{"id":15730,"date":"2016-08-04T19:02:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T18:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/?p=15730"},"modified":"2020-06-08T07:26:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T06:26:22","slug":"a-riflemans-prayer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/?p=15730","title":{"rendered":"Military Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A Rifleman\u2019s Prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As Chosen Men dear Lord we pray<br \/>\nYou will inspire, guard and lead us<br \/>\nThroughout this day<br \/>\nBe there at our side when doubts enter in<br \/>\nAnd fill us with courage to overcome sin<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For our country, as Riflemen, we do of our best<br \/>\nAnd give of our lives when put to the test<br \/>\nIn the knowledge that those that are left<br \/>\nWill lay us together in eternal rest<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In life\u2019s greatest battle if we should but fall<br \/>\nAnother Chosen Man will answer our call<br \/>\nHe will pick up our rifle and also our sword<br \/>\nAs we seek the way forward<br \/>\nThat leads to the Lord<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He will take us where our needs they\u2019ll tend<br \/>\nAnd stay with us right to the end<br \/>\nAnd hold us safe and speak of thee<br \/>\nUntil our eyes no longer see<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lay us down in God\u2019s safe hands<br \/>\nAnd on our stone state<br \/>\n\u2018Here rests a Chosen Man\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">By<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">23989170 Cpl D. Smith 2nd Green Jackets K.R. R.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military Poems<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2002,1691,17,2003],"class_list":["post-15730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-23989170-cpl-d-smith-2nd-green-jackets-k-r-r-c","tag-a-riflemans-prayer","tag-memorial-at-peninsula","tag-military-poems","category-6-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}