Iredell-Burke-Caldwell County NcArchives News.....Burgess Gather's Prayer 1914
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Daily Charlotte Observer 1914
29 Apr 1914

Burgess Gaither's Prayer - From The Statesville Landmark

Addressing the Daughters of the Revolution in Washington last week, Mr. 
Whitehead Kluttz told the story of the old preacher in the North Carolina 
mountains during the former Mexican War. This preacher, the story goes, thus 
addressed the Throne of Grace:

"Oh! Lord, we pray Thee to be with our boys a-fightin' on foreign soil today, 
in this war which the Honorary Burgess Gaither says is an unjust war. But we 
will not stop to argue that question with Thee, now, Oh Lord, but simply refer 
Thee to the President's message and accompanyin' documents."

It is inferred from this that the Hon. Burgess Gaither, who was a native of 
Iredell and for many years a prominent citizen of Burke, was "agin" the 
Mexican War. They used to tell, also, of Uncle Jesse Rankin of Lenoir, of 
blessed memory, who during the Civil War was wont to pray long and earnestly 
for the Confederate soldiers, closing with this reference to the other 
side: "O Lord, for our enemies we ask nothing; we leave them to Thy righteous 
judgment."


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