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LORD'S PRAYER 



tile and well cultivated. Sugar is extensively 

 exported, and sweet potatoes, rice, beans, bar- 

 ley, wheat and vegetables of many kinds are 

 cultivated. The islands possess a strong and 

 sturdy breed of ponies, and pigs are raised in 

 great numbers. 



The inhabitants are similar to the Japanese, 

 with mild and courteous manners, and the total 

 population is estimated at 453,500. The Loo- 

 Choo Islands were incorporated into the Japan- 

 ese Empire in 1879, China having renounced all 

 claims to them by treaty in 1874. 



LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, a tall, narrow 

 plateau of the Lookout Mountain range, 1,700 

 feet in height, about three and one-half miles 

 southwest of the city of Chattanooga, Tenn., 

 and the site of a national park. It is famed 

 for the Battle of 

 Lookout Moun- 

 tain which was 

 fought there. 



Battle of Look- 

 out Mountain, a 

 battle of the War 

 of Secession, 

 fought on Look- 

 out Mountain, 

 November 24, 

 1863, between the 

 Conf edera t e 

 forces under Gen- 

 eral Bragg and 

 the Federals un- 

 der General 

 Grant, and some- 

 times called The 

 Battle above the 

 Clouds. It was one of the three encounters in 

 the Battle of Chattanooga. See CHATTANOOGA, 

 BATTLE OF. 



LOOM. See WEAVING. 



LOON, the popular name for the DIVER, 

 which see. 



LOQUAT, lo'kwaht, the fruit of 

 green shrub which 

 is a native of 

 China and Japan 

 and has been in- 

 troduced into 

 subtropical c 1 i - 

 mates throughout 

 the world. In its 

 natural state the THE LOQUAT 



tree attains a height of twenty feet, but when 

 cultivated seldom exceeds twelve feet. It has 

 large, wrinkled leaves, with pear-shaped, yel- 



SUNSET ROCK 

 Lookout Mountain. 



low fruit of a pleasantly-acid flavor and about 

 the size of a small plum. It flourishes in the 

 Gulf states and in California; in the latter 

 state several greatly-improved varieties have 

 been produced. The fruit ripens in the very 

 early spring. The loquat industry in the 

 United States is of little commercial impor- 

 tance, averaging a few thousand boxes a year 

 valued at about $8,000, the greatest yield com- 

 ing from California; but the yield is slowly in- 

 creasing. The loquat is cultivated to some 

 extent in conservatories. 



LORAIN, lorane', OHIO, a city in Lorain 

 County, and a shipping port of Lake Erie, 

 situated at the mouth of Black River, about 

 twenty-five miles west of Cleveland. It has a 

 fine harbor with more than six miles of dock 

 frontage, has regular boat service, and is on the 

 Baltimore & Ohio, the New York, Chicago & 

 Saint Louis and the Lorain, Ashland & South- 

 ern railroads. The Lake Shore Electric road 

 connects with Cleveland, Lorain, Sandusky and 

 other cities. Population, 1910, 28,883; in 1916, 

 by Federal estimate, 36,964. 



An agricultural country surrounds the city, 

 and it is in a region of natural gas. It is the 

 shipping point for the Central Ohio coal fields, 

 and exports large amounts of coal, lumber, 

 iron ore and grain. An extensive shipbuilding 

 plant, steel works, foundries and automatic- 

 shovel and stove works constitute 'the chief 

 industrial establishments. The city has a Car- 

 negie Library and Saint Joseph's Hospital. 



A Moravian mission in 1822 preceded the 

 first permanent settlement. In 1836 the place 

 was incorporated as the village of Charleston; 

 the name was changed in 1874, and Lorain was 

 chartered as a city in 1896. 



LORD'S PRAYER. This is the name com- 

 monly applied to the familiar prayer which 

 might perhaps more correctly be called the 

 "Disciples' Prayer." For Jesus taught it to His 

 followers as an example of the proper manner 

 of prayer, and with its petition of "forgive us 

 our trespasses" it is by no means a prayer which 

 the Lord himself needed to utter. Nor did He 

 intend that His disciples should use just this 

 form and no other; He wished ra,ther to indi- 

 cate the elements which should appear in every 

 true prayer the recognition of the greatness 

 and majesty of God, the plea for the establish- 

 ment of His kingdom, and the request for spir- 

 itual and temporal aid. 



The Lord's Prayer appears twice in the Gos- 

 pels: in Matthew VI, 9-13, and in Luke XI, 2-4. 

 The two versions are not identical, but there 



