 | 1829 - 130 страници
...a prayer to say every night when you lie dowi i*vour beds. Now I lay me down to sleep, " I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. What do you lie down in your beds to do? What do you pray God to keep ? If... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1833 - 190 страници
...Many children, when they go to bed at night, say the prayer, "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." 1 used to say this prayer, when a child, every night before I went to sleep.... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1834 - 182 страници
...suddenly. Many children when they go to bed at night say the prayer, Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. I used to say this prayer when a child, every night before I went to sleep.... | |
 | Joseph Belcher - 1834 - 590 страници
...repeating lines which I can remember from my childhood : — Lord ! I lay me down to sleep, I pray to Thee my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray to Thee my soul to take. I think it proper to give children some simple form as a foundation for their... | |
 | John Comly, Isaac Comly - 1835 - 402 страници
...kissing them as he took them by the hand, he seemed desirous to fall asleep, saying,— "I pray the Lord my soul to keep; If I should die before I wake, V . I pray the Lord my soul to take." , . .; Jt was not thought he would say any more, yet he revived... | |
 | 1838 - 602 страници
...lips which within one hour after were to be closed in death : " Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep : If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." k"-"1* Then followed a delightful conversation, in which he manifested clear... | |
 | Sorrowing, Alexander Beith - 1839 - 136 страници
...for Christ's sake ; " preceded by the simple lines, " This night I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." OK, " The Lord hath kept me through the night, And brought me to the morning... | |
 | 1843 - 548 страници
...himself repeating the little prayer conned in the nursery : " Now I l»y me down to sleep, " I pray the Lord my soul to Keep; " If I should die before I wake, " I pray the Lord my soul to take." The influence of other days rushes back over his mind with overpowering... | |
 | Samuel Nott - 1843 - 180 страници
...to his horse, and galloped on repeating the hymn of infancy: Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. The circumstances outreasoned the sophist. you not still more strongly for... | |
 | 1843 - 212 страници
...leafy covering, and slowly repeated her little prayer — " Now I lav me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." " Amen, O God !" I said, as I placed her little head upon my knees for her... | |
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Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take ; And this I ask for Jesus 
