A Prayer For Peace
The following poem was written by C.H. Dudley, to be sung to the tune of "The Church's One Foundation.All nations now are praying,
O Lord of sea and plain,
Let there be no delaying,
War's passions now restrain;
Hear thou the cry of children
And mothers of the slain,
Of those who met foes hidden
And sleep beneath the main.
O leave not now thy people
As orphans in the night.
Let ring from every steeple
The victory of the right;
Let break o'er earth the morning,
The dawn of that new day.
When peace all lands adorning
Shall prove our Lord's new sway
Give statesmen of thy wisdom
To solve all problems right,
And break the age-long thraldom
Of war's world-cursing might;
Then under vine and fig tree
Each home in peace shall dwell,
And rest shall come as softly
As chimes of evening bell.
