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The War Prayer

“O Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth to battle — be Thou near them!



With them — in spirit — we also go forth from the sweet peace of our beloved firesides to smite the foe.




O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells;



help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead;