Give Peace, Give Peace.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 107, 12 November 1915, Page 1 (Supplement)

Give Peace, Give Peace.

Throughout a year of awful 6trife, 0 God, Thou has withheld Thy hand. While Death has taken toll of like

On reddened tracts of tortured land; Yet hear us now, 0 Lord, we pri^\ Give peace, give peace, Thy judgment stay. The peoples wandered from Thy 6ide'Twas for their sine the judgment fell— And nations mud with impious pride Have turned Thy 6inilng earth 'o hell; Yet hear us now, 0 Lord, we pray, And bid this dreadful carnage tay O'er crash of shell and cannon's roai-, O'er bubbling foam, and startled shriek On ocean's wave, we hear once mora Thy voice to i» in anger epeak; Yet hear ue now, 0 Lord, we pray, Stretch Thy strong hand—the struggle stay. Bring shame on thofie who spurned the laws Mankind slow fashioned wise and just, Who, leagued in an unrighteous cause, Dragged truth and honour through tho dust; Yea, hear ue now, 0 Lord, we pray, Let riglit triumph and slaughter stay. Bow his proud neck upon the throne, Who secret plotted through long years; Who, for Thine image set his own, And drenched the world in blood ami tear'i Yea, hear us now, 0 Lord, we pti*y. Break down his power—and battle stay. Grant that ill our beloved land — So racked, so scarred by this dread strif«v— This hastening of Our Father e hand May wake our souls to higher life, Yea, hear us now, () Lord, we pray. Give peace, give peace, Thv judgment stay. Algiers. Mary M. Curchod. KAISER'S SON DISINFECTED! Prince Adalbert of Prussia, the son of the Kaiser, recently .spent two days in Russian Poland. Before his departure the commander of the regiment gave him :i certificate necessary for tho railroad trip. It was properly stamped and signed, and continued the words, "His Royal Highness herewith receives due acknowledgment that ho h;is been properly dis'nfectcd and for the time being is free from vermin!'' The political recruiting office in NewCity Road, Glasgow, has an alluring wheeze. They had erected on the kerb a flagpole in the form of a triple-armed signpost, ono directing to St. George'* Cr<*s, another to Queen's Cross, and the third pointing straight into <he enlisting chamber labelled A ictona Cross.