 | 1898 - 564 ˹éÒ
...offered very little. Before taking the anesthetic she said : " 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 Texas legislature (page 92) has done what Mississippi did a few... | |
 | John Ely - 1817 - 124 ˹éÒ
...cover him up. Good night. Shut your eyes and go to sleep. Now I lay me down (o sleep, > I 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, Thurs-day, Fri-day, Sa-tur-day.—Ja-nu-a-ry,... | |
 | 1828 - 394 ˹éÒ
...brief space, and then :took himself tothe children'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!" This was the only prayer which he knew; id, perhaps, the only one... | |
 | 1829 - 130 ˹éÒ
...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... | |
 | 1829 - 138 ˹éÒ
...a prayer to say every night when you lie down in your 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... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1833 - 190 ˹éÒ
...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... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1834 - 182 ˹éÒ
...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... | |
 | John Comly, Isaac Comly - 1835 - 440 ˹éÒ
...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, I pray the Lord my soul to take." It was not thought he would say any more, yet he revived again, and... | |
 | Sorrowing, Alexander Beith - 1839 - 136 ˹éÒ
...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." OH, " The Lord hath kept me through the night, And brought me to... | |
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the bondage of orthodox prayer. Secretly, I remember resenting saying, 'I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to take. 
