...slightly from all that have appearec in these columns. It runs thus :-- 1 lay my body down to sleep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to Keep ; I ¡jray the Lord my soul to take. I have also heard another version, evidently very corrupt...

...happy here and forever. Amen. 4 " Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord ray soul to keep ; If I should die -before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." In connection with these, the Lord's Prayer was also used, as it always should be. The little...

...taught him when a little child:— 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 the Lord's prayer — that prayer fitted to all ages and conditions — is made, too, for...

...mit kept alive by nursemaids. I think they all led up to one of two terminations, one of which was If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take ; while the last line of the other was I pray the Lord my soul to keep. This is probably the line...

...mother taught him when a child — " 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 the Lord's prayer, that prayer fitted to all ages and conditions, is made, too, for little...

...remembered as that little child'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." Strong men, who seem insensible to weakness, and whose eyes seldom see the pages of the Bible,...

...remembered as that little child'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." Strong men, who seem insensible to weakness, and whose eyes seldom see the pages of the Bible,...

...repeated the nursery 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 " ; and turning to his son, said, " My son, this little prayer I have not omitted to repeat on...

...repeated the nursery 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 " ; and turning to his son, said, " My son, this little prayer I have not omitted to repeat on...

...shall be thy rest, for the LORD will keep thee : thou shalt sleep on His breast and wake in His arms. She did not live to say, ' IF I should die before...bidding her friends ' Good night,' calmly committed her sweet spirit to her heavenly FATHER'S care.' WE were not a little amused the other day, on sitting...