The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-06-14
@, HOLY THOU
The Prayer of the Stay-at- Home
Patriot to the Holy Trinity
State, Church and Capitalism

O, Holy Thou, we pray thee that
thou wilt destroy the Germans, by
sending our young men against them,
for they are destroying the profits
Iof Wall street. We would gladly
serve thee, 0 Holy Trinity, but our
lives are too valuable and should
not be sacrificed, and then we are
needed to attend to our business and
coin money out of the blood and
agony of the workers of Europe and
America. We ask thee, O Holy ones,
that thou wilt give us fat political
jobs for Turing the workers to their
destruction in Thy Name We pray
thee that thou wilt bless these young
men before sending them to slaugh-
ter, by having the prostituted pa
pers singing their praise, while thou
damns them, Give them courage
to fight for the right of the NUM-
ton makers and other robbers of
the toilers, to ship munition and food
supplies abroad to be used in de
stroying life and feeding the Destroy
ers. We pray thee that thou wilt
give these young men inspiration in
their noble work of preserving a sys-
tenn of society that has bred mil
lionaires and paupers, mostly pau
pers. Wilt thou, 0 Holy Trinity
instill in the young soldier the
courage and devotion to duty, that
out remorse or compassion, the poor
in our streets clamering for bread,
or the rebel fighting for the cause
of the oppressed. Rob these young
soldiers 0 Holy Trinity, of every
spark of manhood they ever pos
sessed; make them the willing and
patriotic tools of Lombard Street
in London and Wall Street in Amer
lea. SO train their minds, o Holy
Ones, that they believe and con-
tinue to believe that they are fight
ing for democracy, in that state of
mind they will fight with better spir-
its for their masters, who exploit
them. Make them hate every foreign
er, except the allies, and as soon as
the war is over renew that hate of
them that thou didst instill in their
minds before the war; for Thou
knowest that if the workers and the
soldiers once understand that they
have but one enemy-the exploiter
at home and abroad-they will up
set the system by which we profit.
o Holy Ones, guide congress in
passing the CONSUMPTION bill so nee
essary for the complete enslavement
of the worker. Guide them in pass
ing the Spy Bill, so that we noble
heroes, may have some patriotic
work and render thee service. SO
direct their work and deliberation,
that they may pass the censorship
bill, for by that means all books,
papers and magazines of instruction
to the worker, and against the pres
ent system of oppression and de
struction, will be suppressed and
the worker further enslaved. Through
such legislation, O Holy Ones, the
workers are much easier picked. Sup
press the worker, Q Holy Trinity,
make them meek and submissive.
Bless the President, he kept US out
of war. Slaughter the Germans, they
interfere with my profits. 0 Holy
Trinity, we offer the blood of the
worker, yea our all in the service
of the munition makers and other
exploiters, except our lives, our limbs,
our property, our profits and our
happiness. -,
We beseech Thee that thou wilt
eliminate from the Bible the Com
mandment "Thou shalt not KILL it
requires too much explanation,
and this we have none. We pray
Thee that thou wilt withhold from
the worker, the message of the
Prince of Peace, "Peace on Earth,
for it may cause the fool worker to
think, and that would be dangerous.
Now o Holy Ones make our bust
ness good. We ask Thee this in
the name of Woodrow Wilson, Billy
Sunday and Morgan. Amen.