Sunday, October 21, 2007


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.
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-The New England Primer, 1690
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Anonymous said...

I heard this very prayer as a little boy in my parents home in Silver Spring, Maryland as I walked through our "TV Room" (the "Rec Room"). A movie about World War II was playing. I remember it really struck me and got me thinking about eternal things. That was many years before I picked up a New Testament near the end of my college days and read a few chapters (from Romans 1) for the first time without anyone telling me to or forcing it on me. I was amazed (as when I heard this prayer - Now I lay me down to sleep...). I've been reading the Word of God ever since.

10/22/2007 9:02 PM

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