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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC. 10, 1931. PAGE THREE PRAYERS A lady from Kansas sends a very personal question: "Have you," she asks, "ever known of any in stance of the efficiency of prayer?" The answer Is, Yes. And this -is the story: Years ago when my reverend friend Dr. William Goodell Frost left his comfortable professorship of Greek at Obertin College to take the presidency of the struggling little college at Berea, Kentucky, hla friends thought he had made a terrible mistake. X The buildings were old and dilap idated. The faculty was underpaid. There were plenty of debts, and no Income. The president, in addition to his scholastic duties, was ex pected to ride the rails from city to city and beg funds to meet the current expenses. Frost was a seer and a prophet. He knew the sterling character of the Kentucky mountain people; he was thrilled by the vision of what Berea College could mean to them. Full of courage, he journeyed up to Cincinnati and called upon the pastor of the leading Protestant church. "Will you Invite some of the gen erous people of your city to a meet ing and let me tell them about the needs of the mountains?" Frost asked. "Oh, no," replied the pastor. "I couldn't think of that!" "Will you let me preach in your CANADA Canada's census of 1931 has just been completed and It shows the total population of the Dominion to be almost exactly ten million per sons. That is an Increase of about fourteen percent in ten years, which is a fairly rapid rate of growth a faster rate, in fact, than the United States showed between 1920 and 1930. It is not very many people, however, to populate Can ada's enormous area. The Domin ion has 3,690,000 square miles, which is 660,000 square miles larger than the United States. Our pop ulation is about thirty-eight per sons to the square mile, and Can ada's is fewer than three persons to the square mile. This vast and largely undevelop ed area to the north of us still holds immense possibilities for the pion eer and the explorer. VITAMINES We hear a lot about vltamlnes and the necessity of eating foods containing them, but few people are able to keep the list in mind. Here Is a simple, concise list of the com mon foods which contain the vita mines essential to health: Vitamine A milk, butter, fresh cheese, eggs, green vegetables (spinach, lettuce, etc.), yellow veg etables (carrots, yellow corn). Vit amin B Germs of cereals, liver, They used to joke about "Chicken Feed" But now It has come to be a substantial source of Income on the well managed farm, this poultry money. And properly so. Any man with two hundred hens can earn a supporting Income and keep out of debt We know because some of them are our customers. You can too Need any help? Farmers and Stockg rowers National Bank There Is No Substitute for Safety pulpit Sunday morning?" "No. We have a positive rule that the Sunday morning service is never to be devoted to any charit able appeal." "Well, I don't suppose you get many people out in the evening," Frost persisted, "Will you let me speak Sunday evening?" Again the preacher refused. "How about Wednesday evening prayer meeting?" "No." "Well, then, will you pray for the mountain people and the success of the college?" Frost demanded. The preacher Bald he thought it would be hypocritical for him to ask the Almighty to help a cause to which he could give no aid him self. "My brother, since you can do nothing to help us, will you join me in prayer for your church and your ministry?" The pastor could not refuse. Down on their knees they went to gether, and Frost proceeded to send up to the Pearly Gates not only a prayer for the church but a most eloquent and moving presentation of the needs of the Kentucky moun taineers and the little college that was struggling to help them. When the prayer was finished the preacher's eyes were full. "You must come to my church Sunday morning," he said. "My people must hear you." Frost went, and so began the friendship of many people in Cin cinnati for Berea college. yeast, lettuce, raw peanuts. Vita- mine C! Lemons, oranges, grape fruit, raw cabbage and sauerkraut, sprouted grain or peas, tomatoes, lettuce, watercress, raw spinach, turnips or green peppers. Vitamine Liver and cod liver oil, egg yolk, snails, sunshine (that is, sun shine on the body actually causes vitamine D to appear in the body, which aids bone growth, prevents rickets, prevents tooth decay.) Vit- Gilliam & Bisbee's VARNISH DEAL Saves You Money With every quart of QUICK-STEP VAR NISH at the regular price of $1.25 per qt. you get a 3-inch bris tle Varnish Brush that sells at 60 cents. This Quick-Step sale continues for 30 days only and will close on the evening of Decem ber 17th. 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