POWER OF PRAYER
A CALL TO THE PEOPLE 1 THE CAUSE OF PEACE ' Wc have l)ec>n forwarded a copy; ' of a prayer which has already hfcen 1 widely published in Canada, and. has actually been broadcast in that coun try l'rom coast to coast. The prayer } in question was recently before a meeting of women representing the Presbyterian churches of the Bay of Plenty, and we have the greatest pleasure in reprinting it. O God, the Father of us all, Who hast made of one blood all natiojis of men, mercifully receive the prayl ers that we offer for our anxious f and troubled world. 1 Send Thy light into our darkness - and guide the nations as one fami ily into the ways of peace. , Take away all prejudice hatred I and fear. ) Give grace to all who serve and i suffer because of war. Strengthen in us the will to un- 1 i derstand one another, and forgive us ) our trespasses as we forgive them _ that trespass against us. ] To those who by their counsels lead the peoples of the earth grant ] a right judgment, that so through j them and us Thy will be done. r Through Jesus Christ our Fiord. I Amen; I
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 193, 31 July 1940, Page 5
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206POWER OF PRAYER Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 193, 31 July 1940, Page 5
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