---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Gates, Susa Young
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 22
number: 3
published: 1919-01
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: "Gates, Susa Young, “My Prayer,” *Improvement Era* 22, no. 3 (January 1919): 220."
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2203unse
  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: improvementera2203unse
start_page: 220
end_page: 220
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1919-01)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2203unse
  publication_year: 1919
  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 1919, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# My Prayer

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IMPROVEMENT  ERA

eastern  frontier,  saw  in  the  exposed  and  poorly  protected  set-

tlements of  southern  Utah  an  opportunity  to  recoup  their  losses,

and  a  series  of  raids  was  planned  and  executed,  which  cost  the

/.

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Navajo  Women  Carding,  Spinning  and  Weaving.  The  Navajos  raise

their  own  sheep,  shear  them,  card,  spin  and  weave  the  wool  into  blankets,

sometimes  spending  more  than  six  months'  time  on  a  single  blanket.  The

blankets  sell  for  from  a  few  dollars  to  $150  each,  according  to  quality.

settlers  the  lives  of  a  number  of  their  citizens,  and  the  loss  of  a

great  amount  of  property.  That  the  Indians  paid  dearly,  in

some  instances,  will  be  shown  in  articles  which  are  to  follow.

My  Prayer

Not  some,  nor  little  good,  dear  Lord,

Help  me  to  do  this  day.

But  to  the  utmost  test  of  strength

Assist  my  feeble  way.

Not  one  nor  two  good  words,  kind  Friend,

Persuade  my  tongue  to  speak,

But  flood  my  soul  with  glorious  thought,

For  I  am  very  weak.

Not  one  good  deed,  but  many,  Lord,

Permit  this  day  to  see.

Crowd  every  hour  with  noble  toil

And  each  one  draw  to  Thee.

Susa  Young  Gates