The Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre Jr. (1915 — 2008) was Dean of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. for 27 years.
O God, whose splendor unfettered, whose mercy unbounded rests upon the wide plain of Nebraska, let the soul of Thy people be open too. May they hark Thy call gently upon the wind, poignant as a whistle cry haunting the prairie night.
Nurture, Lord, the great course of flat water which once bore the questing pioneer across our nation’s heart, and now dispenses life to the fields of corn and farmers’ homes.
So may blessing come, O Father, to children schooled to Thy glory, whose eyes shall reflect the distant hills of faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Hat tip: The Anglican Digest
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