Poles' Novel Prayer

In Poland the patriots are now endeavoring to popularize the following curious version of the Lord's Prayer:

"Our Father, who art in heaven, restore to us the kingdom of Poland. Deliver us from slavery. Give us this day our daily bread, but not steeped in blood and poisoned through the wickedness of our enemies. Pardon us for the sins which are engraved on our swords. Suffer us not to fall into the temptation of becoming traitors to Poland and deliver us from the domination of a foreign power, since that is our worst evil."

Thousands of Poles have learned this prayer by heart and invariably use it instead of the old and familiar version.