A PRAYER HYMN FOR A LASTING PEACE.

New Zealand Tablet, 20 February 1919, Page 13

A PRAYER HYMN FOR A LASTING PEACE.

1. We kneel in tears, Lord God Oh, hear our prayer! Our sad hearts faint amid the shrieking storm ; So black with godless hatred everywhere, That from our sight recedes Thy Jesu’s form. Return, return! Oh, hid the tumult cease; We need Thy Spirit, gentle Prince of Peace! 11. Jesus, Who mak’st our Christmas bells out chime With harmony the message of good-will; - From out the fulness of Thy love sublime, Return, and save us, breathing “Peace, be still Return, return! Oh, bid the tumult cease; We sorely need Thee here, fond Prince of Peace! 111. By, oh, so few Thy pleading voice is heard, Above th’ increasing clamor of the strife; Alas ! heaven’s scene by angels’ tear is blurred— Oh, save us from a very death in life ! Return, return! Oh, hid the tumult cease; We need Thee more each hour, sweet Prince of Peace ! iv. ; We sink with shame to hear the angry war; Poor souls drift helpless on an ebbing tide. Jesus, forgive; we see Thee as of yore— Faint, bruised, and, bleeding, cruelly crucified ! Return — Oh, bless us; hid the tumult cease; We need Thee so, beloved Prince of Peace! V. “ Father , forgive them!” moan the weeping years; Look, look ! the sacred Pity-Heart lies dead ! “ Father forgive them!” rings thro’ all the spheres; Jesus, be now Thy blessing on us shed. Return, return! Oh, bid the tumult cease; Jesus! Redeemer! Come, sweet Prince of Peace! * —George Evatt. Wellington, February, 1919.