avenues of the sea; who saw Thy glory upon the mountain heights and likened it to freedom.  Praise be to Thee, might Lord, for the sturdy quest which generation by generation sought out the noble mark of independence and distilled that brave wisdom into the instruments of a nation's governance.

Cherish, O Father, that generous spirit which has raised up such leaders of liberty; and sanctify to Thy people still the vision of Thy great design for them and for all men.

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Praise be to Thee, O God, for courage to dream and strength to build.

Thanks be to Thee for empires won and kingdoms yet to come; and for lakes and coursing rivers on which has passed the commerce of a continent.

Bless, Lord, these generous valleys and ancient hills; and the harbor at their edge where ocean and earth are married in so great a portal, where ebbs and flows the rhythm of exchange between the Old World and the New.

Grant only, O Father, that those who are posted at such a gate, may match to their tall towers the hope of their spirit; and ever to keep open the sacred path to a country wider than their own;

through Jesus Christ our Lord,

Amen.

Preserve unto us, good Lord, the precious treasure bequeathed to us by those silent eons when Thou wast preparing earth for our inheritance.  May we cherish, and not despoil, the cup of loveliness entrusted to our hands for a space.
So may the green land be blessed, whose smoky highlands yield their mineral riches to the soil below, and whose surf-bound coast is protected by necklaces of sand.  Guard the peaceful Sounds; protect the forest mantle, the pliant ploughlands; and let Thy grace abound among Thy Carolina people whose lives are rooted in this place of promise;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Praise be to Thee, O God, for the little prism where men have seen the splendor of Thy Glory:

Bless, O Lord, the smallest state of our fellowship, that her people may ever nourish the widest of our hopes;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Bless, gracious Lord, the bright state of Louisiana; her pine hills and river bluffs, her bayous and coastal plains.  In many shades of green does she deck the tawny flood that brings her life.

Praise be to Thee for the churning wheels of ships which have threaded that curling channel, assorted fate upon their sails.  Bless in fertile peace the counterpoint of hope that here is planted, farmers to the north and boatmen on their waterways.
May Thy goodness fall upon all the parishes of this delta land, that her people, following the course of Thy grace may be nourished by Thy love,

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.