 | Adam Clarke - 1833 - 386 pages
...PRAYER, FOR A YOUNG CHILD. " I go to my bed as to my grave, And pray to God my life to save. But if I die, before I wake, I pray to God my soul to take. Sweet Jesus now, to thee I cry, To grant me mercy before I die ! To grant me mercy, and send me grace,... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1833 - 382 pages
...PRAYER, FOR A YOUNG CHILD. " I go to my bed as to my grave, And pray to God my life to save. But if I die, before I wake, I pray to God my soul to take. Sweet Jesus now, to thee I cry, To grant me mercy before I die ! To grant me mercy, and send me grace,... | |
 | Joseph Belcher - 1834 - 590 pages
...which I can remember from my childhood : — Lord ! I lay me down to sleep, I pray to Thee my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray to Thee my soul to take. I think it proper to give children some simple form as a foundation for their... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1837 - 834 pages
...PRAYER, FOR A YOUNG CHILD. " I go to my bed as to my grave, And pray to God my life to save. But if I die, before I wake, I pray to God my soul to take. Sweet Jesus now, to thee I cry, To grant me mercy before I die! To grant me mercy, and send me grace,... | |
 | 1879 - 826 pages
...Livingstone had taught him above twelve years ago, singing a ditty, the last two lines of which were : " If I should die before I wake, I pray to God my soul to take. Amen." Bat the man had forgotten almost everything else.t On the Rovuma, north of the Zambesi, some of the... | |
 | John Wesley Etheridge - Church schools (Methodist) - 1858 - 584 pages
...above." • AT EVENING. " I oo to my bed as to my grave, And pray to God my life to save ; But, if I die before I wake, I pray to God my soul to take. Sweet Jesus, now to Thee I cry. To grant me mercy ere 1 die ; To grant me mercy, and send me peace,... | |
 | Frederick George Lee - 1858 - 114 pages
...bed, Four angels at my head : One to sing and one to pray, And two to carry my soul away ; And if I die before I wake I pray to God my soul to take For Jesus Christ our Saviour's sake. Amen." " And where is your mother who taught you this, My good... | |
 | Sermons, English - 1859 - 918 pages
...repeating that beautiful hymn of infancy, familiar to us all : " Thii night when I lie doten to ilecp, I give my soul to Christ to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." Such are the influences of our earthly condition — such the species of... | |
 | James Harrison Rigg - Education - 1873 - 556 pages
...bed, Four angels at my head ; One to sing and one to pray, And two to carry my soul away ; And if I die before I wake, I pray to God my soul to take, For Jesus Christ our Saviour's sake. Amen.' " The child's mother was dead, the lyrist tells us, and... | |
 | Henry Gibson - 1877 - 382 pages
...you can all easily learn : — " I lay my body down to sleep, I pray to God my soul to keep, And if I die before I wake, I pray to God my soul to take. " Oh, my good Angel, whom God has appointed to be my Guardian, enlighten and protect me, direct and... | |
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Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray to God my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray to God my soul to take. 
