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stand up. Promptly thirty-six people stood up, including three
young men who were students from Iceland studying at the Illinois
Institute of Technology. A happy twinkle came into the Bishop’s
eyes. Many other Icelanders residing in the Chicago area heard him.
The morning sermons of the People’s Church are broadcast over
a Chicago radio station.
After the sermon the Bishop talked with the thirty-six Ice-
ianders in the congregation and any others that were interested in
meeting him. The people also met his lovely wife who was with
him on the trip.
I believe everyone enjoyed seeing and hearing the Bishop of
Iceland, especially the thirty-six Icelanders present.
GEORGE HANSEN,
2635 Hampden • Court,
Chicago 14, Illinois.
NOTE—The author of this article wrote: "Last year a relative sent us a copy of Ardis.
I enjoy the magazine very much, even if I can only read the English articles. You might
care to print this article.”—G.H.
A Christmas Prayer
We thank Thee for this place in which we dwell,
for the love that unites us, for the peace accorded
us this day, for the hope with which we expect
the morrow, for the health, the work, the food and
the hright skies that make our life delightful; for
our friends in all parts of the earth . . . Spare to us
our friends . . . Bless us, if it may he, in all our
innocent endeavors. If it may not, give us strength
to encounter that which is to come . . . and in all
changes of fortune . . . down to the gates . . . loyal
and loving one another.
R. L. S.