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View Full Version : Prayers at Bedtime? bulldog D 09-01-2005, 22:34 Here's an unusual one! Does anybody out there still say prayers at bedtime? Heres one I remember from being a kid Matthew, Mark, Luke and John bless the bed that I lay on should I die before I wake I pray my soul the lord to take Strix 09-01-2005, 23:41 My favourite was Christopher Robbin's - it contained the line: 'God bless Granny, and make her good'! NatalieSheff 10-01-2005, 11:50 we used to say Gentle Jesus Meek and Mild, look upon a little child...can remember the rest we also said grace b4 dinner, dont know why we stopped, its nice to give thanks to whoever what what we receive - treats kids theirs ps and qs Sam Miguel 10-01-2005, 12:16 Never heard that. It's brilliant. Originally posted by bulldog D Here's an unusual one! Does anybody out there still say prayers at bedtime? Heres one I remember from being a kid Matthew, Mark, Luke and John bless the bed that I lay on should I die before I wake I pray my soul the lord to take purplepippa 10-01-2005, 14:35 Originally posted by bulldog D Matthew, Mark, Luke and John bless the bed that I lay on should I die before I wake I pray my soul the lord to take I remember this one too. Cheery thing for a kid to say on a nightly basis! As they try to get to sleep, the last thing in their mind is that contingency plans have been made with God in case they don't ever wake up again... :loopy: There was also: Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I give you my heart and my soul. And made-up ones mainly, in my house! tslogf74 10-01-2005, 18:37 Originally posted by bulldog D should I die before I wake I pray my soul the lord to take And the song ring a ring a roses is about the plague. It amazes me how dark some of this stuff is that we teach children. purplepippa 10-01-2005, 19:22 Originally posted by tslogf74 And the song ring a ring a roses is about the plague. It amazes me how dark some of this stuff is that we teach children. I totally agree! Years ago when I was babysitting, the 4 yr old girl I was with asked me to read her a fairy tale without a baddie in it... The only one I could come up with from her huge compendium of fairy tales, was the Princess and the Pea (http://childhoodreading.com/Edmund_Dulac_and_Gus/Princess_and_the_Pea.html) Poor love was scared by any story with a baddie in it, and as a result could not deal with the vast, vast majority of her bedtime reading books.:shakes: tslogf74 10-01-2005, 19:27 I suppose the misguided belief that good always triumphs over evil gets most people through life. fnkysknky 10-01-2005, 19:45 Nope, don't say prayers at all. Strix 11-01-2005, 01:03 Originally posted by tslogf74 And the song ring a ring a roses is about the plague. It amazes me how dark some of this stuff is that we teach children. Well 'should I die before I wake...' was a reality during the second world war. It wasn't that long ago, either. BoroughGal 11-01-2005, 01:34 I knew it as: If I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take, If I die whilst in my sleep, I pray the Lord my soul will keep.... |