God Bless America Girl Scouts in New York City. Smith performed the song on her two NBC television series in the 1950s and in her short-lived "The Kate Smith Show" on CBS, which aired from January 25 to July 18, 1960. "God Bless America" also spawned another of Irving Berlin's tunes, "Heaven Watch The Philippines," during the end of World War II after he heard the Filipinos sing a slightly revised version of the song replacing "America" with "The Philippines." The song was used early in the Civil Rights Movement as well as at labor rallies. During the 1960s, the song was increasingly
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