 | George Wood - 1848 - 508 σελίδες
...those magical words, which seemed to me to contain some potent charm — 'Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; And if I die before I wake, I pray thee, Lord, my soul to take.' And when the force of language began to be realized, I wondered what... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1863 - 832 σελίδες
...First beside my mother kneeling ; Through the hushed-up silence deep Hear the double whisper stealing ; "If I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. " "Now I lay me down to sleep ;" And the angels o'er me bending, Sent by God my soul to keep,... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1849 - 520 σελίδες
...Me safe from dangers while I sleep. I lay me down upon my side, And pray the Lord to be my guide ; And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." Sometimes this variation is heard : " Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie... | |
 | 1909 - 740 σελίδες
...on. Another riming prayer for bedtime was (and perhaps still is) : — Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. I believe the right reading was And if I die and ne'er awake, but the other was the popular version.... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church Catechisms, E. Methodist Episcopal Church Catechisms - 1855 - 162 σελίδες
...and the Holy Ghost forever. Amen. A SHOET PEAYEE ON KETIRIffG TO EEST. "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep; And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. to Catajnsm toitjf froofi JJRUSTG- the study of the Catechism with proofs, no time nor trouble... | |
 | 1855 - 838 σελίδες
...the one-versed prayer of childhood, embraced in the following : » " Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep; And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take?" It has been attributed to Watts time and again, but I am at a loss to find it in his collected... | |
 | 1855 - 852 σελίδες
...one-verted prayer of childhood, embraced in the following: "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray tho Lord my soul to keep) And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take!" It has been attributed to Watts time and again, but I am at a loss to find it in his collected... | |
 | John Brand - 1855 - 520 σελίδες
...keep Me safe from dangers while 1 sleep. I lay me down upon my side, And pray the Lord to he my guide; And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." Sometimes this variation is heard : " Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie... | |
 | Thomas Hughes Milner - 1858 - 528 σελίδες
...the little prayer I had taught her — " This night I lay me down to sleep, I give my soul to Christ to keep, And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take " — breathed her last. And now, my little readers, Mary Walton has gone to her home in the skies,... | |
 | Maine. State Convention of Sabbath School Teachers - 1859 - 100 σελίδες
...ready to retire, the girl repeated, after her mother, the prayer — " Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." The little girl rose up, and the mother looked for the little boy to rise; but he remained kneeling.... | |
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I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. 
