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Evening Prayer for Children.
Beneath the falling shades of night
Dear Lord I bow and pray
That Thou wilt keep me while I sleep
As Thou dost through the day.
Dear Lord I bow and pray
That Thou wilt keep me while I sleep
As Thou dost through the day.
I pray that harm may not appear
Nor evil near my bed,
Nor that I should be hurried hence
And numbered with the dead.
Nor evil near my bed,
Nor that I should be hurried hence
And numbered with the dead.
But that I may, O Lord, arise
Refreshed from every care;
That I may bow and pray again,
And feel Thee ever near.
Refreshed from every care;
That I may bow and pray again,
And feel Thee ever near.
May 1, 1877.
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