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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1919
Page
13
The Boston Post invites readers to share experiences regarding whether prayer yields direct answers. The editor asks for brief, specific letters addressing efficacy, not necessarily printing names, and requests submissions to Prayer Editor, Boston Post, dated Aug 22, 1919.
The Rev Charles C Garland of Winthrop Street Methodist praises the Post for hosting the forum on Are Prayers Answered. He argues faith links to prayer, notes universal instinctive prayer, cites figures like Gladstone Victoria Washington Franklin Lincoln McKinley Roosevelt Foch and Pershing as examples, and says personal experience confirms that God answers prayer.
A Post reader recalls a 12 year old fire incident sparked by a plea during a thunderstorm. The writer credits a pleader’s prayer for shifting wind and helping to unmoor the house, preventing greater damage, as discussed in the Are Our Prayers Answered column.
Mrs Eva Rice of 43 Weldon Street St Albans VI describes long anemia symptoms including stomach pain headaches and heart palpitations. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills for ten days she reports improved blood digestion sleep and vitality. Pills sold by druggists or Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY 50 cents a box six for 2 50 postpaid free booklet Building Up the Blood.
An advertisement offers a free trial of a new asthma treatment at the sender’s expense. It targets all sufferers including chronic cases and those unresponsive to inhalers, douches, opium preparations or patent remedies. Readers are urged to mail a coupon today and start the method without paying.
The speaker describes a lightning strike that hit nearby buildings, with the wind toward their home of under 500 feet. After praying, the wind shifted away from the house, preventing damage. The account emphasizes faith and belief that divine intervention saved their buildings.
E R Goodridge writes to defend prayer against a Burlington letter that mocked supplication. He argues intelligent people should demand faith, cites Lincoln and Cardinal Mercier, and urges turning to God for guidance to avert social ills and war. He condemns anti prayer attitudes as hindering progress.
A reader asks about a symposium on whether prayers are answered. The note defends belief in God as creator and caretaker, questions atheism, and reflects on God’s handiwork in nature and human hardship. The writer asserts faith and gratitude, ending with a reverent closing.
A Malden reader answers doubts about prayer during war, arguing God answered in not allowing Paris to fall and praising the centenary Methodist movement. The letter defends Christian faith, urges surrender of doubters, and cites global sacrifice and divine guidance in troubled times.
A reader argues that prayer yields positive outcomes in both spiritual and physical worlds, citing affidavits and notable figures. The letter narrator Henry M. White recounts a conversion moment guiding his career from manufacturing to journalism. A contrasting view suggests prayer fades when life improves, labeling prayer a habit with unclear benefit.
A columnist mocks the idea of prayer as a solution to Boston riots and strikes. He notes personal atheism, suggests believers pray to end the unrest, and observes how people seek divine intervention amid fear and hardship.
Gilda Swift of New Bedford writes that prayer proved worthless, accusing divinity of partiality by granting health, wealth, and beauty to some while others receive nothing, describing the deity as unjust in her letter to the editor.
King Albert Queen Elizabeth and Crown Prince Leopold sail from Ostend aboard the George Washington escorted by a regiment of U S troops who joined at Brest. The king insisted the escort would not delay American soldiers' return home. The decision followed a request by King Albert and was approved by U S military authorities.
A college girl wearing tan knee socks causes a town scene in Wellesley as drugstores rush liniments for lame necks. Clerks peek at the fashionable visitor while townsfolk debate the style and its Civil War era echo. crowd gathers on Main Street as the girl shops and departs.
Officials of the Berkshire street railway and 400 trolleymen who walked out Aug. 8 met in conference for the first time since the strike. The men proposed to return to work at 44 cents an hour, rising to 47 cents in three months and 50 cents after a year, with arbitration of working conditions after the November legislative special session.
A representative body of drug clerks met at the Quincy House last night to form the Drug Clerks' Association of Massachusetts. About 50 representatives from across the state attended to create a nucleus for a state organization aimed at improving the vocation of drug clerks. A membership drive will soon begin and another meeting is planned for an early date.
Resolutions opposing the peace treaty and the League of Nations covenant were adopted by Mattapan Council Knights of Columbus in Milton Town Hall. Edward F. McSweeney and Thomas A. Mahoney spoke. Dr. Francis P. McCarthy led the meeting.
Gertrude Lamarre six daughter of Anselme and Mrs Lamarre was saved from fits by her mother using Dr True's Elixir. The letter notes prior dizzy spells worms and various symptoms and praises the elixir's long standing reputation since 1851. AT ALL DEALERS.
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