212 SONGS FOR THE

EVENING PRAYER FOR A YOUNG CHILD.

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 beg for J esus’ sake.

     
    
  

  
 
       
     
   
      
 

EVENING PRAYERS.

Ere on my bed my limbs I lay,

O hear, great God, the words I say:
Preserve, I pray, my parents dear,

In health and strength for many a year ;
And still, O Lord, to me impart

A gentle and grateful heart, _

That after my last sleep, I may

Awake to thy eternal day.

 

 
    
     

I go to bed as to my grave,
And pray to God my life to save ;
But if I die before 1 wake,

I pray to God my soul to take.
Sweet Jesus, now to thee I ery
To grant me mercy ere I die—
To grant me mercy, and send me grace,
That heaven may be my dwelling-place.