...anguish. A final thought: A little boy confused his prayer, saying: "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, if I should die before I ... live." The real tragedy is to die before you live. One woman said — "Having to face the fact...

...explanation. Then it was time for her to settle down to sleep. Dear Lord, I lay me down to sleep, I pray, Oh Lord, my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray, Oh Lord, my soul to take. Good gracious, I haven't thought of that for years. What a horrid prayer...

...familiar words were themselves, familiar. Whatever they said. 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. He was struck by the simple terror of this. This idea of going to sleep at...

...she coaxed. "Now J lay me doom to sleep," the twins repeated. "I pray the Lord my soul to keep." "I pray the Lord my soul to keep." "If I should die before I wake." Becky popped upright, her blue eyes wide with alarm. "I don't feel the least bit sick. Surely there...

...children in Lutheran families said each night before they went to sleep. 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 mv soul to take. Amen. The prayer confronts childish fears of the dark and gives reassurance that even...

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...prayer that 1, too, have prayed all of my life. Please pray it with me: "Now 1 lay me down to sleep, 1 pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before 1 wake, 1 pray the Lord my sou) (o take " At the moment of his death Jesus took Wade tightlv bv the...

...child prepares for bed. First, the innocent says her nightly prayer. Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake ,. . When her brief petition is completed, Sarah Frank takes a final look out the window. And sees...

...his hands, rest his elbows on the mattress, close his eyes and recite, "Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, pray the Lord my soul to take." Obviously, someone, my grandmother perhaps, taught my father that prayer...

...across his breast, closed his eyes and said his baby prayer: Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to keep; If I should die before I wake, I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to take. This I ask for Jesus' sake. Amen. The old mother got up, reached down,...