 | 1850 - 560 pages
...and it is of use to me to this day. I never dose my eyes to rest, without first saying,— ' Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to keep; If I should die before I wake, I prey Thee, Lord, my soul to take.' •' /ESOP ILLUSTRATED. FAELR I. THE SHEPHERD BOY AND THE WOLF.... | |
 | Kazlitt Arvine - Anecdotes - 1850 - 882 pages
...when a child, and it is of use to me to this day— I never close my eyes to rest, without 1 Now I lay me down to sleep, ' I pray thee. Lord, my soul to keep: If I ihould die before I wake, I pray thee, Lord, my soul to take.1 ' (/) THE SICK SAILOR AND ; HIS MOTHER.—... | |
 | 1850 - 642 pages
...sleep, the prayer which his mother taught him when a child — " 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 the Lord's prayer, that prayer fitted to all ages and conditions, is... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1863 - 896 pages
...that little prayer so often murmured at the mother's knee : "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 origin of this stanza it is difficult to trace. It appeared in the "Kcw... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1881 - 792 pages
...still and slumber." " What is the chief end of man ? "' " Our Father which art in heaven." «' Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to keep: II I should die before I wake, I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to take." Dr. Landis suggests this morning... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - Education - 1851 - 340 pages
...repeated and so long remembered as that little child's 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." Strong men, who seem insensible to weakness, and whose eyes seldom see the... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - Education - 1851 - 348 pages
...repeated and so long remembered as that little child's 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." Strong men, who seem insensible to weakness, and whose eyes seldom see the... | |
 | Samuel Kirkland Lothrop - 1851 - 240 pages
...hours before his death, he repeated the nursery 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 " ; and turning to his son, said, " My son, this little prayer I have not... | |
 | Samuel Kirkland Lothrop - 1851 - 240 pages
...hours before his death, he repeated the nursery 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 " ; and turning to his son, said, " My son, this little prayer I have not... | |
 | Samuel Kirkland Lothrop - 1851 - 234 pages
...before his death, he repeated the nursery prayer, — " Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord ray soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take " ; and turning to his son, said, " My son, this little prayer I have not... | |
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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 
