The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-03-22
Tho Prayer Tho Nation.

/ tue buprcne ruieF OF tnlS "OrlO; ana
as such we bow to Thee this day
L" Thee do we pay the homage due
Thee for all that Thou hast done for us
IN the past. for what Thou art doing for
us now, and for VIII It we helieva Thou
will do 'or us IN he fu ure The bless.
| ',Ss Thou bas' brought us in tho past
| ar innum, ab e, and the vOro Thou
h 81 ob aimed for I'D arc past beirg told
for tho multitude thereof Withou,
fheo we ca, d" nothing that we may
undertake, but II rrou art with us all
Of our undertakings are made possible.
The vilest libertine whuscs deeds Of
! vice are as black as hell itself, may,
with Thee in abundance, he society .
| nero and pet, while Truth and Virtue.
clothed n rags. and minus Thy decima'
points, will be kicked .ut and treated
worse than u dog; Vices In the poor
Ar inI olerable, but In tn en- who posstss
| Thee III abundance they are virtues
| Thou buitdcst stone prison houses for
the poor who, because OF hunger and
| wait, illicitIy takrth "A loaf OF hre cad or
| :;iece Of tacon, ard conhnest them to
| bari labor for 'ong period Of years,
.tnt call"st TN thicves, and rob
| rrrs, while for the rich who do these
Lnings Thou buildrsL fine palaces, and
compounhest palatable p'tions, and
callcth them kleptomaniacs. Thou
Hoest with the rrd-handed criminal and
: standest w,ih him m:f,re an mpa, tial?
| judge an impurtta jury, aud tie goeth
SEQ free, Will for The poor Of be same
| class thou art bni.ding scaffolds and
growing hemp, Thou goest into peri en-
| 'iarics anu jails, and mak.st IT. known
! t"G Thou art IN The p ssesstn Of the
| vilcst crimi;la thcroin, and iulmcdintc-
| ly the heretofore pnor, fricndltss wretch
will have all the leading preachers and
polittcians clamortng for his pardon
which isuSonce granted in Difference to
They power and influence.
| ., Almighty Dollar, Though art
superlativt; They power is incompre-
| hensiblr. When Thu standcst by a
mau society will dine him and banquet
hlm, and ret him and fondle him, and
rn,i bin 'rirud, but when Thou forsak.
| 81 him III OF us friends vanish like y
notnihg pee; and the dinners and
| nh' qn,ts and reL'ing- and fundlings,
III where are they? Wn"r Thy wards
r. sick, doctor, and druggist and
nurses vic with each other in giving
| relief anc q .iict aud h.alth, Tut to the
p or WHO suffer. these all say "Ho to
| the dogs'. Thy people steal banks,
| railroads, cotton mills and other great
| businesses and Thou "illest that they
| NJ respt cted, and it is ST.; tor no man
| dar'. h 10 TO open his mouth in an, way
br 10 praise those who serve Thee.
fnoh g"r't l. TO politics, and woe unto
h'u wh" "rpost h Thee, for verify he
| t"t'cl eff in spite Of all his frienJa
mig hL d" for him. Thou canst and doth
pass lave 10 henrti. Lhuse and only those
VIII" s''v rhrr; and no law can be
pass withou hey consent. Thou
gors' into the Curtis and interprete, h
Ia" 'hlne "wn "H>. and 10, Thine In
terpr' t'tion s'andeth wit out regard To-
what Others may say or hink. or are
aft c'"d thereby. Thou go 81 into IL.
p'lpits and pointest out Thy Servants
whom Thou wouldtst ave pleased, nd
woe unto that pres. her who he.detn
Thee ho', for vrIlly te hall at once
out OF job, . Almtgh Dollar, In
at the history OF the world, III hast
'e' the most powerful OF gods. For
Thee men have plunder.'d men, aud
"a' ions have putt down nations and no
other Vod has dar,d to ask What
d. ~ Tn"u 0 \migh,A Dollar, men
| 10 b-tter tn.u n:ir own soul !,
| nd Will serve Thee wi bout regard 10
CONSEQUENCES thereto For Thee men
have been desperately mean to ono
another; father. have murdered chll.
dren, husbands have slain wives, and
| children have d.ed heir hands red In
| tn blood ut par nts. For The Jud.s
~ Il hls LORD, and .uanias and hiA wife
! id unto ura'h, FIR Thy sake Ch,is-
tai nation 70; cr' opium up,u unwil-
| n'g China, and whisky and rum or
] Africa and ludia. For Thee Christian?
England is cay butchering the
| boe's, and Chris,a,. ? America IL mur.
deri"g the Philippines, A,mipht,
D''ll'', 'h"u ar II ia u god, for
"n men 'tr hec tnes have ~ time
% strV othrr gods nut Must serve day
ana nigh or else Thou wilt fursakc
them ." Gun ~ is at Thy u,ercy,
| tor M III nareth to :lft his voice
a!tla> r., saver, jingle or golden
! rtnH' :" "s rr yam ulelh for Thee
wi , "a ~ stocks nnd b Dds,
an ! 'h,'u. N. be on he v.rg Of
ri i, M uarcth uarn tim, ,Or
n L. Want and rnou ar. his.
Oh ~ II p sd our amp 20 our;
DR. ad ana ntat are c,ru rcd and
hunger gnaweth 'he phr, Tut rtou
art In these movements tothose siiu,o
these thugs. and Dec .u-r of vt,a, all
must Keep silent and let Fhee 20 rhy
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