Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1914 — From a Veteran Pastor’s Payers. [ARTICLE]

From a Veteran Pastor’s Payers.

Father in heaven, command thy grace in Jesus Christ on the sorrowing. Solace the bereaved and lonely. Refresh the weary. Succor the oppressed, and the tempted. Strengthen the weak. Teach us to consecrate our griefs to thee. Out of our sadness bring the fruits of nobler service. Send the tides of purity and godly power coursing through the lives of men, and the affairs of society, of business, of human government—until justice and truth shall reign unhindered throughout the world, through Jesus Christ our Lord,