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A Canadian prayer.


Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds, and whose breath gives life to the world, here me. I come to you as one of your many children. I am small and weak. I need your strength and your wisdom. May I walk in beauty. Make my eyes ever behold be·hold  
v. be·held , be·hold·ing, be·holds

v.tr.
1.
a. To perceive by the visual faculty; see: beheld a tiny figure in the distance.

b.
 the red and purple sunset “Sundown” redirects here. For other uses, see Sundown (disambiguation).

Sunset, also called sundown in some American English dialects, is the time at which the Sun disappears below the horizon in the west.
. Make my hands respect the things that you have made and my ears sharp to hear your voice. Make me wise so that I may know the things you have taught your children, the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock. Make me strong, not to be superior to my brothers, but to be able to fight my greatest enemy, myself. Make me ever ready to come to you with straight eyes, so that when life fades as the fading fading

fading skin coloring. See Arabian fading syndrome (below). Declining in body condition, general health, activity and productivity.


Arabian fading syndrome
general health is unimpaired.
 sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame."
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Title Annotation:Native Chief, Dan George
Publication:Canada and the World Backgrounder
Article Type:Transcript
Date:May 1, 1998
Words:148
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