06/09/2026
“Dear Lord, I am bewildered by the angry world.
I do not know the meaning of the flags unfurled.
The noisy skies, the tortured seas:
What sayest Thou, O Lord, to these?
I hear the strident call to arms; above the scenes
Of men in desperate debate, their war machines
Defile the skies, pollute the earth.
How much, O Lord, can peace be worth?
Hast Thou in merited disgust turned back from man
Who recklessly has broken trust and sinned again?
Forgive our selfish lust for power
And save us in this dreadful hour.
Return, O Lord, return and save this wretched race,
Save us, not by Thy justice, Lord, but by Thy grace,
Forgive our foolish, pompous way,
And save us from ourselves, we pray.”