GOD, GRANT US HOPE AND FAITH AND LOVE (Helen Steiner Rice )

                                    HOPE  FOR  A  WORLD  GROWN  CYNICALLY  COLD,
                                    HUNGRY  FOR  POWER  AND   GREEDY  FOR  GOLD--
                                    FAITH  TO  BELIEVE  WHEN,  WITHIN  AND  WITHOUT,
                                    THERE'S  A  NAMELESS  FEAR  IN  A  WORLD  OF  DOUBT---
                                    LOVE  THAT  IS  BIGGER  THAN  RACE  OR  CREED  TO
                                    COVER  THE  WORLD  AND  FULFILL  EACH  NEED...
                                    GOD,  GRANT  THESE  GIFTS  TO  ALL TROUBLED  HEARTS
                                    AS  THE  OLD  YEAR  ENDS  AND  THE  NEW  YEAR  STARTS.
                                        
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