Prayer for One in Danger

“Fear not, for they that be with us are more than they that be with them” (2 Kings 6:16)

OUR brother is in danger, Lord!
And Thou alone hast that bright sword
That never fads in danger’s hour.
Oh! shield him by Thy mighty power.
Anoint our eyes that we may see
Round him a glorious company,
With strength and with salvation shod,
The guardian army of our God!
Oh, may we, like the seer of old,
See through the air Thy spears of gold!
And when our brother’s faith is dim,
Bid Thy bright warriors fight for Him!

Flora Maitland Macrae.

A correspondent says: ― “My own dear young brother is in the trenches, and wrote me the other day saying, ‘No one knows how we soldiers value prayer; we go into the firing line praying and trembling, but prayer bucks us up.’ He loves to get the ‘Message,’ which I send him, and he passes it on.”