maimed, no more dead over which to mourn, but only life and the
strength to build a better nation and a better world.

Let us pray for peace and work for peace. As we commemorate the
service of those who fought in all of our wars, let us pray that all
those who are working for a world without war shall attain their
goal. Let us pray that the people of our age and of the ages to come
will not know the pains and the agonies of the battlefield. Let us
pray that our statesmen may find a common understanding with
the statesmen of other nations, so that all the nations of the world
may live together in peace. As we, in this celebration, commune with
the brave dead of past wars, let us renew our determinations to go
forward, as once they did, toward the building of a better world.

Some years ago I read in a veterans magazine a prayer. It was
called "Armistice Day Prayer, " for this holiday, as you know, was
know as Armistice Day instead of Veterans Day until it was changed
by law in 1954. This is the prayer:

"Our Father who art in heaven —

We thank You for this Armistice Day which we observe at peace,
and beseech You to give to all men's hearts, hands and minds the
capacity to work for continued peace.

Let us not through greed and false values permit destruction of
all the beauty which has been wrought since You first created our
world.

Help us to turn swords into ploughshares that all may have enough
to eat. Help us to turn atomic energy into life-saving use that will
lengthen man's span rather than blow him to dust.

Let us hold in affection and respect all those who are made in
Your image around the world — whatever their race, color or creed.

Then we will not sadden you with more warring; then this Armis-
tice Day will truly signify pace at last — to last.

Amen. "

Let us who have gathered here to acknowledge the services and
the sacrifices of those who have fought in our wars solemnly repeat
this prayer to Almighty God. Let us plead for the strength and the
capacity to continue our work for peace, to the end that His mighty
handiwork, the earth and its inhabitants, may not suffer destruction.
Let us pray that the terrible implements of war may be turned into
implements of peace. Let us foster the brotherhood of all human
beings, so that this Veterans Day, and all the Veterans Days to come,

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