Show OLD PRAYER A GOOD ONE petition for landlords offered in eng land many years ago in a pra er book of the time 0 king edward 1 I of england appears the following prayer for landlords the earth Is thine 0 lord and all that la contained therein notwithstanding thou hast given possession ot it to the children ot men to pass over the time ol 01 their short pilgrimage in this vale ot misers we heartily thee to send thy holy spirit into the hearts ol 01 those that possess the grounds past res and dwelling places of th earth that they remembering them selves to be thy tenants may not raci nor stretch out tl e rents 0 their houses and lands nor yet take onrea fines and incomes after the manner of covetous world lings but so let them out to others that the in habitants thereof may both be able to pay the rents and alo honestly to ahe and nourish their families and relieve the poor give them grace also to consider that they are but strangers and pilgrims in this world |