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It is the deep yearning of our hearts that our homes may be full of peace, giving perfect rest: that they may be nurseries of goodness, where our better selves have power, where love is never wounded, where sympathy is never denied, where each grows to fullness and all unite to help each other.
This is the deep yearning of our hearts.
That those we love should come to no evil fortune, that they may have health and safe deliverance from any danger, that their undertakings may be good and prosperous, that their value to the world should increase and their happiness endure.
This is the deep yearning of our hearts.
That the sick may be restored, that all in pain may find ease, that all whose days are made weary should obtain relief, may be fortified and be of good cheer.
This is the deep yearning of our hearts.
That the dying may have calm thoughts and pass to their rest without pain and struggle, finding death as welcome as sleep, leaving a shining memorial and deeds that forever remain.
This is the deep yearning of our hearts.
(After Youlden, H., (1914), Manual of Ethical Devotion, 26-27)