Now i lay me down to sleep. Praying before bed helps you fall asleep with your mind fixed on god and his blessings.

Now I Lay Me Prayer Writing Into The Light

If i die before i wake.

As you lay me down to sleep prayer. I pray the lord my soul to keep. There are many prayers one. And keep me in their blessed sight.

Now i lay me down to sleep. Traditional version of now i lay me down to sleep now i lay me down to sleep. The version that lay monk preston was taught as a toddler and prayed out of habit every night of his life until age 18 or 19 was.

I pray the lord my soul to keep. Now i lay me down to sleep was in all likelihood inspired by a very old poem called the black paternoster a german version of the poem was popular in the later medieval period and it. The first written form of this prayer is thought to occur in 1711 in the writings of joseph addison in the spectator where we read when i lay me down to sleep i recommend my self to his care.

This is a classic children s prayer from the 18th century 1700 s. May angels watch me through the night. When i awake i give my self up to his direction.

If i should die before i wake i pray to god my soul to take. I pray the lord my soul to keep. Now i lay me down to sleep.

If i should live for other days i pray the lord to guide my ways. I pray the lord my soul to take. Bedtime prayers are an excellent way to take advantage of your impressionability.