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Almighty God . . . look with favor, we beseech thee, upon this school...
Last week came news that hard-riding Lieut. General George S. Patton Jr., in his moment of need, had put aside his pearl-handled pistols, taken up a pen, and appealed to a Higher Authority. Wrote he: "Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee . . . to restrain these immoderate rains. . .. Grant us fair weather for battle. Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee that, armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory . . . and establish Thy justice among men and nations. Amen...
...over the world last Sunday, Anglican and Episcopal priests read the collect for the Sunday next before Advent: "Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people. . . ." But few & far between were the clergy who followed the old English custom of Stir Up Sunday, taking their sermon texts from the collect's opening sentence. Fewer still were the irreverent moppets who piped the day's old ditty...
Stir up, we beseech thee...
Almighty God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage; We humbly beseech thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of thy favour and glad to do thy will. Bless our land with honourable industry, sound learning, and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion; from pride and arrogancy, and from every evil way. Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues. Endue with the spirit of wisdom those to whom in thy Name we entrust the authority of government, that there...