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Word: prays (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...taken prisoner by the Japs. As he lay hungry, in solitary confinement, Sergeant Deshazer had a vision. A forgiving God spoke to him in the words of the Sermon on the Mount: Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good unto them that hate you, and pray for them which do spitefully use you, and persecute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Pray for Them | 10/22/1945 | See Source »

...over 4,000 miles of wire that his wife had read Long's prophecy and had refused to go on pickling cauliflower. "The Lord," said Long coldly, "cannot wait until worldly tasks like pickling are finished." When Cannon's wife got on the phone, the prophet said: "Pray at noon, 2 and 8 p.m., and ready yourself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Get Ready! | 10/1/1945 | See Source »

...Wise County, Va., a snake leaned out and bit the wife of the Rev. Harve Kirk, a reverend of the Faith Holiness cult. Though Mrs. Kirk was pregnant, she refused medical aid. Harve prayed as never before and every available Faith Holiness member hurried up to pray, too. But Mrs. Kirk's hand swelled up and turned black. Her baby was born prematurely and died in 20 minutes. Mrs. Kirk kept shouting "Precious God" and "Glory to His Name." Six hours later she died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SOUTH: Paralyzing Prayers | 9/17/1945 | See Source »

...MacArthur hesitated a moment after the final signature. Then he stepped forward and said slowly: 'Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: ... Peace Be Now Restored | 9/10/1945 | See Source »

Just as Bernadette went to a hillside at Lourdes, Pierrette went to the rock every day ay 3 p.m. to pray and to help the sick and teh crippled. As they years passed by story spread that Pierrette was gifted with supernatural powers and could obtain the intercession of St. Francis in healing the ills of the faithful. Val d'Or's civic leaders contributed labor and material to build Pierrette a grotto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Song of Pierrette | 8/27/1945 | See Source »

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