Lord,
preserve your people.
Maintain righteous government everywhere,
so that all things may take place
in an orderly way
and peace may not be destroyed
by revolution or secret enmity,
nor the eternal good order
be corrupted by debased living
or disturbed by other offenses.
Amen.
Source: Attributed to Martin Luther, modified slightly from http://www.antiochchurch.ca/famousQuotes.html
