Monday, February 19, 2024

Monday Meditation: A President's Day Prayer For The Nation

 



"Where there is no vision, no redemptive revelation of God,
the people perish; but he who keeps the law of God, which
includes that of man, blessed is he."
(Proverbs 29:18)


Image courtesy/Blue Mountain


O God of earth and altar,

Bow down and hear our cry;

Our earthly rulers falter,

Our people drift and die;

The walls of gold entomb us,

The swords of scorn divide;

Take not Thy thunder from us,

But take away our pride.


From all that terror teaches,

From lies of tongue and pen;

From all the easy speeches

That comfort cruel men;

From sale and profanation

Of honor and the sword;

From sleep and from damnation,

Deliver us, good Lord!


Tie in a living tether

The priest and prince and thrall;

Bind all our lives together,

Smite us and save us all;

In ire and exultation,

A-flame with faith, and free,

Lift up a living nation, 

A single sword to Thee.

Amen.



"O God Of Earth And Altar"
(1906)
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
(1874-1936)
English writer, philosopher,
Christian apologist,
literary and art critic.

Written as a "Prayer For The Nation" in
The English Hymnal






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