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Prayer for Peace

by Ian Boyden and Ralph Dale (1967)


    Gentle Jesus, bless each bomb
    We drop today in Vietnam,
    And keep our helicopters safe
    From natives they fly low to strafe.
    Amen.

    Lord of Life, increase our skill
    To build up added overkill,
    And let no pacifist decry
    The strontium-90 in our sky.

    Heavenly Father, we entreat
    Let no one sell the Cubans wheat,
    And grant us power to chastise
    All insubordinate allies.

    Holy Spirit, give us grace
    To win the guided missile race,
    And help our scientists amass
    Vast arsenals of germs and gas.

    From further dwindling, Lord, preserve
    Our ever-shrinking gold reserve,
    And we beseech Thee, come what may,
    Let overseas investments pay.

    The world's most upright Christian land,
    We ask these blessings at Thy hand —
    Be Thine the glory, Lord on high,
    When women weep and children die.
    Amen.





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