Say a Prayer

Sunday, so I’ve ginned up a little prayer quiz for you.  

Cited here are the precursors of a very famous prayer written by American theologian Reinhold Nieburh.  See if you can guess or decipher what prayer was inspired by these.

Did you figure it out?  “Niebuhr’s Prayer” is as follows:

Here are the Stones saying a prayer for the hard working people.  However, the line that caught my ear (at the 1:35 mark) when I just re-listened to it goes “Let’s think of the wavering millions, who need leaders but get gamblers instead.”  Better say a prayer for them too.


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