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Prayer for War and Peace

Anthony Ardizzone
Aug 10, 2011 at 2:38 PM
By Anthony Ardizzone

Thanks to an anonymous source, I was led to this great video taking place in 1900.  It's a short film of Mark Twain's short story, "The War Prayer." 

The text of the story may be read here.  It's gist is that as soldiers prepare to go to war they attend a church service in which the minister prays a blessing over them, asking God for their victory, safety, and glory.  A stranger appears in the church, claiming to be a messenger of God who is here to pray the other, unspoken half of the prayer:  for the death, pain, and destruction of the lives and livelihoods of the soldiers' enemies -- a request, of course, sent to a God of love.

This could be a great activism tool for anyone wishing to reach a Christian audience with the antiwar message of liberty. 

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I was a little worried about how good this would be when I first glanced at the video, but it's actually a really clever and awesome short story.  Good find!

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Submitted by Bonnie Kristian on August 10, 2011.

Anthony is there anyway you can reveal this good fortune you had been given?  Whom be this wonderful your source you speak of?

PS:  You're plenty welcome with enjoying that and it was nice to meet you and keep up the good work.

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