A PRAYER FOR OUR ENEMIES.
O GOD, we beseech Thee, forgive and pardon our enemies, and give us that measure of Thy grace, that for their hatred we may love them; for their cursing we may bless them; for their injury we may do them good; and for their persecution we may pray for them. They have laid a net for our steps, and they have digged a pit before us; Lord, we desire not that they themselves should fall into the midst of these, but we beseech Thee keep us out of them, and deliver, establish, bless and prosper us for Thy mercy's sake in Jesus Christ our Saviour, to whom with Thee and the Holy Spirit, we desire to consecrate ourselves and our country, now and forever, imploring Thee to be our GOD, and to make us Thy people. Amen.
This is from a book called Prayers Suitable for the Times in Which We Live. My identity is a French and Catholic woman, who in this period will probably devote herself to the service of wounded soldiers in the Civil war as its effects are felt in the Florida territory. Her religious nature will be a driving force behind her work and she will pray often with the soldiers.
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