Show PRAYERS BEFORE BATTLE cul by famous historical personages one of tho car earliest liest records in history of a prayer bobola battle is that of chil deric king of gaul a pagan who before going juto into battle at Zuel pich somo years after christ prayed to the tha god of tile tho christians to help him to victory his foe was attila king of tho the huns and cm Chil deric vowed if god would give him tile tho victory would embrace the christian faith the prayer of a hungarian officer before of the battles fought for the in in depond enco of hungary in IS 1819 19 was as follows 1 I will not ask thoo lord tu to help us and 1 I know thou wilt not help tile austrians Aust rians but if thon wilt sit on yonder hill bill thou not be ashamed of thy children this was tho pray prayer or of the fighting bishop leslie before one of tile battles fought in ireland 0 got god for our aro are not fit to claim thy help but bat if we are bad our ei enemies lomies ire are worse and if thou seest not meet to help us lie we pray thee help them not dot but stand thou thon neuter on this dy day and d leave it to the arm of the flesh the one offered ed before the lie battle of edghill edgehill by sir i jacob astley was thou kno west 0 lord that I 1 shall be very busy this day find and if I 1 forgot forget thee forget file alion not nie me and then the command followed march on oil boys I 1 As I 1 king edward adward advanced with his is columns I 1 to bannockburn bo be remarked to his aids seeing the scotch ou on their knees see they hey kneel tile rebels are asking parlon pardon DUmph ravillo raville was heard board to remark yes but it is to t 0 tho the 1 king fiig of lid kings s these men conquer or die on this field I 1 oliver cromwell had bad public prayers before going to battle on several occasions 1 as fur instance previous to the battle of dunbar it isa is a curious fact that hat tile english prayer book contains prayers or at least one prayer to be said before going into action at sea while nothing is provided for use beffie engagements gage ments on land new york herald |