WHITE BROTHER (continued)

"Brother, for thee I suffered greater woes; As I forgave, do thou forgive thy foes,

-God's son !"

"Yea, Lord, as Thou forgavest, I forgive; And now, my soul unto Thyself receive,

-God's Son !"

Thick-clustered in the battered trench, amazed, They gazed at that strange sight. ... and gazed

-The Christ of God, come down to succour one Of their own number,-their own mate

-God's son!

And none who saw that sight will e'er forget
How once, upon the field of death, they met

-God's Son.

A LITTLE TE DEUM FOR THESE TIMES

We thank Thee, Lord,

For mercies manifold in these dark days;-
For Heart of Grace that would not suffer wrong;
For all the stirrings in the dead dry bones;
For bold self-steeling to the times' dread needs;
For every sacrifice of self to Thee;

For ease and wealth and life so freely given;
For Thy deep sounding of the hearts of men;
For Thy great opening of the hearts of men;
For Thy close-knitting of the hearts of men;
For all who sprang to answer the great call;
For their high courage and self-sacrifice;
For their endurance under deadly stress;
For all the unknown heroes who have died
To keep the land inviolate and free;

For all who come back from the Gates of Death;
For all who pass to larger life with Thee,
And find in Thee the wider liberty;
For hope of Righteous and Enduring Peace;
For hope of cleaner earth and closer heaven;
With burdened hearts, but faith unquenchable,-
We thank Thee, Lord!

THY WILL BE DONE!

"Thy Will be done!"

Let all the worlds

Resound with that divinest prayer!
The joyous souls redeemed from ill
Know all the wonders of Thy Will;

Heaven's highest bliss is surely this,

"Thy Will be done! Thy Will be done!"

"Thy Will be done!"

'Tis not Thy Will

That Sin or Sorrow rule the world.

Thy Will is Joy, and Hope, and Light;
Thy Will is All-Triumphant Right.

And so, exultantly, we cry,

"Thy Will be done! Thy Will be done!"

"Thy Will be done!"

It is Thy Will

That all Life's wrongs should be redressed;

That burdened souls their bonds should break; That Earth of Heavenly Joys partake.

And so, right wistfully, we cry,

"Thy Will be done! Thy Will be done!"

THY WILL BE DONE! (continued)

"Thy Will be done!"

'Tis not Thy Will

That man should kiss a chastening rod;
But, heart abrim, and head to heaven,
Should praise his God for mercies given,
And ever cry right joyously,

"Thy Will be done! Thy Will be done!"

"Thy Will be done!"

It is Thy Will

That Life should seek its golden prime,

That strife 'twixt man and man should cease,-
That all Thy sons should build Thy peace.
And so, full longingly, we cry,—

"Thy Will be done! Thy Will be done!"

"Thy Will be done!"

Then Earth were Heaven,

If but Thy gracious Will prevailed;

If every will that worketh ill

Would bend to Thine, and Thine fulfil,

And with us pray,—“Bring in Thy Day!
Thy Will be done! Thy Will be done!"

JUDGMENT DAY

The nations are in the proving;
Each day is Judgment Day;

And the peoples He finds wanting
Shall pass-by the Shadowy Way.