FOR THE MEN AT THE FRONT.

White Ribbon, Volume 21, Issue 243, 18 September 1915, Page 15

FOR THE MEN AT THE FRONT.

(To be sung to the tune “Melita”—“Eternal Father, strong to save.” Lord God of Host>, whose mighty hand Dominion holds on sea and land, In Peace and War Thy W ill wc see Shaping the larger liberty. Nations may rise and nations fall, Thy Changeless Purpose rules them all. When Death flies swift on wave or field, Be Thou a sure defence and shield! Console and succour those who fall, And help and hearten each and all! O, hear a people’s prayers for those Who fearless face their country’s foes! For those who weak and broken lie, In weariness and agony— Great Healer, to their beds of pain Come, touch, and make them whole again! O, hear a people’s prayers, and bless Thy servants in their hour of stress! For those to whom the call shall come We pray Thy tender welcome home. The toil, the bitterness, all past, We trust them to Ihy love at last. O, hear a people’s prayers for all W ho, nobly striving, nobly fall! For those who minister and heal. And spend themselves, their skill, their zeal—■ Renew their hearts w ith C hrist-like faith, And guard them from disease and death. And in Thine own good time, Lord, send Thy Peace on earth till Time shall end! —John Oxenham.