A PRAYER ANSWERED.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume 26, Issue 5, 1 May 1936, Page 6

A PRAYER ANSWERED.

God save the King! where'er our tongue is spoken, 'Mid Indian palms and 'mid Canadian snows, From every home m his loved land of England, Heartfelt, unbidden, thus the prayer arose, Think not to-day our prayers were unregarded, Nor vain the words our loycl voices sing, For whom, through these long years securely guarded, Our God has saved the King.' From pride, hypocrisy, from all vainglory, From hatred, malice, and the pomp of power, From care for self, from faltering m service, From loss of courage m the darkest hour. From thought of tasks undone or friends forsaken, From all the bitter pains remorse can bring, From love misplaced, or confidence mistaken, Our God has saved the King. And when the evening shadows darkened round him, By loyal love at length m fullness known He has been saved — O rare reward of princes! From that dread loneliness which haunts a throne. Not here is heard the final word of blessing — There waits (the apostle saith) "some better thing" — But here on earth, his people's hearts pessessing, Our God has saved the King. — C.A.A. (Reprinted from "The Times," January, 1936.)