A SPORT’S PRAYER.
“TEACH ME TO WIN OR -LOSE.” 'London, 17th. October. A well-known cricketer, the Rev. F. H. Gillingham, preaching at Christchurch, East Sheen, quoting a prayer, a copy of which hangs in private rooms at Sandringham, said that His Majesty had Recently expressed the opinion that it might well be placed in the hands of every public schoolboy. The prayer runs:
“Teach me to be obedient tb the rules of the game. Teach me neither' to cry for the moon nor for spilt milk. Help me to distinguish between sentiment and sentimentality, cleaving to the one and despising the other. Help me to neither proffer nor receive cheap praise. If I am called upon to suffer let me be like the well-bred beast, who goes away and suffers in silence. Teach me to win when I may and if I may notwin, then above all, I pray that I may be made a good loser.” The Rev. F. H. Gillingham, who is now 52 years old, in his younger days played for Dulwich and also represented his county Essex.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3706, 20 October 1927, Page 3
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181A SPORT’S PRAYER. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3706, 20 October 1927, Page 3
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