Saturday, December 17, 2011

1988 March/April issue Part 4

The Little Red Notebook
several readers wanted more from the little red notebook i found among my mother's things when she died last year. Someone wanted prayers for grandchildren. Here is one from mother's notebook;

Holy Father, in Thy mercy, hear our
anxious prayer;
Keep our loved, ones now far distant,
'neath Thy care.

Jesus Saviour, let Thy presence be their
light and guide;
Keep, O keep them, in their weakness,
at Thy side.

When in sorrow, when in danger, when
in loneliness,
In Thy love look down and comfort
their distress.

May the joy of Thy salvation be their
strength and stay,
May they love and may they praise Thee
day by day.

Holy Spirit; let Thy teaching sanctify
their life;
Send Thy grace that they may conquer
in the strife.

Father, Son and Holy Spirit, God the One
in Three,
Bless them, guide them, save them,
keep them near to Thee.
(I.S. Stevenson, 1869)

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