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Family Theater: Story of John Sager

Family Theater · October 21, 1948 · 28 min · 3,576 words

The transcript of “Story of John Sager”, an episode of Family Theater first broadcast October 21, 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 the story of John Sager starring Jean Herschelt and Scotty Beckett. Dinah Shawr is your hostess. Four things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams are.

You happen to be walking through the woods and come to a place where the road branches into two paths and you don't know which to take. You finally decide on one and go along, wondering where the other path would have brought you.

You know it's at these crossroads in life, we need more help than even the good advice of our friends. We need God's help. That's why prayer should play an important part in our lives. And it's so very important too when we're making decisions, not only for ourselves, but for those we love our families.

That's why so many families have learned the importance of praying together. That's why so many families are making prayer a daily family practice. Dinah Shaw returns following tonight's Family Theater play, the story of John Sager, starring Gene Herschel and Scotty Beckett.

One day the story of a little man, a very little man, came limping over the torches organ trail toward our home on the abundant bang of the Columbia River. The pathetic truth of the story glorified the substance of devotion far beyond the power of parable of fiction, and seemed to make a living thing out of a promise

We all knew well. According to the ways of Azers' sake, or living was very simple. He plowed the meagal land that stretched away behind the cabin. He had built to house his wife and sons and daughters.

He had not him to give his family, but the best that wasn't himself. And he tried to teach them to share each day's adventure. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Yes, John? Moss is just about that time, Pa.

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