Prayers Written At Vailima(1)
<p><span word="FOR">FOR</span> <span word="SUCCESS">SUCCESS</span></p><p><span word="LORD">LORD</span>, <span word="behold">behold</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="assembled">assembled</span>.</p><p><span word="We">We</span> <span word="thank">thank</span> <span word="Thee">Thee</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="dwell">dwell</span>； <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="unites">unites</span> <span word="us">us</span>； <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="peace">peace</span> <span word="accorded">accorded</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="day">day</span>； <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hope">hope</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="expect">expect</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="morrow">morrow</span>； <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="health">health</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="work">work</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="food">food</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bright">bright</span> <span word="skies">skies</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="delightful">delightful</span>； <span word="for">for</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="friends">friends</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="parts">parts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="earth">earth</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="friendly">friendly</span> <span word="helpers">helpers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="isle">isle</span>. <span word="Let">Let</span> <span word="peace">peace</span> <span word="abound">abound</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="company">company</span>. <span word="Purge">Purge</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="heart">heart</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lurking">lurking</span> <span word="grudge">grudge</span>. <span word="Give">Give</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="grace">grace</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="strength">strength</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="forbear">forbear</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="persevere">persevere</span>. <span word="Offenders">Offenders</span>, <span word="give">give</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="grace">grace</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="accept">accept</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="forgive">forgive</span> <span word="offenders">offenders</span>.</p><p><span word="Forgetful">Forgetful</span> <span word="ourselves">ourselves</span>, <span word="help">help</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="bear">bear</span> <span word="cheerfully">cheerfully</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="forgetfulness">forgetfulness</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="others">others</span>. <span word="Give">Give</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="courage">courage</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="gaiety">gaiety</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="quiet">quiet</span> <span word="mind">mind</span>. <span word="Spare">Spare</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="friends">friends</span>, <span word="soften">soften</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="enemies">enemies</span>. <span word="Bless">Bless</span> <span word="us">us</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="innocent">innocent</span> <span word="endeavours">endeavours</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="not">not</span>, <span word="give">give</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="strength">strength</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="encounter">encounter</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="come">come</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="brave">brave</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="peril">peril</span>, <span word="constant">constant</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="tribulation">tribulation</span>, <span word="temperate">temperate</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="wrath">wrath</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="changes">changes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="fortune">fortune</span>, <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="down">down</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gates">gates</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="death">death</span>, <span word="loyal">loyal</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="loving">loving</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="another">another</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="clay">clay</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="potter">potter</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="windmill">windmill</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wind">wind</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="sire">sire</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="beseech">beseech</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Thee">Thee</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="mercy">mercy</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Christ">Christ</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="sake">sake</span>.</p>
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