Keep Hoeing and Praying.
__ — . Said Farmer Jones, in a whining tone, To his good old neighbor Gray, "•■"l've worn my knees through to the bone, But it ain't no use to pray. ..." I've prayed to the Lord a thousand times For to make that 'ere corn grow ; An' why your'n beats it so and climbs, I'd give a deal to know." < Said Farmer Gray td his neighbor Jones, In his easy, quiet way : > "When prayers get mixed with lazy bones, They don't make farmin' pay. - " "Your weeds, I notice, arc good an' tall, In spite of all your prayers ; You may pray- for corn tiU^the, heavens fall If you don't dig up the tares. , i "I mix my prayers with a little toil \ Along in every row^. An' I work this mixture into the soil | Quite vig'rouls. with a hoe. [ " So, while I'm praying, I use my hoe, An' do my level best | To keep down the weeds along each row, | An' the Lord He does the rest. It's well for to pray, both night an' morn, As every farmer knows ; Inlthe place to pray for thrifty corn Is right between the rows'"
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 180, 23 October 1903, Page 3
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193Keep Hoeing and Praying. Bruce Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 180, 23 October 1903, Page 3
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