For Peace
An individual thanksgiving selected from the source’s particular-event section, not a complete prayer office.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
O Thou that stillest the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people; we bless Thee that Thou hast made peace in our borders, and called us to adore Thee as the repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in.
We lament the evils of war, both natural and moral; and confess with shame that ever since man became an apostate from Thee, he has been an enemy to his brother, and that from the death of Abel our earth has been a field of blood. O let thy word be speedily accomplished. Let the nations learn war no more, but beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks; and only emulate each other in husbandry, and commerce, and science, and religion.
O Thou Prince of Peace, preside in every council. May all public teachers recommend peace. In private life may we follow peace with all men; and cherish the principles and the dispositions which will prepare us for that world where we shall enter into peace, and the sound of war will be heard no more.