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Family Theater: Song for a Long Road

Family Theater · May 13, 1948 · 28 min · 3,305 words

The transcript of “Song for a Long Road”, an episode of Family Theater first broadcast May 13, 1948. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Thanksgiving Radio plays Family Theater free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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The mutual broadcasting system in cooperation with Family Theater Incorporated presents Song for a Long Road, starring Donner Ead and John Lund. Glenn Langen is your host. More things are wrought by prayer, than this world dreams of.

Sometimes you meet people who seem to go along without ever having any worries or troubles. They avoid responsibilities, and everything seems to come easy for them. All they do is rush around trying to have a good time.

you sometimes envy them. But here's something. Ever get close to someone like that, try to find out what makes him tick, what he's thinking, or you learn something. You learn there isn't any real happiness in life if you're living by yourself, for yourself. And that's one of the things in family life. If you're going to have a happy family, you can't live for

yourself. Family life means responsibilities. It calls for sacrifice. And we need strength to help us to meet these difficulties. We can have that help for the asking. Pray. And don't pray alone. Pray together with your family.

Family prayer means the most wonderful help in the world. God's help. Now song for a long road, starring John Lund and Donna Reed, with Glenn Langen as narrator. This is the way the story should begin.

Eline. Are you listening? Yes, I'm listening. Elin, will you marry me? I most certainly will, not. Ah, but a poet is made of stern stuff. And so we shall try once more. This is the way the story should begin.

Elin, look at me. I'm looking. Will you consent to be my wife? Your wife? Certainly, not. But how does the poet say it? If at first you don't succeed, try again. I mean, listen please.

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