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THE EDITOR’S PRAYERAlmighty and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven andI iearth, mercifully hear the supplica- j tions of Thy servant. Watch over us in the long hours of each work day and impress us with the thought that all labor ought to be in Thy service and in the service of Thy people. Help us to forget self and to remember humanity, the whole public and the good of the state.Guide our pen with righteous thoughts and fill us. Heavenly Father, j at all times w'ith mercy and love and forgiveness. Keep hate out of our hearts and show' us how' to take the sting out of what we write. Strengthen us with wisdom and faithfulness.Forgive us for the grief that any word we wrote may have caused our fellow-man, and make us big enough to admit error, to right wrong and to “do good unto them that persecute us,” so that, in all earnestness and sincerity wre may ask that our trespasses be forgiven “as we forgive those who trespass against us.”But at the same time fortify us, O God, to speak our convictions, to stand out strongly for what conscience tellsus to stand out for. and to help putdown those things that we know oughtto be put down.We pray Thee leave us not alone j in the midst of multitudinous journal*; istic temptations which must always test us; but deliver us. Our Father,1 from everything that is evil. Remind us constantly of the wide influence, of the printed page, and teach us to say those things and to do those deeds that will help rather than hinder the hosts who watch our living and read our wilting and of necessity take colorfrom them.Give us physical strength and moral courage, increase our energy and quicken our conception, and. above all O Lord, keep our great responsibilities ever well before us, for Christ’s sake and to the honor and glory of Thy Holy Name.—St. Augustine Record. !)
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Ocala Banner
Ocala, Florida, US
Fri, Mar 19, 1920
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