Sacra privata : the private meditations, devotions, and prayers of the Right Rev T Wilson ... . th, andin the day of judgment. Amen. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.—Ephesians iv. 6. Lord, grant that I may lie down to sleep with thesame charitable dispositions with which I desire andhope to die. (^ O o- 64 SACRA PRIVATA. I beseech Thee for all that are my enemies, notfor judgment and vengeance, but for mercy, for theremission of their sins, and for their eternal happi-ness. Lighten mine eyes, O Lord, that I sleep not indeath.—Psalm xiii. 3. Deliver me from the terrors of the night, and
Sacra privata : the private meditations, devotions, and prayers of the Right Rev T Wilson ... . th, andin the day of judgment. Amen. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.—Ephesians iv. 6. Lord, grant that I may lie down to sleep with thesame charitable dispositions with which I desire andhope to die. (^ O o- 64 SACRA PRIVATA. I beseech Thee for all that are my enemies, notfor judgment and vengeance, but for mercy, for theremission of their sins, and for their eternal happi-ness. Lighten mine eyes, O Lord, that I sleep not indeath.—Psalm xiii. 3. Deliver me from the terrors of the night, and fromthe pestilence that walketh in darkness.* Let my sleep be free from sin; preserve me, OLord, from evil dreams and evil demons. Into Thy hands I commend myself, my spirit, mysoul, and body, O Lord, thou God of truth. Grant that I may remember Thee upon my bed. I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest ;for it is Thou, Lord, only that makest me dwell insafety.—Psalm iv. 9. May the Saviour and Guardian of my soul takeme under His protection this night and evermore ! * Psalm 6- o- -Q
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