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Saturday, June 22. 2019

Saturday Verse: A prayer


Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
Bless the bed that I lie on.
The are four corners to my bed,
Four angels round my head,
One to watch, and one to pray,
And two to bear my soul away.
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.


From the New England Primer, via American Digest's Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep


Posted by Bird Dog in Saturday Verse at 05:17 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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I have taught all our grandchildren these prayers separately and not continuously. Modern parents may object to the " if I should die before I wake" and the modern version is "Guide me safely through the night and Wake me with the morning light". Some of ours say both versions as their Dads learned the old version. Unfortunately I think they only say it when we are taking care of them overnight. It doesn't seem that prayers are as important now days.
#1 JC on 2019-06-22 08:00 (Reply)
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
You saddle up and I'll jump on...

That the one that helped me. Before i learned that i used to get them confused with John, Paul, George and Ringo. Not kidding.
#2 Amy on 2019-06-22 08:26 (Reply)
Isn't that a portion of the text of "Enter Sandman" from Metallica?
#3 F68.10 on 2019-06-22 08:53 (Reply)
I've known the last four lines of that prayer all my life, but never knew there were six lines ahead of them.
#4 RebeccaH on 2019-06-22 10:58 (Reply)
The first six lines were my childhood bedtime prayer. I only heard the "Now I lay me down..." lines much later.
#5 Assistant Village Idiot on 2019-06-22 23:21 (Reply)

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