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!