Enduring Peace;
For hope of cleaner earth and closer heaven;
With burdened hearts, but faith unquenchable,--
We thank Thee, Lord!

THY WILL BE DONE!

"_Thy Will be done!_"
Let all the worlds
Resound with that divinest prayer!
The joyous souls redeemed from ill
Know all the wonders of Thy Will;
Heaven's highest bliss is surely this,--
"_Thy Will be done! Thy Will be done!_"

"_Thy Will be done!_"
Tis not Thy Will
That Sin or Sorrow rule the world.
Thy Will is Joy, and Hope, and Light;
Thy Will is All-Triumphant Right.
And so, exultantly, we cry,--
"_Thy Will be done! Thy Will be done!_"

"_Thy Will be done!_"
It is Thy Will
That all Life's wrongs should be redressed;
That burdened souls their bonds should break;
That Earth of Heavenly Joys partake.
And so, right wistfully, we cry,--
"_Thy Will be done! Thy Will be done!_"

"_Thy Will be done!_"
'Tis not Thy Will
That man should kiss a chastening rod;
But, heart abrim, and head to heaven,
Should praise his God for mercies given,
And ever cry right joyously,--
"_Thy Will be done! Thy Will be done!_"

"_Thy Will be done!_"
It is Thy Will
That Life should seek its golden prime,--
That strife 'twixt man and man should cease,--
That all Thy sons should build Thy peace.
And so, full longingly, we cry,--
"_Thy Will be done! Thy Will be done!_"

"_Thy Will be done!_"
Then Earth were Heaven,
If but Thy gracious Will prevailed;
If every will that worketh ill
Would bend to Thine, and Thine fulfil,
And with us pray,--"_Bring in Thy Day!
Thy Will be done! Thy Will be done!_"

DIES IRAE--DIES PACIS

(_As earnestly as any I crave the victory of Right over this madness of
Insensate Might against which we are contending. As certainly as any I
would, if that were conceivably possible, have adequate punishment
meted out to those who have brought this horror upon the world. But I
see, as all save the utterly earth-blinded must see--that when the Day
of Settlement comes, and we and our allies are in a position to impose
terms, unless we go into the Council-Chamber with hearts set inflexibly
on the Common Weal of the World--in a word, unless we invite Christ to
a seat at the Board--the end may be even worse than the
beginning;--this which we have hoped and prayed night be the final war
may prove b