<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=374093" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Prayer In Time Of War</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now Death is near, and very near,<br>In this wild whirl of horror and fear,<br>When round the vessel of our State<br>Roll the great mountain waves of hate.<br>God! We have but one prayer to-day -<br>O Father, teach us how to pray.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For prayer is strong, and very strong;<br>But we have turned from Thee so long<br>To follow gods that have no power<br>Save in the safe and sordid hour,<br>That to Thy feet we have lost the way . . .<br>O Father, teach us how to pray.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We have done ill, and very ill,<br>Set up our will against Thy will.<br>That our soft lives might gorge, full-fed,<br>We stole our brothers' daily bread.<br>Lord, we are sorry we went astray -<br>O Father, teach us how to pray.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now in this hour of desperate strife<br>For England's life, her very life,<br>Teach us to pray that life may be<br>A new life, beautiful to Thee,<br>And in Thy hands that life to lay.<br>O Father, teach us how to pray.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Edith+Nesbit">Edith Nesbit</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=374093" data-title="Prayer In Time Of War de Edith Nesbit" data-description="Now Death is near, and very near, In this wild whirl of horror and fear, When round the vessel of our State Roll the great mountain waves of hate. God! We have but one prayer to-day - O Father, teach us how to pray. For prayer is strong, and very..."></div> </div> </div>

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