Word: blessings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have attended services at many Episcopal churches, particularly in New York and Pittsburgh. At every service, the rector has made use of the prayer to give the President "wisdom" instead of the time-honored prayer to "behold and bless thy servant the President of the United States" which was part of the morning service from 1789 until the revision of the prayer book in 1929, when as an alternative the "wisdom" prayer was added...
...several years I have carried a $5 bill to be laid upon the collection plate at any service where the time-honored "bless" prayer was used. It was only last Sunday at our local church that I parted with my bill. Our new rector told me afterwards that it had not been a mistake but intentional...
...Excerpt from the "bless" prayer: "O Lord, our heavenly Father, the high and mighty Ruler of the universe, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth; Most heartily we beseech thee, with thy favor to behold and bless thy servant THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and all others in authority...
...Morning, which ageless, wizened Composer Berlin wrote during World War I. Any Bonds Today? is a conventional dance tune whose sentiment is Buy a share of freedom. Neither song is likely to set isolationist feet a-tapping. For some reason, Mr. Berlin's popular and patriotic God Bless America has been ticketed as an interventionist song, and shouted down at America First rallies...
When no ladies are present, a four-letter male word is substituted for "bless...