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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1919
Page
7
The Boston Post invites readers to share experiences on whether prayers are answered. A Aug. 22, 1919 letter requests brief, specific communications to Prayer Editor, with optional anonymity, urging diverse religious perspectives on prayer and its outcomes.
In West Roxbury, the Rev. Howard S. Wilkinson argues prayer transcends requests and should be a steady habit. He says prayer aligns the will with God, yields spiritual power, and reveals the divine through daily life, with even faltering efforts answered in God’s way.
A mother tells of Bobby who asks for a drum at Christmas despite poverty. After promising God answers prayers, an expressman delivers a large box containing a book and a letter from an old friend who had lost four children, illustrating a miracle of Christmas generosity.
A fragment recalls a child’s joy as a drum is opened from wrapped gifts. The note speaks of faith and hope despite loneliness and grief, ending with the sentiment Have faith even as a little child and it shall be unto you.
S Adams of Lakeport New Hampshire argues prayers and their answers depend on divine revelation beyond human intellect. He offers to discuss specific passages and invites readers to send a self addressed stamped envelope for correspondence.
George J. Burns argues that miracles require suspending natural law, which he says is impossible and unjust. He states everyday outcomes arise from natural laws and subconscious processes, and that belief in prayer aligns with natural phenomena rather than supernatural intervention.
The letter argues three elements desire faith and work are needed for prayer to be answered. It asserts God provides daily bread when people act, and urges support for the League of Nations as a first step toward world peace, calling for action, prayer, and faith. C. M. Scovell signs the piece.
George T. Chavitt of Montpelier Vermont shares a personal belief in prayer’s power. He recounts praying for a true friend after losing a college chum and writes that his prayers were answered years later with a companion who fit his needs. He cites biblical and literary examples and urges steadfast faith that persistent prayer yields results.
Minna A. Bradbury writes of a near miraculous recovery after eight years of illness. She credits prayer and faith, not Christian Science, for renewed health and strength. The note, dated September 10, 1919, urges others to trust in prayer on life’s difficult path.
In a letter from Peabody dated Sept 9, James Walsh mocks prayer as an economic force while arguing for practical work. He contrasts prayer’s limits with farming duties and questions a ritualized, commercialized approach to petitions.
The author argues prayers were answered in the recent war, citing Christ's sacrifice, Belgium's faith, and leaders’ statements. He notes German defeats followed President Wilson's day of prayer, claiming mothers and nations saw prayer rewarded and praises ongoing for belief in a prayer hearing. ANOTHER BELIEVER IN PRAYER.
A Northampton woman urges faith and persistent prayer, noting “Ask and you shall receive.” She explains God may answer through miracles or by guiding others, cites healing of Garfield and McKinley as possible outcomes, and emphasizes praying in Jesus name for effectiveness.
A reader argues that belief in the Bible lacks basis and questions its authority. She questions prayer efficacy during war, cites wireless invention aiding seafaring, and suggests that prayerful people should live by faith to clear their minds.
A reader defends prayer and belief in God against Ingersoll style skeptics. Citing Daniel Webster and prophecies, the writer argues for faith aided by personal experience, warns against paying for prayers for the dead, and quotes Longfellow while urging Scriptural study for light. BH. L. GLADDING acknowledges the discussion.
A mother recalls how her 10 year old son prayed for his father’s drinking to end. The next day two ministers’ sons visited the couple’s store and invited the husband to a reform home. He went and returned reformed and converted, shaping the family’s faith in prayer.
A Belfast reader argues that prayer cannot be answered by a personal God who would be corporeal. He asserts God is spirit, explains true prayer requires spiritual alignment, and urges renouncing carnal knowledge to attain real prayer and divine response.
The House pension committee favored a bill to grant a minimum monthly pension of 50 dollars to Civil War veterans. Widows would receive 30 dollars, children under 16 six dollars, and nurses 30 dollars. The measure would add 65 million to the pension roll in its first year. The bill also proposes 73 dollars for totally disabled veterans and 90 dollars for those disabled in service.
Myron Chesler of Auburn, indicted today by a federal grand jury in Portland for operating an unlawful distillery, killed himself at his Lewiston home after learning of the charge. He had been blind from birth.
John C. Brimblecom and Reuben Forknall, Newton Republicans vying for the 4th Middlesex seat, were drafted into the State Guard in Boston amid a police strike. The duty threatens their campaigns as 450 Newton GOP votes could shift the result, leaving both men unable to vote for themselves while they watch each other closely. COL James C. Whith commands Newton constabulary.
A terse note asserts someone stays on task openly rather than secretly. It implies scrutiny or public accountability without detailing actions or identities. The line hints at integrity or exposure risk but provides no concrete names, dates, or places.
Dublin September 19 subscriptions for the Irish republican loan of 1 250 000 were opened with no reliable response data yet. Prospectuses were sent to Sinn Fein agencies for hand distribution and many were mailed via the British post. There is speculation whether mailed copies will be delivered or confiscated as illegal matter.
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