Show OLD PRAYER A GOOD ONE petition for landlords offered in england many years ago in a prayer book of 0 the timo time of kins king edward VI of 0 england appears the iho following prayer for landlords tho the earth la Is thine 0 0 L lord ord a and 0 d a all ll 11 t that b a t 1 II 11 q contained he aci m n t w IL b st a n d ln g thou hast bast given possession Ioa caslon of 0 it to the children of men to puss pass over the time of their short pilgrimage la in tilts vale of at misery we heartily pray thee to tend send thy holy spirit into the hearts of those that possess the grounds pastures and drelling duelling du elling places of the earth that they remembering themselves to be thy illy tenants may not lot rack nor stretch out the rents of their houses and lands nor yet take unreasonable fines and incomes after the manner of covetous world lings but so co let them out to others that the inhabitants thereof may both be able to pay the rents and also honestly hon estly to live and nourish flourish their fam families illes and relieve the poor olve give them tb e m grace alto also to consider that they are but strangers and pilgrims la in this world |