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for those in Peril
May. 30th, 2010 01:19 pmThis well-known hymn was part of today's Episcopal Service, where I gather it is traditional for Memorial Day:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_Father,_Strong_to_Save
(a fellow parisioner notes its resonance with the Gulf Coast Oil Spill, where the sea itself needs saving from us. In trying to look up the current Spill, I found this BP Oil Spill in Alaska from 2006:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Petroleum_Alaska_oil_spill#Warnings
Eternal Father, for all those (human or otherwise) throughout the world who suffer because of the carelessness, hatred, ignorance, and greed of Man; have mercy, Lord. If You would spare a city for the sake of ten good men, perhaps we are still worth sparing, too. Amen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_Father,_Strong_to_Save
(a fellow parisioner notes its resonance with the Gulf Coast Oil Spill, where the sea itself needs saving from us. In trying to look up the current Spill, I found this BP Oil Spill in Alaska from 2006:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Petroleum_Alaska_oil_spill#Warnings
Eternal Father, for all those (human or otherwise) throughout the world who suffer because of the carelessness, hatred, ignorance, and greed of Man; have mercy, Lord. If You would spare a city for the sake of ten good men, perhaps we are still worth sparing, too. Amen.