p. 1 | The Lord’s Prayer

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Jun 9, 1904

The Lord’s Prayer

Then to the mercy-seat our souls do gather To do our duty unto Thee “Our Father, To whom all praise, all honors should be given, Who art in Heaven, For thou art the great God Thou, by thy wisdom, rulest the whole world’s fame, Hallowed be thy name. Forever, therefore Let nevermore delay divide us from Thy glorious face, but let Thy kingdom come. Let thy commands opposed be by none, Let thy good pleasure and Thy will be done, And let our promptness to obey be even The very same In earth as ’tis in heaven. Then for our souls, O Lord, we also pray Thou wouldst be pleased to Give us on this day The food of life, wherewith our souls are fed. Sufficient raiment, and Our daily bread With every needful thing do Thou relieve us, And of thy mercy, pity and Forgive us All our misdeeds, for Him whom thou didst please To make an offering for Our trespasses. And forasmuch, O Lord, as we believe That thou wilt pardon us As we forgive, Let that love teach wherewith Thou dost acquaint us, To pardon all Who trespass against us. And though sometimes thou findest we’ve forgot This love for Thee, yet help, And lead us not, Though souls or bodies want, to desperation, Nor let earth’s gain drive us Into temptation, Let not the soul of any true believer Fall in the time of trial, But deliver, Yea, save them from the malice of the devil, And both in life and death keep Us from evil. Thus pray we, Lord, for that of Thee from whom This may be had, For Thine is the kingdom, This world is of thy works, its wondrous story To Thee belongs, The power and the glory, And all thy wondrous works have ended never, But will remain forever and Forever. Thus we poor creatures would confess again And thus would say eternally, Amen.”

This poem was found on a battlefield, and is supposed to have been written by a wounded soldier.