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themselves. But had he been asked to say what shield had 

 proved so efficacious in warding off evil influences, he would 

 doubtless have reminded us of the cradle prayer, for him 

 answered as for Joseph ; so that " his bow abode in 

 strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by 

 the hands of the mighty God of Jacob." " Have not we 

 realized," he said to a sister many years later, " in spite 

 of all our sorrows, and cares, and trials, that we are the 

 children of many prayers ? " 



