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PRAYER FOR MANKIND
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Dear saint, who was the brother
Of every living thing,
Could we to one another
Thy gracious message bring.
The world renewed, awaking,
Would shed the shattered, torn,
Grim night of its own making,
And pledge a peace reborn.
Fair land of dear desire
Thy beauty like a dream
Shall kindle and inspire
What all our souls would dream!
PRAYER FOR THE SPIRITUAL UNION OF MANKIND
War has failed to end War; diplomacy has failed to end War; only ties of the Spirit infallibly unite: therefore we pray for the Divine Alliance of Nations.
Eternal God, Father of All Souls:
Grant unto us such clear vision of the sin of war, that we may earnestly seek that coöperation between nations which alone can make war impossible. As man by his inventions has made the
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