A Little Te Deum For These Times

We thank Thee, Lord,     For mercies manifold in these dark days;--     For Heart of Grace that would not suffer wrong;     For all the stirrings in the dead dry bones;     For bold self-steeling to the times' dread needs;     For every sacrifice of self to Thee;     For ease and wealth and life so freely given;     For Thy deep sounding of the hearts of men;     For Thy great opening of the hearts of men;     For Thy close-knitting of the hearts of men;     For all who sprang to answer the great call;     For their high courage and self-sacrifice;     For their endurance under deadly stress;     For all the unknown heroes who have died     To keep the land inviolate and free;     For all who come back from the Gates of Death;     For all who pass to larger life with Thee,     And find in Thee the wider liberty;     For hope of Righteous and Enduring Peace;     For hope of cleaner earth and closer heaven;     With burdened hearts, but faith unquenchable,--                 We thank Thee, Lord!