The War Prayer

By Twain, Mark

Book Id: WPLBN0100074845
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Title:	The War Prayer
Author:	Twain, Mark
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, War & Military, Short Stories
Collections:	Authors Community
Historic Publication Date:	BookRix Community
Publisher:	1916


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Description: Written by Mark Twain during the Philippine-American War in the first decade of the twentieth century, The War Prayer tells of a patriotic church service held to send the town's young men off to war. During the service, a stranger enters and addresses the gathering. He tells the patriotic crowd that their prayers for victory are double-edged-by praying for victory they are also praying for the destruction of the enemy... for the destruction of human life.