808. C. M. Gibbons.
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Adams, John G. (John Greenleaf) and Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)
Prayer for Universal Peace.
1Lord, send thy word, and let it run,
Armed with thy Spirit's power;
Ten thousand shall confess its sway,
And bless the saving hour.
2Beneath the influence of thy grace
The barren wastes shall rise,
With sudden greens and fruits arrayed,
A blooming paradise.
3True holiness shall strike its root
In each regenerate heart,
Shall in a growth divine arise,
And heavenly fruits impart.
4Peace, with her olives crowned, shall stretch
Her wings from shore to shore;
No trump shall rouse the rage of war,
Nor murderous cannon roar.
5Lord, for those days we wait;--those days
Are in thy word foretold;
Fly swifter, sun and stars, and bring
This promised age of gold!