Wednesday, 27 May 2009

• Prayer: The Peace of God

   

  We ask for Peace, 0 Lord!

  Thy children ask thy Peace;

  Not what the world calls rest,

  That toil and care should cease,

  That through bright sunny hours

  Calm Life should fleet away,

  And tranquil night should fade

  In smiling day:

  It is not for such Peace that we should pray.

   

  We ask thy Peace, 0 Lord!

  Through storm, and fear, and strife,

  To light and guide us on,

  Through a long struggling life:

  While no success or gain

  Shall cheer the desperate fight,

  Or nerve, what the world calls,

  Our wasted might:

  Yet pressing through the darkness to the light.

   

  It is thine own, 0 Lord,

  Who toil while others sleep;

  Who sow with loving care

  What other hands shall reap:

  They lean on thee entranced,

  In calm and perfect rest;

  Give us that Peace, 0 Lord,

  Divine and blest,

  Thou keepest for those hearts who love thee best.

                           Adelaide Anne Proctor

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