| Show A r rp it F 11 P p k is 0 bees IT T in tl ti 0 loid 1 I alot ot As badia I 1 aff Ys Is he sees ethels vie tic arcin IN rell A it bal ei broker editor 1 A oie e oft of f th n the fennei I 1 oh lord I 1 am th ingul I 1 am not I 1 like other folks and yet I 1 an ari no I 1 pharisee my lot is hard but so is the other fellow s I 1 am tl tankful oh lord that I 1 am not t ie owner of city real Es ate I 1 am thankful too that I 1 own no stocks and bonds which I 1 hid bought at peak prices I 1 an ari grite lul fill toi foi the guidance that I 1 ept me out of the speculative gra n markets market neither have I 1 drilled an oil well and I 1 am athani tul ful for that it is good oh oil lord not to have to road read the eatock market quotations baci morning before prayer and break breakfast fat to learn how much poorer I 1 am to day than I 1 was yesterday I 1 am pleased that I 1 am not in the retail merchant s shoe with a balg ding ieng ledger of unpaid bills and no customers to buy and too I 1 thank thee oh lord that I 1 am not a la boring man without a job ab or in danger of losing that pittance of in come I 1 wear no white collar to the office wondering whether f am to remain until night surely oh lord I 1 am fortunate that I 1 am net a coal operator nor a steel manufacturer nor a railroad lofficial official hunting a shipper who could in n t find a buyer even if he d d ship the goods tor for I 1 see oh lord that here is no trade yea verily I 1 thought my lot the conly only hard one but as my vision cleadeth clea reth I 1 see my lot as it Is and am thankful thou davest me not the other fellow fellows s I 1 am just a poor firmer farmer oh lord with eighty acres and with only one plaster on it foi now I 1 itee tee that thou hardened the heart of the money monley changer in the temple that he refused a second mortgage when I 1 did apply for the naich I 1 thank thee once that emithy acres was worth more and I 1 thank thee that I 1 didn dian t buy yet other gobs of dirt to get rich quicker and bust all the hard er when special improvements taxed the owner sore give ms nie oh lord my pigs and cows and chickens and sheep my health my strength and my faith cast past yet again the scales fron mine e es tl at i may see the more clearly that tho the I 1 am dm not making money yet verily I 1 am not losing 0 o as the butcher tte tle baker the candle allek maker the merchant the mag nate the worker editor the law tyer yer my banker for I 1 have no un employment tor for the pigs must be bundle fed and the ba bas pit to bed I 1 have no timo time to i mourn and pine and rend ane air with beseech ments and imp lorings nay I 1 must dig in and dig in like lucifer er or be inov ed under j once I 1 looked with envy upon these ny n neighbors who now wall wail he loudest 1 I thought I 1 saw them then living in luxury and feeding at the lap of plenty but now oh lord that thou hast taken the seal es from mine eyes and I 1 see as thru a glass no longer darkly bul with clanty do thou oh oil lord comfort and bless these others and gre glie them of my content 0 face their lot more bravely may the day of the upturn and better prices for me n fb A dna aria come to them also ea in fullest measure to them lastly oh lord forgive my for imer mer brior en or overlook my by yea also my shortcomings and hold not against me my misinforms forma alon but turn thou thy munificent hand to ithe other I 1 tello clio V for believe me oh lord I 1 am content with my lot now that I 1 sea that of others as they are I 1 to the which we say amen |
