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THE GAME GUY'S PRAYER,

Some 25 years ago someone introduced me to a bit of writing entitled "The Game Guy's Prayer." It was marked "Author lJnknown," and although I made inquiry at the time, no inkling ever came as to who was the author of this gem'

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So I printed it in both THE GULF COAST LUMBERMAN And THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT, and since that time have frequently used what I consider the very essence of the prayer, that goes: "Flelp me to remember that You won't e'ier let anything come my way that You and I together can't handle."

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I read th.e entire prayer over today, and got the same thrill, the same inspiratiqn, that I did the first time I had seen those lines. And'the thought came to me that others would do the same, and that therefore I should reprint the entire prayer (it isn't long) for the benefit of my friends and readers.

There is inspiration in every line. And there is comfort, and hope, and a promise of peace in the lines, things so sadly needed in this day of low thinking and high living. Was there ever a time in th.e previous history of this fair land when people needed some help in these directions quite so badly?

And so here is the f; io*t rHE GAME GUy's

Mr. J. C. Dionne

The California Lumber Merchant Los Angeles 14, California

Dear Jack:

BY JACK DIONNE

PRAYER; and brother, or sister, if you don't find room for this in your scrapbook, it must be crowded indeed: >l**

"Dear God: Help me to be a sport in this little game of life. * * *

"I don't ask for any special place in the line-up; just play me any place you need me. :f**

"f only ask for the stuff to give You one hundred percent of what I've got. **:&

"If all the hard drives come my way, I thank You for the compliment. ,< * ,<

"Help me to remember that You won't let anything come my way that You and I together can't handle.

"And help me to take th: rla ir."r." as part of the game. :F**

"Help me to understand that the game is full of knots and knocks, and trouble, and make me thankful for them. :fi**

"Help me to get so that the harder they come the better I like it. * ,< ,k

"And Oh, God, help' me to always play on the square. >t**

"No matter what the other players do, help me to come clean. * :r *

"lfelp me to study The Book so that I'll know the rules,

Deql(erling From rhe Top

I first became acquainted with you in 1922 when you were the speaker at a luncheon given by O. H. Barr upon the dedication of a new office building built by Barr Lumber Co. at Santa Ana. I not only became acquainted with you personally but with your ideas of merchandising in a lumber yard and became a convert to your ideas. Ever since, I have been trying to "live up to" the inspiration you gave me-to become a better lumber merchandiser.

In the July 1 issue of your "California Lumber Merchant," your stafi-especially Reed Porter and Ole May-published ah article describing the fruition of the seeds you planted in 1922. While I think the "boys" did rather a flattering job of reporting (they surely sounded ofi with the "stops all out"), I am appreciative of their efforts and am writing this letter so you may tell them so, and to place the credit where the credit is due-on your shoulders, for if it had not been for the constant inspiration of your writings over the past 34 years, I am sure I would have become Iazy and not carried on.

When I travel around and see the many fine modern "lumber stores" over the country, I am sure I am not the only one you have inspired. It must be a great source of satisfaction to you to see the results of your "preachings" as they now appear everywhere.

My best regards to you and my hearty thanks to all your associates in The California Lumber Merchant.

Most sincerely,

Herschell G. Larrick, Sr. Lumber & Builders Supply Co. Solana Beach, California

July 17,1956