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Family Theater: The Empty Room

Family Theater · April 20, 1949 · 23 min · 3,459 words

The transcript of “The Empty Room”, an episode of Family Theater first broadcast April 20, 1949. 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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Jay Carroll Nash Rita Johnson Glenn Langen Star on family theater The mutual broadcasting system in cooperation with family theater incorporated presents the empty room starring Glenn Langen and Rita Johnson brief portions are transcribed Jay Carroll Nash as your host Have you ever seen a little child were strayed from his mother in a large gathering at a circus say or the crowd

streets of a big city. He is lost, alone, terrified. With all his heart he wants to be with her, to grasp her hand, sense her protection and love. But he can't find her. She's gone.

There's nothing he can do but cry his heart out. Well, I think a soul that has lost God must feel very much like that. No where to turn. No one to help. Nothing to look forward to.

but despair. Fortunately, there's a way for us to find our way back to God, an easy way, the way of prayer. Prayer is just talking to God, telling him we need him, telling him we're sorry for ever having left him. You've heard it said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. Well, believe me, it's true. For the saint and for the sinner,

and for the millions of us who are in between. Daily prayer can work a miracle. The miracle of bringing us closer to the God who made us. J. Carol Nash returns following our family theater story, The Empty Room, starring Glenn Langen and Rita Johnson.

There's a room in the Collier's house that you've never seen, that is, unless you've known Bill and Kathy Collier for more than two years. It's a little room and it's always kept neat as a pin.

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