A REMARKABLE NEW PSALM.
Three new Psalms tracing the found" I ing of the British Empire and then the bursting of the storm in 1914, and how the men of our blood canio to our aid, have been composed by Mr A. W. Pollard, assistant keeper in th£ libraly of the British Museum. Wc giro below tho words of the third Psalm, "and," says the "Church Family Newspaper," "we do not hesitato to say that during the war, at any rate, these Psalms ought to be used periodically in our churches":—
Let us praise God for tho Dead: for the Uoai irbo did in our cutis?. They wont forth #1 rpt a Ji'.tlo army: ill us rath ire re tni? «a afec-J. "The hordes of tic onemy were hurUd against them: they Ml back, lint thoirhatrt failed not. i "Thry v.cnl forward again and held their ground: though their foes vrezo ta fiv« to f.ne. "They g-nv» tizne for otir host to inu»t«r: the host of the men who r.cw thought to fi'/lic'. "A great host and » miihty: worthy Of the m?n trho died to gain tlirni time. "Tho men who never thought to' fifht have not been found wanting: in th# strength Cod has given them (her are gJW of heart. fig-Jit ngainut thoro who )M'e Wa-V they fight, and by faith in God they shili prevail. "Lot urawc God for thwe men: lei ns remember them before Hial all onr day*. "Let u.i cure ior the widotve and orphan*! and for the men who com > home m-aimed. "Truly God hda bun nilll iw: these ihingt have not been done without Ilia help. "(j Lord our Clod, be Thou still our helper: Bioko us worthy of thece who die."
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16205, 7 May 1918, Page 6
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290A REMARKABLE NEW PSALM. Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16205, 7 May 1918, Page 6
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