The centennial of the United States Military academy at West Point, New York1802-1902 . - graduate of the Acadeui_v is proud of these memor-able words. We believe them to have been deserved in thepast. \\& will do our best endeavor that they shall be truein the ftittire. Headquarters U. S. Military Academy, July /, j(^o3. THE CENTENNIAL EXERCISES. (Ill. PRAYER. By Rev. Herbert Shipman, Chaplain, U. S. Military Academy. LORD GOD OF HOSTS, before whose throne the nations stand, to whom Thou settest bounds that they maynot pass, to whom Thou givest life and power that they maydo Thy will on earth
The centennial of the United States Military academy at West Point, New York1802-1902 . - graduate of the Acadeui_v is proud of these memor-able words. We believe them to have been deserved in thepast. \\& will do our best endeavor that they shall be truein the ftittire. Headquarters U. S. Military Academy, July /, j(^o3. THE CENTENNIAL EXERCISES. (Ill. PRAYER. By Rev. Herbert Shipman, Chaplain, U. S. Military Academy. LORD GOD OF HOSTS, before whose throne the nations stand, to whom Thou settest bounds that they maynot pass, to whom Thou givest life and power that they maydo Thy will on earth, in Thy sight a thousand j^ears are butas a single day. We thank Thee that in our nations day,brightening through the shadows of its dawn, through itsmorning mists, toward now its glorious noon, Thou hastbeen near us always. We thank Thee for those, our fathers,who leaning on Thy strength laid in faith our foundationstrue and strong; for those of a later da} who, when doubtsdivided and human wisdom failed, dared ask for judgmentin Th} bigh and solemn courts of war. We thank Theefor the faith that still in us the spirit of our fathers lives;for the faith that Thou art in the midst of them who aregathered in Thj- name, not onl} in the stillness of Thysanctuaries, but in the noise and shock of battlefields; thatTh} right hand still guides the swor
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