PIONEERING PRAYERS

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

MOVING TO A REMOTE CORNER of the Canadian plains nearly a century ago, my grandmother became a pioneer.

Her new life was laborious. Daily chores—chopping wood, carrying water, cooking for a large threshing crew—called for toughness, persistence, and courage. And she rose to the challenge.

Then her infant daughter became ill. The attending doctor could do nothing for the child, and gently prepared the young parents for the baby's imminent death.

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