A PRAYER TO THE POWERFUL DOLLAR.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXX, Issue 4844, 3 April 1884, Page 4

A PRAYER TO THE POWERFUL DOLLAR.

» An American paper contains the followng: — "Thou dollar of our respected, ancestors. Our acknowledged governor, preserver and benefactor. Without thee jh the world we can do nothing, but with

I" thee we can do all tilings. When th< rheumatism lays its palsying hand upoi us thou canst provide the tenderest nurses the most skilful physicians, or a ticket tc i the hot springs; when our toes hay( r assumed a perpendicular attitude, and w( i are planted 'neath the daisies and a tomb - stone with a lying epitaph, thou cans] i furnish a brass band of sixteen pieces anc s a 4000dol hearse. Thou canst fee lawyers ■ and bribe juries; adorn the gentlemai ) and the jackass; art the joy of our youtl i and the solace of our old age. Thou ■ almighty dollar, art worshipped the work over. Thou art the favorite of the ole ? fool and of the philosopher; thou hast nc J hypocrites in thy temples, nor false hearts 3 at thy altars; art loved by the civihsec and the savage with unfeigned and un - faltering affection. Thou hast placec f "armies in the field and navies upon th< . o,cean,' and at the uplifting of thy powerfu l hand their thunders break forth and thei: . lightnings flash. Thou art the awakene: 3 of our energies, the guide of our footsteps l the goal of our being, the handmaiden o 1 our religion and the twin sister of ou j charity. Oh, almighty dollar, be with us s we beseech thee, attended by an inex t pressible number of thy ministerirn 1 angels, made in thine own image. Permi • us to possess thee in abundance — sucl abundance, indeed, that thy gladdeninj , light shall illumine the value of penur b and want like a 2000 candle power electric i light, and cause my awakened soul t( break forth in acclamations of joy."