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Show ie Endless Chain Prayer Is Again ;to I the Fore. : ; : (Catholic Universe.). ;, As apparently trivial mistakes sometimes i.,U a strong corrective, so things Af not much iJ..-meiit iJ..-meiit originally frequently take dn.'imporfr!uA r J,1,. portions. This is the case with the "endlesV ;naju prayer," so frequently denounced hi these el!unnis, to down which the postoffice authorities havehad to take a hand. This matter and the great iiUr&i in circulation of the alleged prayW has beCn H, before Postoffiec Inspector ,G. V. Craighead 0f Pittsburg, and he is investigating. V Mr. Craigln ad says the method is a clear violation of the ttOMal laws. He said if the names of the senderJ w M-e placed in his hands he would entei- suits. I The following letter from a Zanesville subscriber sub-scriber relating to the prayer has been reeeiv.V: "Enclosed you will find a prayer with ceVtain conditions attached. Please inform me through th.- columns of your paper if this is another form oi that 'endless chain' prayer, that so nru.-b has been said about in the different Catholic' papers, j and which f have seen condemned in your paper! j It has just been sent to me, but as it is different f rom others I have seen. I should like to have a little lit-tle information regarding it." '.'"., The enclosed prayer is as follows: ' . "0 Lord Jesus Christ, we implore Thee, Eternal God. to have mercy on all mankind, purify us from all sins by Thy precious blood, and take' us 'to b with Thee eternally. Eternal Holiness, have mercv on all mankind, pardon all offenses and deliver us from all threats, through Thy precious blood Amen. Accompanying t lie prayer is. another sheet which says: This prayer has been sent out by the Bishop of Illinois, requesting it to be sent to all people. He says he who will not pray this prayer w ill lie afflicted af-flicted with a great misfortune; he who pravs this prayer for nine days and will distribute it to nine people for nine days, starting on the dav it ceived and only one a d:tv,.-ri'4 iSiite- vi nine days." f ) .fp Sometimes the praypr and its accomif : I vary a little, dire punishment beimr prorjwj i mistaken individual who refuses to send -j way to nine persons. Churchgoers all !U ! country, Catholic and Protestant, have be Tr nig these "prayers" for many months &rJ?' ecev" to put a stop to the annoyance Uncle m ?i fuse to transmit them through the maif a undertake to punish the promoters of til" r style of worship. , f's Peculiar |
