For Absent Friends.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume V, Issue 5, 1 November 1914, Page 50

For Absent Friends.

■0; Eternal Lord God, from whom no sjiace or, distance can ever separate us, we know that those who are absent from each other are still present with Thee. We pray Thee Itofhaye im Thy holy keeping those Avhb have " forthi ;from 'our 4Qf ant t^ at i^Y 3 n d . iwe drawing nearer to Thee may be drawn closer to each other, bound togethef.by the unseen chain of Thy love m the Communion of Thy Saints and the Fellowship of Thy Spirit ; that whether or no, as seemeth best to Thy Divine Providence, we meet together again here on earth, we may surely meet together at the resurrection of the just and go m together to that house of many mansions' which Thou hast prepared for them. that unfeighedlv love Thee ; through Jesus Cnrist our Lord. Amen. Almighty and Everlasting God, we beseech Thee to bless our sons who are gone forth from New Zealand to fight the battles of their country : Let Thy fatherly hand ever be over them: Let Thy Holy Spirit ever be with them ; that, by Thy mtost mighty protection, they may be preserved m body and soul; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.