Quotations: Prayers for Life

“God be in my head,
And in my understanding;

God be in my eyes,
And in my looking;

God be in my mouth,
And in my speaking;

God be in my heart,
And in my thinking;

God be at my end,
And in my departing.”

–Sarum Missal

“Was Christ a man like us? — Ah!  Let us try if we then, too, can be such men as He!” –Matthew Arnold

“God be with you, till we meet again,
By His coun­sels guide, uphold you,
With His sheep securely fold you:
God be with you, till we meet again.”
–Jere­miah Eames Rankin

“God is work­ing His pur­pose out as year suc­ceeds to year,
God is work­ing His pur­pose out and time is draw­ing near;
Nearer and nearer draws the time, the time that shall surely be,
When the earth shall be fill’d with the glory of God as the waters cover the sea.”
–Arthur Camp­bell Ainger