Fosdick Prayers #9-16, Reel 2 of 6

the eternal god who without are asking it has sent us in this mysterious scheme of circumstance why do we would open the doors and windows of our souls to be we crave the experience of like people who have all felt by nearness but they have cried whether shall we flee from by presidents whether show we go from by spirit in the beauty of nature into revealing relationships of friendship and family in all it is an excellent and where the courageous and full of hope in human life and victories of light over darkness love over hate good overeat to be calm fall real talks and in the silence of our sole speaker was quietly that we may be sure about it through another week we have been tempted to be careless and

ungrateful like streams flowing through our common days goodness has been richly given and we have been stalked us of the fall or god today we thankfully acknowledged the as the frame your mind off friendship the spring of all due to the source of all good news save us from dishonesty and every crooked way as we were shipped here let us not calm before the court garments to appear as we think bald would like to see us lead us than before the as we are if today our spirits are full of rebellion make us candid weekly let us bring our lemon patients and resentments into by president and speak them are frankly before thy face complaining that life has not been just a once

and that we have been ill treated one or god help us to stay long enough in buy presents for by healing hand to be laid upon a white barn past sees when the windows blown growing quite a sobering thought to peace if we stand before the word sayings in our lives for which we are not an open but which we dearly love helpless to be frank with the save us from the futility of pretending penitence when we have it not grant just the grace of honesty to stand before the same old guard beholder what ball haiti's we love nevertheless give us grace to stay long enough in by president ford leader for thy light upon the lovely

minute a christ like living until you are gone let's not say can be garlands by fashioning himself as an angel of light we come with our need for courage the living spirit walk through this congregation and in a lion on men and women awkward a placid uncomfortable inwardly dismayed and beaten for life has laid a heavyweight on some of us that has come into our house so we have been disappointed in our friend discouragement set matt us in our practical of failure and some of us are torn my anxiety or god we need the spirit of our fighting cyrus who revealed the splendor of their souls

when days were difficult speak to was saying be not afraid send us for the builders of a better word our hearts are burdened in this place of privilege and beauty by the poverty that afflicts the sons of mayhem by providence has been sufficient and the world brings forth abundantly so that all should be fed but our injustice and our neighbor denies have made some grit and many more oh god have mercy on us who live in comfort lest we should be expelled fish in our privilege just not only to be merciful you know overflowing charity but to be just awful that we may build a society in which such inequity

maybe impossible open up our eyes that we may see and stop our ears that we may hear the cries of those that call for help make our hearts sensitive and our consciences quick forbidden that we should be among the curse who stand at ease in zion and care not for the affliction we all bears be fb eternal god our

father we draw near once more at all and reverence to worship they often have we be saw people fall upon us like showers of rain the day we beseech thee that remain retreat into the secret places of our own hearts and find the rising they're like whispering close the term cleansing and refreshing thought the fountain of spiritual life within us thought the source of every secret aspiration bargain everything that lifts and

liberate saw our soul and as last week come and worship we pray for genuine mess and sincerity lead us from the unreal but the real leaders from the un reality of this world we live in from the denzel of the things we touch from and shallowness and superficially out from all is she scholey and ostentatious in ourselves and in our cell make us genuine today that our faith the real we do not ask the to give us faith how serious how much of it we have with what carelessness and credulity we bestow it on many a passing when lift up our faith we beseech thee that it might turn toward the eternal

set it on things above where christ is help us to believe this day in the heights that our love turned toward the real oh we beseech thee we do not pray to the that we might have a lot of policy is that as the skies are made for wins the ball in so our hearts are made for low and i'll see as proof of carelessness our affection turns every whether and attaches itself to wall manner of thing how close this day to love the hiatus when we see it turn our hopes we beseech thee to wayne's that are real loud noise the expectation that wrong our hearts this day the hopes that walk up and down the avenues and alleyways of our soul set our hopes on things that are genuine and right

help us to serve with our hope and devotion the will of god in our generation before we fall and thus we pray for our own spiritual needs we remember the number of assaults or wrong the world of many diverse faith who this day are seeking the help was not to think of ourselves as always uniquely were children of the light and eight children of darkness god forgives us for our pride and our condescension we too are often children of darkness therefore we gather up all mankind and our supplication and the siege people by benediction on every soul seeking sincerely to do just play the love mercy and to walk humbly with his girl

we pray before all manner of christian of whatever name our son where i found in christ the revelation of the make us more worthy of our hike only may die song break through the barricades that we too often have built against him or gotten draw those who call themselves christians to cry and make our cities better decide we beseech thee draw closer together in amity and goodwill all classes and races of man forgive us that we solve stress the distinctions that separate us here on earth warhol who has made of one blood all men to dwell upon the face of the earth left us to a higher plane this day that race a nation may be seen as a promising break down our prejudices

years generosity magnanimity kind of this comprehensive most of care make our citizens of our universe grant us thy spiritual resources that we may be more than conquerors over our private stations and internet so maybe transcends of bees dear to them rise above them so that the day going forward from this place we may live as never before as becomes malls where i've had this high dignity bestowed upon them but they should be called children of god we ask it in the name of thy sons are older brother it's

both eternal spiritual from ever last thing to everlasting mark golub we worship the receiver us proud men and women too often content with our long strip us of our pride and stand us in all and wonder before the sat us in the measurable vistas of this

universe where the artist holds the us confront us with the unfathomable mysteries of life show us the questions we cannot answer the problems we cannot solve the achievements too great for our and a big strength humble us but the mayor's lift us up deepen our worship we beseech thee with the spirit of gratitude to forgive us that ever we think of ourselves as self me say to was what passed all but thou didst not bc make real to was our benefactions and our benefactor bring vividly before our imagination the personalities who has shined to make our lives beautiful recalled two was our home our churches our friend the great

traditions of the race the saviors profits and series of mankind and christ overall and be gettin us off on wall spirit of gratitude deepen our worship with a spirit that had to save us from the ig nobles self complacency startle us out of our self dc by some arresting vision of life purpose for us in crisis give us the grace of repentance the humility that asks forgiveness apart to make restitution that here than maybe cleansing of life and rededication of spirit deepen our worship weick brady with some active decision came out that we ourselves are part of the world's problems and not part of that solution renewing our minds one by one each of us may present the

world when one life on its sincere dedicated unselfish because of that may sum friendship be sweeter some home lovelier some lives happier as a reward of our work we presented the er solicitude for our nation in this day had need when blundering stupidity softened puts all things a rod i raise up among us men and women who know what our nation ought to do grant on to all of us the grace to rise above our individual self interests above prejudice of class and race to a large and trap limit care for the whole body of the commonwealth and all the people within the dam the sergeant are lifted against the peace of the world divide people grace to make peace that will endure

and to that end raise up in the church of christ the fresher vision of christ himself save us from our division that crisis say in his church that the message may be heard in the world blasted are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of god well god save us from small and merrill thoughts of the true compass channeled fall just see our lives through many a door paul what's coming if we would welcome the poll men deny it if they find true they have seen the old man does believe me if they loved beauty they have met the low man refills our creek yet if the day achieve

goodness they had known that the day we would hospitably old when our soul and can do spirit of god this pen upon our heart compost to live especially byrd who faced with adversity and circumstance with the loss of those who may have a lot better than themselves with temptations too powerful for their on at the strength with fear and anxiety but they alone cannot give us and our forty two has been this stereotype of frogs bomb has been fb eternal spirit far above

us and yet deep within us we worship the the world is too much with us we are distracted by its varying claims the costs by its many women we would escape for a while for its clamor us noises into another and higher world where there are unity and purpose cents and meaning faith and hope clarify our minds we beseech thee give us great ideas that we may strike our roots into them and be strong when the heavy winds dissent

clarify our hearts save us from the folly of vindictiveness to the wisdom of magnanimity and let good will have its way in our mind clarify our will we beseech thee save us from our cross purposes and contradictory ambition and let some soul cried today this one thing i do as we pray for ourselves we know ourselves at one with all the souls of maine it is when we stand before the eternal but we see a volatile moment are the divisions of race and color nations speech that separate man from man our souls are won our deep needs are alike our highest aspirations are the same dollar has made of one

blood all mankind to dwell upon the face of the earth grant us not only do believe this book to live it make every one of us a faithful servant of human brotherhood we lived our prayer today for those who forget to pray for themselves if there are boys and girls offering all petition for themselves happy with the passing day is making enormous supplication for the airlines we pray for that our hope is in good as thou lord made nine hand on one of them he might swing the gate avenue we wrote for mankind we lift up in our solicitous edition the view of the world there are churches that forget to pray for themselves complacent and

content we pray for than thou didst give on to was so great a founder forgive us that we are so little were the open seamus in his presence impresses portrayed on our imaginations that we may not forgetting that he may reveal grass constantly and then guide us toward that day when christianity shall oppose asked the quality of christ we pray for all governors of nations for all will hold significant office and position among the sons of name if they are not praying for them so forgive them for the ineptitude and selfishness with which the world has gotten and forgive us the people that we support them in that grant under the leaders of the nation wisdom and insight and selfishness and

courage unless they bring down the temple of mankind about our ear especially we pray for those so high rise by difficulty and so lawless the wall high in vivid faith but they cannot pray for themselves grant to sound such today a vision of the blue sky through the gathering pollen that they may be sure again that the sun is shining give us radium instead of darkness give us stability instead of bewilderment and sad song so are stricken and shaken sold today upon such deep foundation that his house shall not for now send us all along to make goodness attract give us

grayson and radio may we made righteousness lovell because of what we are forgive us that we should ever misrepresent crises that the world should not see him in arts lift us up on till ol religion shall saying in our life we ask it in the spirit of the master on the air fb eternal spirit bao dwellers delight unapproachable

beyond the power of our thought to comprehend or our imagination to portray yet gaal art revealed to us in the order of the world we live in the truth are mines discover indian word presence of thy spirit and above all in christ by side with reverend hearts we worship thee we would bring our fragmentary lives in to the presence of my whole mess we would bring our transient thoughts into the light of mine eternity we would bring our restless spirits into the common strain of mine everlasting purpose see what complaints we have brought into life sanctuary against the circumstances that have fretted us against the human friends who have failed us against the

enemy is who have wronged us and even against the justice of guy in order that has her let's teach us nevertheless we beseech thee to search our own wine to see that each man has his own destiny but ej so is it all have them and it's all hail send us back into our old souls to find their bye bye greece peace and paul and adequacy to conquer life may we be victors and not victims or god we would escape from ourselves this are from our little impartial so from armenia and selfish so we would escape from our fragmentary and broken selves into the eye greatness teach us once again the everlasting history that all may as we lose

ourselves in something higher than ourselves can we find ourselves that theyre saying give us a great faith the live broadway from dial and disillusionment from cynicism and rebellion deliver us good lord for uncertainty give us confidence though we may not see all things clearly let us see some great things mainly that we may live by them or god give us lighten up the walk by give us wisdom to live by we beseech thee we who walks off on blindly through the torturous labyrinth of life give us a clue this day let us have vision to see the way we ought to take through some perplexing circumspect ladd hired decisions be made on the right side of great questions involve

sanctuary grant us love to live why we pray thee and large our sympathies deepen our understanding this and compassion save us from resentful cast down within us that in this and meanness and lift us up the largeness of mind and heart that we may have the grace to take within the campus of our care golson by prejudice we have shut out or through this like have her give us great causes to live four or god we thank thee for this difficult and serious time this generation of many dangers and manet open door save us from living on a small scale integrated opened the eyes of song use here because he's worth giving life to but

they may be glorified not alone by what they are but by what they identified themselves we lift us up into better days in the nation build justice into our economic order ryan's vision and courage to our states and make a sequel to our international responsibilities and opportunity and grant that we may all play a part in the things that matter most in our time so that we may leave this world a fairer home for thy family we ask it in the spirit of the master on the air fb eternal

father thy children who have wandered far from the return once more to stand in reverence before thy face from the superficial reality of life where so much that we see is cheap and so much that we thought she's ten so we return once more to find in the stability and depth and strength from our lack of resources to meet the difficulties that the siege us and the temptation for the

sailors we returned to find resource reserve and power from the restlessness of life its feverish pace and hectic ways we returned to the to feel around our restlessness by riots from the harshness of life its own kind of ways and on gentle fore from the vindictiveness of man and the harbor grudges that off and make our own hearts bitter we come to be again to learn good will oh god welcome us we beseech thee granting us the priceless treasure of my spirits presence they souls evidence are buffeted that have fallen on discouraged and don't have lost hope fine power and comfort

forty two and peace and life sanctuary make this day a sacrament of memory bring to our minds those recollections that show clams and encourage inspire and empower our heart we remember our phone for the rich heritage that has come from them to us for the sustaining traditions handed down from faithful holmes the faithful sons and daughters for the nurture and abolition of the lord that we discovered in the tireless love of our families we bless my name we remember before the evolution of the world called the dead but why not that it was alive bring them close about us on this day of reminiscence that roosevelt walked with us in times past the real to us that we may be

inspired by the companionship of the world on the scene and he turned we thank thee for the memories of our churches for their faults and failures we see my part but for all the grace and goodness in the world the ways they're have channeled to our hearts faith in christ and love of christ like values blasted be thy name give us invasion and dedication in our day to be more worthy of the saints and apostles the profits on marchers who has borne a good witness for the gospel and have served their generation according to baidu will before they fail on sleep we thank thee for our national heritage for all that is on worthy therefore our selfishness are private world war vanity and prosperity

are forgetful list of white just listened liberty must be paid for by sacrifice in every generation forgiveness or more and these days when evil han solo the sacred things for which our fathers died when righteousness is forgotten in high places when crime betrays the nation and tomorrow level of our living thing forgive those good lord but for all that is noble and right for all that is excellent and a good report for contributions made to freedom to democracy to write just blasted the dining oh god our father so amid all the concerns of the universe and other nations

never does forget the individual crossed while the inner threshold of our hearts this day bar noise the anxieties their sickness is in our homes and we are solicitors as we remember before the evolution we love better than we love our so temptations are in our hearts because of which we are burdened before the we faced problems that perplexes tasks for which we feel on equal our inner lives are battlefields where faith and fear confidence and content for the victory we see within our allies failure that only by mercy can pardon and possibilities of good but only by grace can bring to fulfill

see barrow the unspoken prayer which no tongue can alter for this very congregation upon every secret aspiration send via help for every need sendai supplies we ask it in the name of christ oh man the eternal god

who with all our oscar yet has set us in this strange scheme of circumstance guide us in the same we beseech thee that we fear oh not ourselves our fellows or the she just to look upon our life as a high trust remind us of the great songs of the last through whom broadcast shine gloriously to make the face of this earth more beautiful the saints apostles on marchers servants of the common good rainfall has given to mankind they receive them committing to our charge the stewardship of their high calling and saying to us life is a trust did this empty just to see more vividly the faces of our friend the loved ones in our family circle wife cared for us as they cared not

for them so and all true spirits who have given us their affection and confident that ramsay to was the day life is a trust do this and make real to us the sacrifices of the last the market don't square with vicarious all pouring of life the world was uplifted and those simpler humbler services of heavy cost the plane men and women have contributed to make this earth more decent for by a human family as thus we stand before the universal cross made say to us life is a trust especially to this end nate we see today the christ of god thanks be to the forehead for the loveliness of his childhood the beauty of his home

the integrity of his youth for the greatness of his teaching the grind sure of his life the courage of his cross is glorious victory and for his un dying undefeated influence thanks be to the end as he passes to was the higher heritage of his memoir a letter his voice say towards life is a trust we pray for our families no lovely thing has ever come to word save as behind it was a lovely home has found out called i self father and us found in our mutual relations called us brothers since we cannot understand the accepting family terms god keep

us from this boiling the family that by benediction rest upon our household let no route of misunderstanding sprang up among us led our homes grow beautiful that in their duty we may see the likeness of my fatherhood and our son should we pray before our nation and for our international life so long ago the prince of peace was born with songs of good will demand and so long term is the fulfillment of the vision thanks be to be for every hole that piece may come on her or god help us pray for peace or a mystery that two piece we maybe daily dedicating for the united nations we enter a scene for all who

sat in conference concerning the worlds critical of fire for all who fight against hatred bigotry and violence and race relationship let our eyes see some triumphs of justice and our hearts be inspired by the dawn of a better day we present two dr personalize there are spirits here harvey is dead by even though circumstance crush by be re manned and done by anxiety overwhelmed by temptation or god lets on faith and hope and love come to the help of every worshiper we ask it in the name of christ all men

the eternal spirit with reverence and humility and we worship the mysterious is this universe into which fall has assured us

we stand in all before power beyond our thought the measure distances that stagger our imaginations questions that we cannot answer and problems that we cannot song mysterious is our life within us that from the freshness of its springtime passes to the call of its december it is not in us to walk and got in our step so lift us up we beseech thee but once more for our guidance on protection we may have a mahler of insight and illumination when the intuition of things did fine and beautiful israel to us and all that is our grasp and excellent rises like the morning sun up on our planet lift us up we beseech thee from him directly to the thankfulness

strangely coming move and our life all things good and evil happy and on the happy various indian constant are our fortunes here forgive our eyes their tendency to center on the darkened trouble staying forgive our imaginations that they fashioned our lives into anxiety and gloom and ups are boston fears and foreboding grant us an hour of saner perspective i'm sure are rising like memory of dr sacrament weekend vote within us the fires of thankfulness remind us of holmes where beauty duo of children that rejoice our heart of friendships the lessons and traditions from pines fires for which others have shared tears and paid the price of sacrifice to our spirits one small

for gratitude left us up we beseech thee from cowardice the current save us from self pity recover us from our complaints no we are the sons and daughters of soldiers who fought a good fight before they fell on sleep and we're not afraid not just not the trade the breed from which we can build into was also styled hearts that we in our generation may stand on daunted by fear and conquered by adversity untainted by coward lift us up we brady from vindictiveness to goodwill but memories of the savior steel upon our imagination if we are harboring grudges

if hey for this has taken hold on our spirits save us we pray thee from such a desecration of this holy hour bring sympathy about the worst and understanding and the fare grace to put ourselves in others places before we judge them lift us up above now it's and even those speaking and and kindness of heart a rousing us his bearded to good prey upon the cross for those who put him there or god help us to be christians in our hearts because love is there lift us up we pray thee from selfishness to surveys remind us of downcast been stricken lives let our

imaginations run out into our prison the houses where the poor live down in golden penury the asylums where disordered minds be themselves all the dance their veins imagining the underprivileged areas of our city is light and of the world where our blessings that we take for granted our little known and hungers talk and fear part and tomorrow is frightening wake up within us are forgotten kind mame auntie julie's be happier because praying for this we have gone forth to put our prayers into d and with all this spirit of the eternal crisis lift us up from dial the faith lift us out of our

senses and our skepticism arana willingness to believe that the good maybe true into our courageous faith and started to concerning god and his purposes the human us while son of the morning until not only show our mountain peak shine with a new confidence but the very values joe field lineman pines splendor and we have faith again in or so in our fellow and in the week praying in the spirit of crimes are men fb

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