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Teach me to feel that all Men are my Brothers. |
O, our One Father, teach me to feel that all men are my brothers.
Teach me to love all brother-nations as much as the nation in which
I am temporarily placed by Thy grace. Teach me, above all, to love
those who love me not. Teach me to see Thy presence in my erring
brothers. Teach me to heal ignorance-stricken brothers as eagerly
as I yearn to be healed myself.
O Mother Divine, teach me to rejoice not in the segregation or punishment
of erring brothers when it becomes unavoidably necessary to punish
them in order to protect the weaker ones from their tyranny. Teach
me to heal the misguided with Thy kindliness, and my better example.
Teach me to feel that even he who does me mortal injury is my brother,
made in Thine image; he is only temporarily in ignorance. Destroy
in me the vengeful spirit, the "tit-for-tat" spirit. Teach
me to heal my criminal brothers, instead of punishing them. Teach
me not to increase their ignorance by my wrong ways and revengefulness.
Teach me to make them better by my forgiveness, self-control, determination,
wisdom, better example, and prayer, and by Thy love. |
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