 | 1829 - 130 pages
...teach you 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 you should never wake... | |
 | John Ely - 1833 - 126 pages
...night. Shut your eyes and go to sleep. Now I lay me down to sleep, J pray the Lord my soul to.keep, If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. Sun-day, Mon-day, Tues-day, Wed-nes-day, Thursday, Fri-day, Sa-tur-day.—Ja-nu-a-ry, Feb-ru-a-ry,... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1834 - 182 pages
...day making their peace with God. And how little do those who read this book, think that they may die suddenly. Many children when they go to bed at night...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. But I did not know... | |
 | Joseph Belcher - 1834 - 590 pages
...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... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1835 - 142 pages
...ass, nor any thing that is ihy neighbour's. Now I lay me down lo sleep, I pray ihe Lord my soul lo keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. THE END. 32101 066076 j ... | |
 | John Comly, Isaac Comly - 1835 - 402 pages
...relations, 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... | |
 | 1835 - 596 pages
...he broke out repeating the lines, " Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep; II I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." It need not surprise one that he prayed, — for infidels are apt to pray in times of danger;... | |
 | 1838 - 602 pages
...from 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 and comfortable... | |
 | Sorrowing, Alexander Beith - 1839 - 136 pages
...serve thee, 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 light ; O may he... | |
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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 
