 | 1864 - 732 psl.
...die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his. '•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' sake." As he finished he opened his eyes, and meeting the pitying gaze... | |
 | 1870 - 398 psl.
...Lord's Prayer, and adding " I lay my body down to sleep, And pray the Lord my soul to keep And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." She retained the spirit of prayer up to the very hour of her death. Whilst the writer was conversing with... | |
 | 1864 - 138 psl.
...taught them that simple prayer that we have all learned in childhood: "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 very reverently were they accustomed to say it before they crept into their little bed.... | |
 | 1864 - 246 psl.
...but the white lips moved, and slowly, in weak tones, he repeated — " 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' sake." As he finished, he opened his eyes, and meeting the pitying... | |
 | Horatio Balch Hackett - 1864 - 284 psl.
...dead ; but the white lips moved, and slowly in weak tones he repeated, " 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' sake." As he finished, he opened his eyes, and, meeting the pitying... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - 1864 - 842 psl.
...repeating the simple prayer which his mother taught him in childhood : — Here 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. A beautiful and tender exhibition of Mrs. Adams's piety and sense of Christian propriety was... | |
 | Caroline Lloyd - 1864 - 156 psl.
...almost say in all Christendom, who does not know that simple prayer — " Now I lay me down to sleep 1 pray the Lord my soul to keep, If I should die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take." the first one almost that is taught to lisping infancy, and the one which is never forgotten... | |
 | 1863 - 218 psl.
...by the side of his white bed, and in a low, sweet voice said this : "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." Then he got in-to the bed, and his Aunt Jane gave him a kiss and bade him good night. 7* PAET... | |
 | Essex North Association - 1865 - 418 psl.
...they repeated together, according to the custom of long years, — " 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." On Friday morning it was evident he could not tarry long. He took affectionate leave of his... | |
 | James Limburg - 2006 - 156 psl.
...must die) Traditional motto Carpe Diem (Seize the day) Traditional motto 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. Traditional childhood prayer, the second line of which is nowadays usually changed to: "May angels... | |
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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 
