...to rest, without first saying, ' Now I lay mo 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.' INDEPENDENCE. — The borough of Hull, in the reign of Charles II., chose Andrew Marvell, a...

...many little children,— "This nicht, ivhcn I lie 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; "— but tJdnlt what you are saying; and God, who never sleeps, will keep you, even in your dreams...

...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 gaze...

...in a low, sweet voice said this : "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." Then he got in-to the bed, and his Aunt Jane gave him a kiss and bade him good night. 7* PAET...

...slowly in weak tones he repeated, " 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...

...have all learned in childhood: "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 very reverently were they accustomed to say it before they crept into their little bed....

...not know that simple prayer — " Now I lay me down to sleep 1 pray the Lord my soul to keep, If I should die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take." the first one almost that is taught to lisping infancy, and the one which is never forgotten...

...mother taught him in childhood : — Here 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. A beautiful and tender exhibition of Mrs. Adams's piety and sense of Christian propriety was...

...in weak tones, he repeated — " 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...

...learned in early childhood : — " 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." When asked by his wife whether the effort he had just made...