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Excerpt from Yellow Creek Humor: A Book of Burtscher Drolleries I thank thee, O Lord, that I am like other men, not better nor worse; that I can understand them by studying myself, and that I will know what is in me if I seek to know more of thee, for thou dwellest in me. Where other men have fallen I may fall; therefore I will not follow the weak except to give them strength, and I will not allow my neighbor to drift from thee, lest I drift with him. I thank thee that I have been bad enough to feel for the sinner, and that now, with thy help, I am good enough to feel a desire for the highest good. I thank thee that I am as I am, and that everything about me is as it is. I pray, O Lord, that thou wouldst hear my prayer. Give me more wisdom, that I may apply it to the interpretation of thy truth; more friends, that I may love them and be loved by them; more wealth, that I may be able to pay more for the support of the gospel; and more grace, that I may possess all I profess, and that I may not be ashamed to profess all I possess. Make me an optimist. Help me to practice what thy ministers preach. Help me to preach what thy saints practice. Help me to go about doing good. In His name; Amen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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