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Show . A Farmer's Prayer "O, Lord, I am thankful I am not like other folks; and yet I am no pharisee. I am thankful that I am not the owner of city real estate. es-tate. I am thankful that I own no stocks and bonds which I had bought at peak prices. I am grateful for guidance that kept me out of the speculative grain markets. I have not drilled- an oil well and I am thankful for that. It is good not to have read the stock market quotations each morning before prayer and breakfast to learn how much poorer I am than I was the day before. I am pleased that I am not in retail merchandising with a bulging ledger of unpaid bills. I thank thee, O Lord, that I am not a laboring man without a job or in danger of losing it. I wear no white collar to the office, wondering won-dering whether I am to remain until night. I surely am fortunate that I am not a coal operator nor steel manufacturer nor railroad official hunting trade where there is no trade. "I am just a poor farmer with 100 acres of land, all paid for. Once it was worth more but I didn't sell it, I thank thee, I did not buy more at that price. "Give me, O Lord, my pigs and cows and chickens, my health and my strength and my faith. I am not making money but I am not losing so much that I face disaster and hunger. I live on three bountiful boun-tiful meals a day. These, Thou hast provided me, whatsoever happens. "Once I looked with envy upon these, my fellow citizens; 1 thought they lived in luxury and peace. This morning, O Lord, bless them and comfort them and give them Divine grace to face their plight. May the day of upturn and better things come for all of us. I am grateful to thee for the small blessings that fall upon me and mine and my land. Forgive my sins and overlook my hypocrisy and shortcomings and believe me, O Lord, I am content that I am not j as others are." Ex. ' 1 1 1 |