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Show THOSE WHO TOSS IN PAIN. From Stars and Stripes, the paper of ; the soldier boys in France, the following follow-ing battle prayer is excerpted, the au- thor being Major Brainerd Taylor of I the United States army: Alone upon a hill I stand ' Overlooking trench, and No Man's Land; In night's black skies, like Northern Lights, Pale flashes rise to mark the heights Where Death's dark angels bear away The souls of men who die, today. Jesus of Nazareth, from Thy cross Look down and comfort those who toss And scream in pain and. anguish dread ' In No Man's Land among the dead; I Have pity for the wounds they bear, Jesus of Nazareth, hear my prayer. On Calvary, "as the hours dragged. From cruel nails Thy body sagged, I Yet in that agony, 0 Lord, I Thou didst give blessed comfort I t'ward I' One suffering soul who with Thee died; I He who for sin was crucified 1 I Out thero lie men who die for right 0 O Christ, bo merciful tonight; II Wilt Thou -svho stilled the troubled 1 seas I Stretch forth Thy hand their pain to I ease I Thy sons whoso feet so bravely trod 1 Earth's battlefields, O Son of God? |