NO PRAYERS FOR REPORTERS.
The Rev. W. A. Houck, chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, either considers newspaper men be} r ond the pale of divine control or less needful of heavenly grace than any class directly or indirectly connected with the Legislature (says the Philadelphia Public Ledger). In his paayer in opening the session he began with the Speaker and in succession prayed fervently for the members, the clerks, 1 so laborious and faithfulthe pages, 1 so alert and industrious the absent families of the members and officers of the House, even the, visitors, and then said ‘ amen.’
A sad smile went along the line of reporters as they buckled down to another day’s work, oppressed by the knowledge that nothing in the way of aid or comfort from realms beyond was to be expected.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 6 July 1907, Page 4
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138NO PRAYERS FOR REPORTERS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3769, 6 July 1907, Page 4
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