Into thy hands, O Lord, we commit ourselves this day. Give to each of us a watchful spirit and a diligent soul, that we may seek to know Thy will, and, when we know it, may perform it faithfully to the honour and glory of thy ever-blessed Name, though Jesus Christ our Lord.
–[The Rev.] Henry Stobart [(1824-1895], Daily Services For Christian Households (London: SPCK,1867), p.49