Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-12-18
THE PREACHERS PRAYER

brothr ministers and help US all to
build up thy kingdom in this place
Give us this day our daily bread.
Help me to squeeze my unpaid salary
out of these careless and thoughtless
people. They mean we'll, 0 Lord, but
they forget that if we preachers don't
eat we can't work. But don't mind
me, dear Lord; what makes me suffer
is to see the wife and children lacking
for food. And if that dear girl who
married me and has helped make me
twice as useful to you as would have
been-if she had married some one
else she could have clothes befitting
her. Please help so another birthday
don't go by without her having some
kind of new dress.
And give the boys and girls cour-
age to stay in school with their patch
ed and darned clothes, for if they are
to serve thee well they need an edu
cation.
You sent the quail to the Isrealites
in your displeasure. And we want
you to be pleased with us if we never
eat another beefsteak.
You know how we've had nothing
but mush and milk for supper for
many days and Little Bill gulps when
ask blessing over it.
But | would rather eat mush and
milk in my parsonage than eat beef
steak in the tents Of wichedness. But
the children, they don't understand.
If could give the wife and children
few of the comforts of life by being
led out and shot-well, you know me
Lord
Bless all the councils and commit
tee meetings of our dear church.
These are great days for thy king
dom, Lord.
Almost every month our great men
and secretaries are making surveys
for the spread of thy kingdom, and
devising plans how to make us minis
tiers more useful to thee and thy king
dom
Hundreds and hundreds of our great
leaders are lying awake nights think
ing up new things for US to do, and
new ways of doing the old things.
Keep these men in health. Keep
them from getting dyspepsia, and from
hotel fires and railway accidents, that
their usefulness be not impaired.
Give great wisdom to these men
who are fighting on how much money
it will take TO bring in thy kingdom.
For if it goes into the billions, | won't
be here to see it. I'd rather dig dirt
than ask old Deacon Strong for an
other penny. And they all act, when
they give a dollar, as if they were
giving it to me. When / bury these
people | am supposed to tell how gen
erous and kind they were. Change
these people, Lord, so | won't choke
when | preach their funeral sermons
And you know, Lord, of all the money
we've raised on these million move
ments, haven't had buffalo nickel
Keep me from being covetous-but
when think of what little of this
money we raise, would do for the fam
ily-O God, Pm weak and sinful
And Lord, if you need to raise ur
any more great movements to bring
in thy kingdom, won't you make then
self-oiling? These promoters of these
great enterprises say the earth is
yours and the cattle on a thousand
hills are yours. Please stir them tt
round up some of these cattle to brant
them. I've chased them until they
below and run when they see me {
mile away
And Lord, won't you put it into the
hearts of these great men who ar,
planning great things for us to do, tt
do some of these things themselve.
to show us how. If these men woulc
only try out in their own churches
getting the classes and the masses to
gether, making labor and capital drinl
from the same cup, it would encour
age US.
Them we might have something
clear to follow; and if it wouldn'
be too much for us to ask, woul
you mind putting one of these grea
men in place like ours-except tn
much and milk and hardships, and lie
, him try the things he thinks up TO
us to do.
Give us strength to stagger unde
the load that has already been lai
on our shoulders, and give us fait
and fortitude to take on the plannin
for US. Amen.
. And the daily scripture lesson fo
this brother was from Matt 90: IL
: and Gal 6:2
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