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Peace, Be Still

From the warm shores of the Atlantic                                                                                                                         to the cool beaches of the Pacific,                                                                                                                           Peace, be still

From the Gulf of Mexico                                                                                                                                                  to the Canadian border,                                                                                                                                                 Peace, be still

From the lowest valleys in the East                                                                                                                                 to the highest peaks in the West,                                                                                                                                      Peace, be still

To the twirling hurricanes in the Caribbean                                                                                                                 and to the raging fire storms out west,                                                                                                                   Peace, be still

To the divided and uncertain Americans,                                                                                                                                             storm tossed from without and within,                                                                                                                          Peace, be still

to the staggered, wearied, and worried,                                                                                                                       Be strong and fear not,                                                                                                                                                  Peace, be still.

To the Church and to the State                                                                                                                                           To the Christian and non-Christian,                                                                                                                             Peace, be still*                                                                                                                                                                

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*Mark 4:39

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