FOR THOSE IN PERIL IN THE AIR. [To THE EDITOR
Or TUE "SPECTATOR."] venture to enclose an attempt of my mother's to supply a hymn for those in peril in the air. It is already in use in several churches near my home, and the hymn seems to find favour with the congregations. We therefore thought that, if you would spare room for it in your paper, .a still wider circle of the clergy might like to make use of it in their churches.—I am, Sir, &C., SIDNEY 0. GRUNE, Capt., Srd Bedfordshire Regiment. Beeeholme, Sea Road, Felixstowe.
"FOR THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS.
Father, in Thine almighty care We leave the squadron's of the air, Alike when "neath the blazing sun Their day's work only just begun, As in the dark and cheerless night Homeward they wing their weary flight, Thou who lost note each sparrow's fall, Bear these strange birds when ere they call, Give to them nerves of tempered steel, That as they fly and as they wheel Now here, now there, in graceful curve, Prom safety's path they may not swerve.
Now, Father, mindful of Thy love,
These birds we leave in sky above. Should. Azrael meet them on their way And night cloud their resplendent day, Grant their last flight be near Thy throne, Their earth wings changed for Heaven's own.
To the tune of 'Eternal Father.' S. V. G."
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