God Bless America an example of Berlin's "habit of interpolating bits of half-remembered songs into his own numbers." Berlin, born Israel Baline, had himself written several Jewish-themed novelty tunes. In 1938, with the rise of Adolf Hitler, Irving Berlin, who was Jewish and had arrived in America from Russia at the age of five, felt it was time to revive it as a "peace song," and it was introduced on an Armistice Day broadcast in 1938, sung by Kate Smith on her radio show. Berlin had made some minor changes; by this time, "to the right" might have been considered a call to
Bless Me Indeed (Jabez's Song) (Jabez's Song)", Millard requests the same from God. "Bless Me Indeed" received a mixed to positive response from critics. Steve Losey of AllMusic selected it as a 'track pick'. The J Man of Crosswalk.com described it as a "winner", and appreciated that it was based on "The Prayer of Jabez". In Amazon.com's product description of "Almost There", the reviewer stated the track "is a glimmer of brilliance where the group brings it all together". However, Russ Breimeier of "Christianity Today" described the song as "[not] particularly remarkable", preferring another song based on Jabez, According to John's "Song of Jabez". In