Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1911 — Qualified Prayer. [ARTICLE]

Qualified Prayer.

Marlon’s mother was ill, and the aunt who took her place at the head of the household plied the children with unaccustomed and sometimes disliked articles of diet ‘One day, after being compelled to eat ouionß, Marion refused to say grace. “Then you must sit at the table until you are ready to say it!” was the aunt’s stern judgment. An hour or so later, when the brilliant sunshine and impatient calls of her comrades together comprised an irrestlble appeal, Marion capitulated—thus: “Oh, Lord, make me thankful for having had to eat horrid old onions, If you can do it. But I know you can’t.” ■