PRAYERS FOR VICTORY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2525, 28 July 1915, Page 5

PRAYERS FOR VICTORY

Sir,—l ' wish your correspondent "Anglican," in Saturday's issue, had gone a little further, and included in Iris letter the prayers to which he merely refers. These prayers are of special value 'because they put into a form-of sound , words the l ideas of reverence, submission, and charity which Christian people. possess, but cannot always of themselves promptly and aptly express. In many ; Anglican'churches one or both prayers are made'daily, but they are too beautiful to be limited to the Wellington diocese.They brca'the_ the'universal Christian , spirit, and might well be; serviceable to your dissenting readers i— .

0 Almighty Father, Lord of heaven and earth, look down with pity upon .the peoples on whom have fallen the miseries of war. Assuage, we beeseech Thee,-the madness of the nations; teach us all wherein wo have transgressed Thy holy laws; pour out upon the world the spirit of penitence; have compassion on the wounded and dying, comfort the broken-hearted; restore to us tho blessing of peace; and of Thy great goodness, bring out of the present darkness and confusion a world of stablo order, in which Thy holy mil shall be done, and truth and equity, justice and mercy shall govern the mutual dealings of men and of nations j for the sake of Him, who is the Prince of Peace, Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen..

0 Almighty God, the aid of all that need, the helper of all that fleo to Thee for succour, we humbly commend to Thy Almighty care and keeping our brethren who have gone (or are going) forth to war. . Protect them in all dangers and temptations; guide them-in all perplexities; enable-them to enduro hardness.' Give them good success, if it be Tfcy holy will, and bring them back ®nais to their homes in peace; for the sarp ®f Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

When busy people of Wellington hear tils" midday call .to prayer, and those so uiinded lift their attentions for a momenc to the "things that matter," let them think of-a'phrase in each prayer. ; In; tho'first;. "Of Thy.great ■goodness bring out of the present darkness and confusion a world of stable order," and in the. second, and more personal appeal, that piteous, humane cry to Omniscient God for our loved ones at the front: "Bring them back again ta their homes in peace."—l am, " ' PRESBYTERIAN. July 24, 1915. :