In June, I posted a Landlord's Prayer, published in Henry George's weekly newspaper, The Standard, on January 22, 1887. That one was for landlords to be prayed by others, and appeared in Anglican prayerbooks. Now, another prayer, this one for the use of landlords, which apparently appeared in the London Democrat, and was picked up in the very first issue of The Standard, on January 8, 1887, recently posted at http://savingcommunities.org/docs/george.henry/standard0101.html:
Lord, keep us rich and free from toil,
For we
Are honored holders of Thy soil,
Which democrats would now despoil
With glee.
O! Lord, our fathers got the land
For serving those whom Thy right hand
Had chosen to be great and grand
As kings.
Tho' ta'en by force, we're not to blame,
Thou know'st, O! Lord, it is a shame
To say to us - of titled name,
Such things.
Lord, let us live in wealth's content,
And peace!
Lord, we are by Thy mercy meant
To rule mankind, and make our rent
Increase.
The birds that haunt the moors and hills,
The fish that swim in streams and rills,
The beasts that roam as Nature wills,
We own;
E'en Lord, the minerals that lie
Beneath the earth's periphery
Belong to us! Thou knowest why
Alone.
- London Democrat
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