---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Lauritzen, Annie G.
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 21
number: 7
published: 1918-05
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: 'Lauritzen, Annie G., "A Prayer," *Improvement Era* 21, no. 7 (May 1918): 613.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2107unse
  transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers.
  identifier: improvementera2107unse
start_page: 613
end_page: 613
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1918-05)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2107unse
  publication_year: 1918
  note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1918, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# A Prayer

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Prayer
      O God, eternal Father, in the name of Christ thy Son,
      In heartfelt, prayerful pleading unto thee now I come.
      The fiery darts of evil, bid them forever cease,
      And haste the dawn of victory that bringeth earth sweet peace.
      Bind thou the prince of darkness, that he no more may reign,
      In such fierce flood of terror, gloom, misery and pain.
      Let thy Holy Spirit's power touch the heart of every one,
      To bring him to repentance and salvation through thy Son.
      Bless those who have positions of great responsibility,
      In the terror-stricken nations, and turn their hearts to thee.
      Hear thou our heartfelt pleadings, bless thou our sons, we pray,
      Extend thine arm of mercy to lead them in the narrow way.
      O keep their souls from evil, from Satan's bondage free;
      Grant freedom's power o'er all the earth may gain full victory.
                                                     Annie G. Lauritzen.
Short Creek, Arizona.