The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-08-10

PRAYER OF THE SOUTH.

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PRAYER OF THE SOUTH
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Ne s-or !. s.es., beneath teAsy ro'i
Nv - !. vzn asd white viii many
Bs,iTii Ia ~ rsor sha'asd h'"d'
Ard n ,ay ehillrsa pray, and for ~
IA. ~-u.e. ~Aers thousands low
knr.l-au4, veepinS for each
slaazhicfed son-~
nm i.- gase e. ms orn sunny Ky
Asa rfay, uhi faihsr Way ny wa
3, 19ne'
y, hear is filed With anguish deep
AL V1st
ssy boo ars buried wilA my chi
drars sust
Nv ioss sayr ei-my tears are Sowing
fast ~
Ia uhssa. -are Thee. our Fadler. shall
n,rI e'rsos thee Father, hong aud on,
WheE WAS happs, proad, a''sa r'eh
ard free
Eet Conquered row, End crushed io"A
A.sf,s
AID .srrow lead. me, Father, back TO
Thee
Am4 a. wrecks that mars the fee
mau path
snecl-and. waiting oerNy sl"r'ss
aonc-
I sssli ta.h ,heushfe bate each throt
Ana ws,.csr--Fail,er -, Thy will
Ne done
Piy me Father Of the lie-osa'e
Ala, my burdens nrc 10 hard 70 bear
Ion aorn "a. mercy N my wretsbea
hir. .r,
Sod isep me. guard me wi'h Thy
loving care
Piyv he fsshsr iof his holy axe
N'hasr b,uksn Heart lied at the feet
"A Grief
That hezrts Il earth wherever they
.han break.
Nirht % Ia III. and sni sure re
.Bef
An. nss hos dAsk j. th's o''s'
cclipseY
or !. L Night without fomorrs~ !
sun
ob Father Father With ny pale sad
ltrs .,
And adder heart, rray-Thy viii
~ Aouc'
n, boac. arc joyios. and millior
whers many met 10 joy forcve'
hon,
Whose hearts were light arc burdenee
nov. and lDrn
Yvher, mamy smiled but one is EFF t
m9arn
And al the widoss walls, the ophans
eros
Are mourning hymn and yesPer chan
10 iae
And grosns of men and sounds Of wo
meas signs
Comniugle. Father with my prnye
e. Thee
Beneath my fect--,en thousand childfe'
dead
OH how | loved each known sn'
nameles- one
Ahove their Dust ] bow my croxnlss
head, =,
And murmur-father still Thy vii
he done
All. rau ri thou dds, deck Thy owl
loved land
With nll ir' bit charms and beausiiu
aud Iaisi 49,,
But foer.an came, and with a RUTHLESS
hand
spread ruin, wreck, and 'iesoi"'i''
there
Girlled wi,h~xioom-of all nay bright
And rsrmen.ed with grief kiss Thy
rod
And tarn my hec- with tears all wet an'
worn
II catch one smile Of pity from IN,
Around me blight, where all before ~a'
bloom
And so much lost--alas and nothins
Won
save this-thas can lean on wreck and
toiab, 80.
And woep-and weeping tray-Ih,
will be done
A,d ,hl ii. hard u say--but said, til
sweet =,
Tie words are bitter, but they mold
balm
Aialm tha, heals the wounds u my dc
feat.
And luIls INV sorrow into holy calm
n is the PRAYER Of Frayers-ani how y
lrings,
When heard in Heaven peace and
When Jesus prayed i, did not angels
GIeam N id the aarkaess Of Gcthse
name
Nv children, Father, Thy forgiveness
Alas their hearts have only place for
tear.
Forgive ,hom. Father every wrongful
9eei
Aud es ~ in Of those ioar bloody
years
And give them strength 80 bear their
bousdless loss,
And from their hearts take CIV ry
thought Of hate;
And while they cbsab their calvary
wfsh their Cross,
on help them, Father to endure its
weight.
And for sry Dead my Father may
pray
All signs may scotbe, but prayers
shall soothe iae more
Keep eternal watch above their clay
Oh rest their sesis, my Father i'm.
plo-p,i
Forgive nv foes--thcy know not what
they do
Forgive them all the tears they made
Forgive fAsn 4housk ny ncblsst scss
they slrw--
And blcss shem--,hoaeh they curse
my poor Dead
Oh may ,ay w,es he each carries
dove
With swim, white wings, thati bathing
10 ms tears,
Will bear Thee, Father, all my prayer
Of love, fl Ga'
and bring me peace in sll my doubts
and fears
Father ! kneci mid rain, wreck. snsf
grave.
4 desert wasgo--shere AL wis ~
~ fair.
Aud for my children and my foes crave
Pity and pardss -tn,hcri heas ny