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INDIAN PRAYERS

"O GREAT SPIRIT OF MY FATHERS,
THIS IS MY PRAYER.
"HELP ME TO FEEL THINE
URGE AND THY MESSAGE.

"HELP ME TO BE JUST EVEN
TO THOSE WHO HATE ME;
AND AT ALL TIMES HELP ME TO BE KIND.
"IF MINE ENEMY IS
WEAK AND FALTERING,
HELP ME TO THE GOOD THOUGHT
THAT I FORGIVE HIM.

"IF HE SURRENDER,
MOVE ME TO HELP HIM
AS A WEAK AND NEEDY BROTHER."

"O GREAT SPIRIT OF MY FATHERS,
HELP ME TO WHOLLY VOID
MY HEART OF FEAR."

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"AND ABOVE ALL THINGS,
O GOD, OF MY PEOPLE
AND OF MY SOUL,
HELP ME TO BE A MAN."

"O GOD, SHOW ME THE
WAY OF WISDOM,
AND GIVE ME STRENGTH
TO FOLLOW IT WITHOUT FEAR."

"O GREAT SPIRIT,
THIS IS MY PRAYER!
GRANT THAT FEAR MAY NEVER
ENTER INTO MY HEART
TO BE THE GUIDE OF MY FEE."

"O GREAT SPIRIT,
MAKE ME SUFFICIENT
TO MINE OWN OCCASIONS.

"GIVE TO ME TO MIND
MY OWN BUSINESS AT ALL TIMES,
AND TO LOSE NO GOOD
OPPORTUNITY FOR HOLD MY TONGUE.

"WHEN IT IS APPOINTED
FOR ME TO SUFFER,
LET ME TAKE EXAMPLE
FROM THE DEAR WELL-BRED
BEASTS AND GO AWAY IN
SOLITUDE TO BEAR MY
SUFFERING BY MYSELF,
NOT TROUBLING OTHERS
WITH MY COMPLAINTS.

"HELP ME TO WIN,
IF WIN I MAY,
BUT-AND THIS ESPECIALLY,
O GREAT SPIRIT-IF IT
BE NOT ORDAINED THAT I
MAY WIN, MAKE ME
AT LEAST A GOOD LOSER."

AS FOUND IN
THE GOSPEL OF THE REDMAN
BY
ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
AND
JULIA M. SETON