My brow is bent beneath a heavy rod My face is wan and white with many woes But I will lift my poor chained hands to God, And for my children pray, and for my foes.
He prayed fervently f.
He felt a longing to participate in defending his homeland, but saw first hand the moral and physical destruction of war.
Abram Ryan Father Abram Ryan served as a Chaplain for the Confederate army during the Civil War, but was revered and admired by North and South alike.
From "The Prayer of the South" by Fr.
My brow is bent beneath a heavy rod My face is wan and white with many woes But I will lift my poor chained hands to God, And for my children pray, and for my foes