A PRAYER FOR THE UNEMPLOYED

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From the Episcopal

Book of Common Prayer

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Heavenly Father,

we remember before you those who suffer

want and anxiety from lack of work.

Guide the people of this land so to

use our public and private wealth

that all may find suitable and fulfilling

employment, and receive just payment

for their labor; through

Jesus Christ Our Lord.

Amen.

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BE A JACK OF TWO-OR-THREE TRADES

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It is not enough to train men for work;

in a complex society there must also be provided efficient methods of place finding. Before training citizens in the highly specialized techniques of earning a living, they should be trained in one or more methods of commonplace labor, trades or callings which could be utilized when they were transiently unemployed in their specialized work. No civilization can survive the long-time harboring of large classes of unemployed. In time, even the best of citizens will become distorted and demoralized by accepting support from the public treasury. Even private charity becomes pernicious when long extended to able-bodied citizens.
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From THE URANTIA BOOK, III, 81, 11

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