Three naughty schoolboys were sent to the headmaster to be "severely disciplined". They had broken certain school rules and the customary punishment was six of the best, six strokes of the senior cane across the buttocks. Each harsh stroke would usually land in the same place. The pain of the cane would be more intense after each stroke.
While waiting outside the headmaster's office the fearful schoolboys wondered if there was any way of escaping their impending punishment. They needed a miracle to avoid a thrashing. They knew that pleas for mercy or promises of better behaviour would not change their punishment.
One of them, however, thought that prayer might help. It could not do any harm at all. But the boy only knew one prayer.
For what we are about to receive may the Lord make us truly thankful.
While waiting outside the headmaster's office the fearful schoolboys wondered if there was any way of escaping their impending punishment. They needed a miracle to avoid a thrashing. They knew that pleas for mercy or promises of better behaviour would not change their punishment.
One of them, however, thought that prayer might help. It could not do any harm at all. But the boy only knew one prayer.
For what we are about to receive may the Lord make us truly thankful.
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