{"id":8346,"date":"2022-07-06T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8346"},"modified":"2022-07-06T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T05:00:00","slug":"the-petitioners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-petitioners\/","title":{"rendered":"The Petitioners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn92053934\/1914-07-06\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\">Rock Island Argus, July 6, 1914<\/a>. By Henry Howland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Pray sometimes for the succor that the mighty among us need;<br\/>Pray for the kindness needed by the led and the ones who lead;<br\/>Pray when the day is ended and pray when the day begins<br\/>For the strength you need and the guidance and the pardoning of your sins,<br\/>But know that the Lord who watches o\u2019er peasants and priests and kings<br\/>Blesses in fullest measure the men who are doing things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Pray when the light is breaking for wisdom and strength and grace;<br\/>Pray when the day has ended and the stars gleam cold in space;<br\/>But the day was made for toiling; let the monk in his cloister pray;<br\/>Out in the world is duty claiming your care by day;<br\/>God in the great beginning wrought with a mighty hand,<br\/>Pausing not till His glory spread over sea and land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>They are lost who mumble prayers when the sun is high,<br\/>Turning away from duty, fearing to dare or try;<br\/>Sitting in dark seclusion, selfishly asking there<br\/>Glory in heaven as payment for the zeal that they show in prayer;<br\/>Over their heads the gleaming sword of destruction swings,<br\/>While God in His mercy listens to the men who are doing things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Rock Island Argus, July 6, 1914. By Henry Howland. Pray sometimes for the succor that the mighty among us need;Pray for the kindness needed by the led and the ones who lead;Pray when the day is ended and pray when the day beginsFor the strength you need and the guidance and the pardoning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-8346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-rock-island-argus","tag-henry-howland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}