(BTW-This Is Not MY cousin!)My cousin is a historian and picked up a lovely old (1902) leather-bound Bible. In it was a treasure (for her as a historian AND as a Christian). In it was an old ribbon on which is printed a special rendition of the Lord's prayer. According to the ribbon, it was found on the battlefield at Charleston, SC, during the war [the Civil War, of course]. It was written by a wounded comrade who never lived to get home.
It is so wonderful I wanted to share it with you all today.
THE LORD'S PRAYER Thou to the mercy seat our souls dost gather, To do our duty unto Thee OUR FATHER, To whom all praise, all honor should be given; For Thou art the great God WHO ART IN HEAVEN. Thou, by Thy wisdom, rul'st the world's whole fame Forever, therefore, HALLOWED BE THY NAME. Let never more delay divide us from Thy glorious face, but let THY KINGDOM COME; Let Thy commands opposed be by none, But 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 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 TREASPASSES, And, forasmuch, O Lord, as we believe That Thou wilt pardon us AS WE FORGIVE, Let that love teach, wherewith Thou acquain'st us, To pardon THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US; And though, sometimes, thou find'st we have forgot, This love for Thee, yet help AND LEAD US NOT, Through soul or body's 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 we pray, 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! Sent to me by a friend, Eleyna Dayne
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