Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1883 — A Prayer Which Will Bear Repetition. [ARTICLE]

A Prayer Which Will Bear Repetition.

Characteristic prayer offered by Elder Littlejohn in 1850: “Oh, Lord, there is great wickedness and much drnnkenness in our young and rising towns. Therefore, O Lord, we crave Thy blessing. Now, Milwaukee, just sprung up, is bad; Chicago, another mushroom, is worse. Yet do Thou, Lord, bless and improve them. Then there is Michigan City, a land of sand and whisky, aud La Porte, of mud and wickedness; and, indeed,they need Thy blessing. And there is South Bend, and also- Niles, which think themselve&r righteous, but are full of rumholes and rottenness. Lord,they need Thv blessing. And here is Mishawaka, which boasts itself something, but has nothing but self-rigliteo*sness. Good Lord open its eyes, that it may receive thy blessing. Then we have Elkhart, and Bristol, and Mottville —little things, but wicked. Do, Lord, bless them.” Then, pausing for breath and raising his voice to its highest pitch: “And lastly then, dear, good Lord, even bless Constantine, where Governor Barry sells whisky at three cents a glass! Amen.”— Detroit Post.