Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1914 — PRATER FOR PEACE WHOLE COUNTY WILL OFFER ON OCTOBER 4. [ARTICLE]

PRATER FOR PEACE WHOLE COUNTY WILL OFFER ON OCTOBER 4.

Eternal God, our Heavenly J Father, out of the depths of < our souls we cry unto Thee ' that peace may come speedily < to the people now’ engageci in , unholy war, with its wide des- < olation in the wrecking of ; homes, the breaking of hearts, < robbing the world of its J young men, filling it with wld- < ows and orphans. Intervene, 0 we beseech 1 Thee, with all Thy quickening J and persuasive power, that 1 ’ wisdom, mercy and brotherly ' love may prevail, and we will praise and magnify Thy holy*: name in the spirit of the ' Prince of Peace. Amen. This prayer was written by ’ the Rev. Henry N. Couden, the blind chaplain of the house of 1 representatives, to be offered ; In connection with the peace ’ movement which culminated I in a proclamation by Presi- ; dent Wilson, naming October > 4th as a day for peace services.