The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-26
BILLY SUNDAYS
PRAYER IN HOUSE
Members Break Into Applause A.
Famous Evangelist Says Speedy
Prayer
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"wednesday, Jan. 70, 1879
BILLY Sunday said the invocation
in the national house of representa-.
tives recently and for the first time
in its history the members and the oc.
cupants of its galleries broke into
applause.)
This is what he prayed:
Almighty God, our heavenly Father,
we thank Thee and rejoice that
through faith in Thee and Thy word
this government was built upon that
foundation.
We thank Thee that the compact
signed in the cabin of the Mayflower
by u ancestors was for democracy,
liberty, freedom and the right to
worship Thee according to the die
tates of our own conscience.
We thank Thee that as a nation we
have the courage to proclaim to the
world u continued belief in Thee.
stamping on our coins the inscription.
"In God We Trust"
We thank Thee that we are Ameri-
cans and live beneath the protecting
folds of the Stars and Stripes. We
thank Thee that Thou canstx look over
the battlements of glory on our land
and see that there is not one stain on
any star or stripe in Old Glory.
We thank Thee for our happy
homes. We thank Thee for our wives
and little mes We thank Thee for
the fruitful trees and beautiful har-
vests. We thank Thee that as a ma
ton we have eve gene to bed hun
cry nor scraped the. bottom of our
flour barrel, and we pray Thee con-
tlnued mercy and blessings upon US.
We pray Thee that Thou wilt for
give u transgressions and blot out
all our iniquit.es.
Thou knOwest, O Lord, that we are
n a life and death struggle with one
OF the most Infamous, vile, crazy,
evaricious, bloodthir= ty, sensual and
Vicious nations that has ever disgrace
ed the pages of history.
Thou knowest that Germany has
drawn from the eyes Of mankind
enough tears to make another sea;
that she has drawn blood enough to
redden every wave Of that sea; that
she has drawn enough groanse2and
shrieks from the hearts Of men, wo-
men and children to make another
mountain.
We pray Thee that Thou wilt bare
Thy mighty arm and strike that great
pack off from the wolfish Huns whose
fingers drip with blood and gore. We
pray Thee that the stars in their
courses and the winds and the waves
may fight against them.
We pray Thee that Thou wilt bless
u beloved president, and give him
STRENGTH of mind and body and cour-
age of heart for his arduous duties in
these sorrow-laden, staggering days.
fe pray ms LESS tie Secretary
# State, the oelretary of War, and
the Secretary OF the Navy and
bless, we pra yThee, the naval strate-
yy board.
Bless, we pray Thee, Lord, the gem
eral at the head of our party. Bless
The boys across the sea, somewhere
n France, and bless those protecting
our transports, loaded to the waters
edge with men and munitions.
Bless u boys at home who are
n the cantonments.
Bless, we pray Thee, the Senate
and the House of Representatives.
and give them wisdom and strength, |
for they seem to have come into the |
kingdom for such a time as this. And
Lord, may every man, woman, and
child, from Maine to California, and
to Louisiana, stand up to
The last ditch and be glad and willing |
TO suffer and endure until final Wet
Dry shall come.
Bless u allies and may victory
be ours.
And in Your own time, and in Your
own way, we pray Thee that Thou
will release the white-winged dove of
peace until it shall dispel the storm
clouds that hang lowering over this
;in-cursed, blood-soaked and sorrow
ing world, and when it is all over, we
will uncover our heads and lift our
faces to the heavens and sing with a
new meaning, "My country, tits of
Thee, sweet land of liberty, of Thee
I sing"
And the praise shall be to Thee for
Through Jesus Christ, Amen.