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Show Evening Prsyer. We beseech thee, I.ord. to behold us with favor, folk of many families and nations, gathered together In the p ace of this roof, weak men and women subsisting sub-sisting under the covert of thy patience. pa-tience. He patient still; suffer us yet awhile longer with our broken purposes pur-poses of good, with our Idle endeavors against evil, suffer us awhile longer to endure and (It It may be help us to do better. 1 1 lens to us our extraordinary extraor-dinary mercies; If the day come when these must be taken, brace ua to play the man under affliction. Me with our friends, be with ourselves. Go with each of us to rest; If any awake, temper tem-per to them the dark hours of watching; watch-ing; and when the day returns, return to us, our sun and comforter, and call us up with the morning facea and with morning hearts eager to labor-eager labor-eager to be happy. If happiness shall bo our portion and If the day be marked for sorrow, strong to endure It. Amen. Robert Louis Bteveneon. |