 | 1829 - 130 psl.
...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 Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1833 - 190 psl.
...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." 1 used to say this prayer, when a child, every night before I went to sleep. But I did not know... | |
 | John Ely - 1833 - 126 psl.
...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 psl.
...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. But I did not know... | |
 | Joseph Belcher - 1834 - 590 psl.
...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 psl.
...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 psl.
...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... | |
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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 
