Westminster Abbey I Vow to Thee My Country

Fantastic song, very epic.

brings me to tears every time.

i love this hymn

better the psalms anyday ... in Scotland the psalms are totally lawful and the organ once was totally against the law and the Lord's Supper used to be celebrated in a little valley out of doors only once a year!

You've misunderstood it.

Here's the text of the 2nd verse:

"But there's another country I heard of long ago,
most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know.
We may not count her armies, we may not see her king,
Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering.
And soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase,
And her ways are ways of gentleness and all her paths are peace."

That "country" is the Kingdom of God. I read nothing that glorifies war.

Hymns are usually poems set to music. Poets are usually allowed artistic license and they often use symbolism and allegory to make their point.
(Surely you know this)

"I vow to Thee my country"-- "Thee" can be accurately interpreted to mean or imply God or the Kingdom of God.

Hymns or poetry become meaningful if at the very least two dimensional thinking is applied in consideration of the text.

"And did those feet..." btw, was written as a question, not a statement.

I'm allowed only 500 characters in which to explain my position. I reasonably expected you knew the first verse. You chose to ignore the meaning to the 2nd because it ruined your position.

The pivotal word of the hymn is the first of the 2nd verse: "But".

It implies the following:
' I'm willing to sacrifice my life for my nation "but" I'm an eternal citizen of a Kingdom that shall never end'.

Your argument might hold water if the author inverted the position of the two vrs. He didn't.