Word: prays
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...American people, not two percent of them would have voted for it. Would we have apologized, under identical circumstances, to the president of Liberia? Should the president of Nicaragua be miffed at some careless statement of an army officer, would we get down on our knees and pray for his pardon? Can you imagine this country debasing itself just because some petty potentate of some little two-by-four country was peeved at the careless remark of some Marine? If not, why do we become hysterical when Mussolini cracks his whip? Let each man draw his own conclusion...
...pray. Almighty and everlasting God, from whom alone cometh wisdom and power, grant unto us wise laws and fewer of them. . . . Amen...
...that Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, good Episcopalian, had cribbed most of his 1930 Thanksgiving Day proclamation from the Protestant Episcopal Book of Common Prayer. The Governor's proclamation which had at the time been highly praised by Protestant and Catholic clergy declared (left-hand column): "Let the people . . . . . . . pray to Almighty God who has given us this good land for our heritage that we may prove ourselves" a "people mindful of His favor and glad to do His will ; that He may bless our land with honorable industry, sound learning and pure manners, that He may save us from...
...Nashville, Tenn., seven Negresses started to hold a wake over a corpse. They knelt simultaneously to pray. The floor gave way; all seven and the corpse fell to the ground. They sued owners of the house for $3,000 apiece, Florence Young for loss of a gold tooth when her face was stepped on, Roberta Birdsong for injuries from sitting on a rusty nail, the others injuries to themselves and the corpse...
...suicidal state desiring to let loose a new war while the world is still feeling the consequences of the World War." ("Should we unfortunately become certain that such a state exists," the Pope added, "we should repeat the prayer of the Scriptures, Dissipa gentes quae bella volunt."*) Regenerators. "[Pray] for all who suffer for the profession and defense of the faith as in Mexico, Russia and Siberia, preparing by their sufferings the regeneration of those countries." He wished prayers for Roman Catholic missionaries and special prayers for those missionaries in China, where some have been martyred. Depression. The world-wide...