March 19, 2015 Editor

The War Prayer

Mark Twain in 1907

By Mark Twain

WN: It is a quite powerful piece. Read it in its entirety.

It may be found online as well here.

Under Teddy Roosevelt (later President), the Americans “pacified” (read liquidated) thousands of soldiers and as many as 200,000 civilians. (See here, and here.)

Please click on: The War Prayer

Editor

Wayne Northey was Director of Man-to-Man/Woman-to-Woman – Restorative Christian Ministries (M2/W2) in British Columbia, Canada from 1998 to 2014, when he retired. He has been active in the criminal justice arena and a keen promoter of Restorative Justice since 1974. He has published widely on peacemaking and justice themes. You will find more about that on this website: a work in progress.

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