My Prayer
Improvement Era, vol. 18, no. 5, March 1915, p. 393
Minerva Pinkerton
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proud this Mr. Brower ought to be to have his name preserved in this connection In this dying declaration, for as such it may be regarded, the Prophet denies the charge of treason that had been made against him and asserts that even the appearance of any thing of the ;
kind could not be proved. He assures his wife that no harm can happen to him or his fellow prisoners on that score. How abund- antly has the truth of all this been established Not on the score !
of any legal conviction of treason or any other crime did harm come to them. How rich in food for reflection these two letters are I am !
glad to place them on record in the pages of the Improvement Era, and do so in the firm belief that some future commentator will show the strength, beauty and grandeur of the man who wrote them far more adequately than I have power to do.
My Prayer My prayer is not for power, but for strength To bear the ills that now beset my way; That I may struggle onward, day by day, And rest beside the Master's throne, at length. Ipray not, "Make me rich," but, "Make me strong, That I may find true riches here below Which I may carry with me when I go, And bear them to my Maker, with a song." I ask not, "Take me," but, "Show me the way By which the Savior passed to realms above; That I may follow in this way of love And kneel before his throne, some happy day. "That, should I have my thorns and cross to bear, Thy Spirit, Lord, will help and comfort me, Will guide me, teach me to become like Thee," This, then, shall be my hope, my life, my prayer. Minerva Pinkerton redmesa, col.