...him in his infancy, by his mother : ' 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.' " In this simple and touching observance, I presume he stands alone among all Presidents, kings...

...And so I'll try to be. GOING TO BED. 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. AN EVENING PRAYEE. FATHER, I thank thee for this day, For health,...

...you know so well, and love so well : 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. Oh, I was very sorry when our little Anna died ! We called her Anna. She had another name at...

...taught you that sweet little 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 this I ask for Jesus' sake." you understood it. But the poor heathen, as I before said,...

...used to do in my earliest 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.' " This remark was made with a smile upon her face, but tears stood in her eyes. Although certainly...

...learned when you were very small — " 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." It may seem to yon, now you are older, to be too small for you ; but let me assure you it is...

...evening prayer in rhyme, which ran, " 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." Properly speaking I had no childhood, and have more of the child in my feelings now than at...

...Now hear me say my little 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 simple but meaning prayer was said in a most devout and fervent manner. " Now, Willie,...

...line of extemporaneous addition : " 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 To Cumberland in the morning !" It is a larger-looking city than I expected to see, and seems...

...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...