Little Folded Hands

<SPAN name="Evening_Prayers"></SPAN><h2 class="chaphead">Evening Prayers.</h2> <br/><br/> <p class="pnum">19.</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> Savior, lay Thy hand on me,<br/> Bless me, and remember me. Amen.<br/></div> </div> <br/> <p class="pnum">20.</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> Now I lay me down to sleep;<br/> I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to keep.<br/> If I should die before I wake.<br/> I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to take;<br/> And this I ask for Jesus' sake. Amen.<br/></div> </div> <br/> <p class="pnum">21.</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> Dear Father in heaven,<br/> Look down from above;<br/> Bless papa and mama,<br/> And those whom I love.<br/> <br/> May angels guard over<br/> My slumbers, and when<br/> The morning is breaking,<br/> Awake me. Amen.<br/></div> </div> <br/> <p class="pnum">22.</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> Now the light has gone away;<br/> Savior, listen while I pray.<br/> Asking Thee to watch and keep<br/> And to send me quiet sleep.<br/> <br/> Jesus, Savior, wash away<br/> All that has been wrong to-day;<br/> Help me every day to be<br/> Good and gentle, more like Thee.<br/> <br/> Let my near and dear ones be<br/> Always near and dear to Thee.<br/> O bring me and all I love<br/> To Thy happy home above. Amen.<br/></div> </div> <br/> <p class="pnum">23.</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> In my little bed I lie:<br/> Heavenly Father, hear my cry;<br/> Lord, keep Thou me through this night.<br/> Bring me safe to morning light. Amen.<br/></div> </div> <br/> <p class="pnum">24.</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> The day is past and over,<br/> All thanks, O Lord, to Thee!<br/> O Jesus, keep me in Thy sight<br/> And save me through the coming night.<br/> Amen.<br/></div> </div> <br/> <p class="pnum">25.</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> The day is done;<br/> O God the Son,<br/> Look down upon<br/> Thy little one!<br/> <br/> O Light of Light,<br/> Keep me this night,<br/> And shed round me<br/> Thy presence bright.<br/> <br/> I need not fear<br/> If Thou art near;<br/> Thou art my Savior<br/> Kind and dear. Amen.<br/></div> </div> <br/> <p class="pnum">26.</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> Forgive, O Lord, for Thy dear Son<br/> The ill that I this day have done.<br/> That with the world, myself, and Thee<br/> I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. Amen.<br/></div> </div> <br/> <p class="pnum">27.</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> Watch o'er a little child to-night,<br/> Blest Savior from above,<br/> And keep me till the morning light<br/> Within Thine arms of love. Amen.<br/></div> </div> <br/> <p class="pnum">28.</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> Jesus, tender Shepherd, hear me:<br/> Bless Thy little child to-night;<br/> Through the darkness be Thou near me,<br/> Keep me safe till morning light.<br/> <br/> All this day Thy hand has led me,<br/> And I thank Thee for Thy care;<br/> Thou hast warmed me, clothed me, fed me;<br/> Listen to my evening prayer.<br/> <br/> May my sins be all forgiven;<br/> Bless the friends I love so well;<br/> Take me, Lord, at last to heaven.<br/> Happy there with Thee to dwell. Amen.<br/></div> </div> <br/> <p class="pnum">29.</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> Lord, send me sleep that I may live;<br/> The wrongs I've done this day forgive.<br/> Bless every deed and thought and word<br/> I've rightly done, or said, or heard.<br/> Bless relatives and friends alway;<br/> Teach all the world to watch and pray.<br/> My thanks for all my blessings take<br/> And hear my prayer for Jesus' sake.<br/> Amen.<br/></div> </div> <br/> <p class="pnum">30.</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> Abide with me! Fast falls the eventide,<br/> The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide!<br/> When other helpers fail and comforts flee,<br/> Help of the helpless, O abide with me! Amen.<br/></div> </div> <br/> <p class="pnum">31.</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> At the close of every day,<br/> Lord, to Thee I kneel and pray.<br/> Look upon Thy little child,<br/> Look in love and mercy mild.<br/> O forgive and wash away<br/> All my naughtiness this day,<br/> And both when I sleep and wake<br/> Bless me for my Savior's sake. Amen.<br/></div> </div> <br/> <p class="pnum">32.</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> Lord, I have passed another day<br/> And come to thank Thee for Thy care.<br/> Forgive my faults in work or play<br/> And listen to my evening prayer.<br/> Thy favor gives me daily bread<br/> And friends, who all my wants supply:<br/> And safely now I rest my head,<br/> Preserved and guarded by Thine eye.<br/> Amen.<br/></div> </div> <br/> <p class="pnum">33.</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> All praise to Thee, my God, this night<br/> For all the blessings of the light:<br/> Keep me, O keep me, King of kings,<br/> Beneath Thine own almighty wings. Amen.<br/></div> </div> <br/> <p class="pnum">34.</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> I fall asleep in Jesus' wounds,<br/> There pardon for my sins abounds;<br/> Yea, Jesus' blood and righteousness<br/> My jewels are, my glorious dress,<br/> Wherein before my God I'll stand<br/> When I shall reach the heavenly land.<br/> Amen.<br/></div> </div> <br/> <p class="pnum">35.</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> The toils of day are over;<br/> I lift my heart to Thee<br/> And ask that free from peril<br/> The hours of night may be.<br/> O Jesus, make their darkness light<br/> And guard me through the coming night. Amen.<br/></div> </div> <br/> <p class="pnum">36.</p> <div class="poem"> <p>O Lord God, I pray Thee, for Christ's sake, forgive me whatsoever I have done wrong this day and keep me safe all the night while I am asleep. Amen.</p> </div> <br/> <p class="pnum">37.</p> <div class="poem"> <p>I thank Thee, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Thy dear Son, that Thou hast graciously kept me this day; and I pray Thee that Thou wouldst forgive me all my sins where I have done wrong, and graciously keep me this night. For into Thy hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Thy holy angel be with me, that the wicked Foe may have no power over me. Amen.</p> </div> <hr><br/><br/><br/><br/> <div align="center"><ANTIMG src="img/022-002.jpg" width-obs="272" height-obs="460" alt=""></div> <br/> <br/> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />