Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-02-23
tCOntributed.)
The Worlds Prayer.

Almighty dollar, our governor,prc
server and benelactor, we desire t.
approach thee on this and every 9th
er occasion, with that reverence,
which is due superior excellence ant
that regard which should ever b.
cherished for exalted greatness. AL.
mighty Dollar without thee in the
world we can do nothing, but with
thee In the world we can do all things
When sickness lays its palsying hand
upon us, thou canst provide for lis
the tendercst OF nurses, the most skill
full physicians, and when the last
struggle OF mortality is over, and we
are being borne to the resting place
of the dead, thou canst provide a
band of music and military escort
to accompany us tbither, and last but
not least erect magnificent monu-
ment over our graves, with a lying
epltaph to perpetuatc our memories.
And while here, in the midst of the
mlsfortunes and temptations of this
life, we perhaps are accused of crime
and brought before magistrates, thou
almighty dollar canst secure to lis
feed lawyer, bribed judge, a packed
jury and we 60 out scot free. BE
with us we pray thee in all thy deci-
nal parts, for we feel that thou art
the one altogether lovely, and the
chiefest among ten thousand. We
feel there is no true condition in life
where thy potent and all powerful
charms are not felt. In thy absence
how gloomy is the household, and
how desolate the hcarthstone, but
when thou o almighty dollar art
with us how gleeful the beef steak
sings on the gridiron, how genial the
warmth that anthacite coal or hicko-
ry wood difiuses throughout the.
apartments and what an exhuberance
Of joy continues to swell in every |
bosom. Thou art the joy of our
youth and the solace of old age, thou
last no hypocrites IN thy temples or
alse hearts at thy affairs. Kings and
'ourtiers bow before thee, and all Ma
ions adore. Thou art loved by the
civilized and the savage alike with
infeigned and unfaltering affections.
}! almighty dollar! in the acquire
nent and defence of human liberty
hou hast placed armies in the field
md navies on the ocean. At the up.
iftlng of thy powerful hand their
would break and their light
Iings'lash. Thou hast bound con-
inents together by the Geographic
ables, and made the varied products
# our country available to all by a
'erfect network of railroads. The
Orest has been Frustrated and the
esert made to blossom as the rose.
We continue to regard thee as the
andmaid of religion and the twin {
ister to charity. When the light of
ny shining countenance breaks ,
trough the gloom of famine stricken |
reland, the Shamrock wears green c
+ hue and the harp resounds in lof- {
er strains while weeping mothers .
nd starving children rise above their |
'ails of woe as their heels resound c
the thrilling strains of st. Patrick's |
ay in the morning. D! almighty q,
ollar be with us we beseech !
lee attended by an inexpressible f
lumber of thy ministering angels |
lade in thine own image, even 4.
lough they be but silver +
uarters, whose gladdened light shall a
Illuminate the vale of penury and l
ant with heavenly radiance, which
lall cause the awakened soul to +,
reak forth in acclamations of joy. i
o! almighty dollar thou art the d
yakener of our energies, the guide .
our footsteps and the soul of our y
,ings. Guided by thy silvery light {,
g hope to reach the golden gate h
iumphantly and enter while an &
lis hands tremendously sweep their a
'lden harps, and we are on the " "
'lden streets in the highest exhilera- t,
IN of feeling, and with jubilant a
notions strike the highland fling. c.
Almighty dollar, thy shining face
Bespeaks thy wonderous power, n
In my pocket make thy resting place, a
Ineed thee every hour. /,
And now, almighty dollar, in clos 8,
6 this invocation we realize el
at thou art the god of our grand v
theirs, the two-fold god of their p
ildren and the three-fold god of : :
cir grandchildren. Permit us to Of
ssess thee in abundance and in thy te
ried excellence is our constant and e
lwavering prayer. AMEN. 3
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