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PRAYER i '■^ / C) 



bsent Friend) / 



O God of Understanding:, I pray thee 

 Care for him whom Distance talteg from 



Bless his couch with Rest, wliere'er he lies, 

 And close, with thy caressing peace, his 



Send some Guardian Angel from thy side 

 To keep the watch at night, lest ill betide; 

 Greet with Joy and Strength his waking 

 soul 



And lead him onward to some higher goal. 

 And when, at last, his [footsteps homeward 



trend. 



him safely back to me— his 



-C«.»oS,now im« ..'UMOX PIO =m,.-3ErOT 



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