The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-11
Another Battle Prayer.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir: Mr..
Charles Battell LOOMS. with his militant
name and peaceful protestatiops. offers
form OF battle prayer which seems fiat. stale
and Improbable. Why does he not go to
the proper source for his inspiration, the
Bible itself? Permit me to suggest the follow
ing prayer as more in consonance with Holy
Writ:
Almighty and most mcrcfu God we bescech
Thee to s,iltc enemies and utterly destroy
them deuteronomy, VIII, 81. and save alive nothing
that breatheth. deuteronomy. xx.. 18-i7) Send,
pray Thee. Wild beasts among them. which shall
rob them Of their children. (Levit!cus. XVI. a.
Walk contrary also In Thy fury that they may eat
the flesh OF their and the flesh Of their daugh
tiers may they eat. CLeyitious, XVI, -29J Smile
them wish consumption. and with fever and with
the sword, and with blasting and with mildey, let
the that Is them be brass and the earth
that Is under them be iron Make tho rain OF their
land powder and dust: from heaven may It come
down upon them until they be destroyed. and their
carcs be meat unto all the fowls OF the air and
unto the beasts of the earth and man shall fray
them away. o Lord saite them with the botch OF
Egypt, and with the cmerods, and with the scab.
and with the Itch, whereof they cannot be healed.
deuteronomy. xviii, z2-2sJ
Heap mlschiefs upon them: spend thine arrows
upon them. Burn them with hunger and Geyotf
them with burning heat and with bitter destruc
tion. Send also the teeth OF beasts upon them.
with the poison OF serpents OF the dust The sword
without, and the terror within shall destroy both
tho young man and the virgin. the sucking also
with the man of gray hairs. deuteronomy. xxxli..
2s-25J Make Thine arrows drunk with blood and
Thy sword shall devour flesh. db,. AZ. Stone them
with stones. and burn then with 1re after Thou
hast stoned them with stones tJoshua, VII, 25) Ut
terry destroy all that they have and spare not;
but slay both men and women. infant and sucking
a. Samuel, w. lS)
Happy shall be he who takcth and dasheth their
little against the stones. Psalms cx1vi o. Yea
o merclful God, gather them and blow upon them
the hre OF Thy wrath that they may be melted In the
midst thereof. N:zekici-xx 32J May the s-u okc of
their torment ascend up forever and ever [Revc-
latons *. io In the presence OF the holy angels
and in the presence OF the Lamb Revelations. XIV
TO- where the worm dicth not and the 6ro is not
quenched. mark. H., a. May they drink the wrath
OF tbs Aln ghty Job. xsi.. 19, and may Thy wrath
come upon them to the uitermost Il. Thcasaionians
H. 49,. May Thy right hand. Lord, dash In pieces
the enemy. EXODUS ~. o. For behold the Lord
win come with FIRE and wish His chariots like a
whlrlwind to render His anger with fury. and His
rcbukc with flames OF hrr, dSsIah laN.. icJ
Therefore, Lord, deal In fury let not Thine
eyes spare. neither have pl;y and though hey cry
In Thine ears with loud voice, yet M!:i Thou notI
hear them. (Ezekit. VIII. 49,, Tread them In Thine
anger and trampe them In Thy fury. and their
blood shall be sphnkcd upon Thy garments and
will stain all Thy raiment usaah, kilt. 81 We also
will laugh at their calamity; we will mock them
when their fear cometh: when their fear cometh as
a dcSoiatton, and their destruction cometh a
whlriwind. proverbs, l.. 26-27J
O rive thanks unto the Lord: for He Is good. for
his mercy endureth forever. To Him that sn,ote
Egypt In their nrst born for his mercy cndureth
forever; but overthrow Pharaoh and his host In the
Red Sea: for his mercy cndureth forever. To Him
that snotc great kings: for His mercy endurcth
forever: and slew famous kings: for His mercy
endureth forever Slhon. king Of the Amoritcs:
for HIS mercy cndureth forever; and og, the king
OF the Bashan; for Hts mercy cndurcth forever;
dt-ax "a hrri,t1f.