 | 1898 - 564 Seiten
...this 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 years ago—imposed... | |
 | John Ely - 1817 - 124 Seiten
...pillow, and 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,Febru-a-ry,... | |
 | 1829 - 138 Seiten
...teach you 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 ? If you... | |
 | 1829 - 130 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1833 - 190 Seiten
...read this book think that they may die suddenly! Many children, when they go to bed at night, say the prayer, "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord...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.... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1834 - 182 Seiten
...read this book, think that they may die suddenly. Many children when they go to bed at night say the prayer, Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord...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... | |
 | John Comly, Isaac Comly - 1835 - 440 Seiten
...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, I pray the Lord my soul to take." It was not thought he would say any more, yet he revived again, and some favourable... | |
 | Sorrowing, Alexander Beith - 1839 - 136 Seiten
...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." OH, " The Lord hath kept me through the night, And brought me to the morning... | |
 | 1843 - 212 Seiten
...that cold night air, th the rain-drops patting upon our leafy coverj, and slowly repeated her little prayer— " Now I lay me down to sleep, T pray the...to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." " Amen, O God !" I said, as I placed her little ad upon my knees for her pillow.... | |
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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! 
