Magyar Egyház, 1974 (53. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1974-03-01 / 3. szám
10 MAGYAR EGYHÁZ PRAYER FOR AMERICA Our Father, we pray for this land. We need Thy help in this time of testing and uncertainty, when men who could fight together on the field of battle seem strangely unable to work together around conference tables for peace. May we begin to see that all true Americanism begins in being Christian; that it can have no other foundation, as it has no other roots. To Thy glory was this Republic established. For the advancement of the Christian faith did the Founding Fathers give their life’s heritage, passed down to us. We would pray that all over this land there may be a return to the faith of those men and women who trusted in God as they faced the perils and dangers of the frontier, not alone in crossing the continent, in building their cabins, in rearing their families, in eking out a livelihood, but in raising a standard of faith to which men have been willing to repair down through the years. Thou didst bless their efforts. Thou didst bless America. Thou hast made her rich. Wilt Thou also make her good? Make us, the citizens of this land, want to do the right things. Make us long to have right attitudes. Help us to be Christian in our attitudes. Let all that we do and say spring out of understanding hearts. Make us willing to seek moral objectives together, that in united action this nation may be as resolute for righteousness and peace as she has been for war. Bless those who bear responsibility. May they be led by Thee to do that which is right rather than that which is expedient or politically wise. Save us from politicians who seek only their own selfish interests. Illumine the minds of management as well as labor, that there may be an end to selfishness and greed, to the stupidity of men who are unable to find in reasonable agreement solutions to the problems that plague us. Bless this land that we love so much, our Father, and help her to deposit her trust, not in armies and navies, in wealth and material resources, or in achievements of the human mind, but in that righteousness which alone exalteth any nation, and by which alone peace can finally come to us. This we ask in that name that is above every name, Thy Son, Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. Amen. Crowned or Crucified I stood alone at the bar of God In the hush of the twilight dim, And faced the question that pierced my heart: “What will you do with Him? Crown’d or crucified? Which shall it be?” No other choice was offered to me. I look’d on the face so marr’d with tears That were shed in His agony; The look in His kind eyes broke my heart, ’Twas so full of love for me. “The Crown or the Cross,” it seem’d to say; “For or against Me choose thou today!” He held out His loving hands to me, While He pleadingly said, “Obey! Make Me thy choice, for I love thee so,” And I could not say Him nay. Crown’d, not crucified; this must it be! No other way was open to me. I knelt in tears at the feet of Christ, In the hush of the twilight dim, And all that I was or hoped or sought, 1 surrendered unto Him. Crown’d, not crucified! My heart shall know No king but Christ, who loveth me so! 'iTinTm The King Shall Come The King shall come when morning dawns, And light triumphant breaks; When beauty gilds the eastern hills, And life to joy awakes. Not as of old a little child To bear, and fight, and die, But crowned with glory like the sun That lights the morning sky. O brighter than the rising morn When He, victorious, rose, And left the lonesome place of death, Despite the rage of foes — O brighter than the glorious morn Shall this fair morning be, When Christ, our King, in beauty comes, And we His face shall see! The King shall come when morning dawns, And light and beauty brings: Hail, Christ, the Lord! Thy people pray’ “Come quickly, King of kings.”
