Letters: Prayer for Patience

Sir:

General Alfred Gruenther is to be commended on the use of a most appropriate prayer regarding patience in dealing with allies [Dec. 12]. It should be mentioned, however, that substantially the same prayer was offered in the U.S. Senate on May 14, 1947, by the late Peter Marshall, then Chaplain of the Senate.

(THE REV.) RICHARD F. ICE Ridgecrest Community Baptist Church Seattle

¶ Says Author Catherine Marshall (A Man Called Peter) of her late husband: "I'm not sure that the two lines * were original with Dr. Marshall. I've been trying to track down their origin myself, with no success so far."—ED.

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