Word: prays
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lost a son, Mrs. "American." Well, mine is less than two years old. I pray to God to let him go a little hungry now so that he need not die 20 years from...
...dusk fell over the little one-street town of Pleasanton (pop. 2,073), 5° plain Texans gathered in the white frame First Baptist Church. Many of the men-ranchers, merchants, peanut farmers, railroad workers-were in shirt sleeves. Their women wore wash dresses. They had come to pray for the success of the San Francisco conference...
...citizens did not even think of praying for peace.* But many more prayed than went to church. For thousands it was a time to pray silently, at their work or at home. Said an Indianapolis housewife: "I didn't go to church because I had a sick child. I prayed, however; I prayed earnestly." Said a West Acton, Mass, businessman: "I don't pray very often, but I did today...
...military cemetery on Guadalcanal. Then they gave it to the Americans in gratitude for driving out the Japanese. The presentation was made by a barefoot Christian native wearing a loincloth, who said: ''We have worked hard and we hope you like this church. And we pray that God will bless all of you and we hope you will pray for your friends who are lying in this cemetery. . . . Now we give this church to you. But this church no belong to you and me. This church belong...
...around and asked: "Did you ever have a bull or a load of hay fall on you? If you have, you know how I felt last night. I felt as if two planets and the whole constellation had fallen on me. I don't know if you boys pray, but if you do, please pray God to help me carry this load...