A Prayer to Begin the Day from Henry Vaughan

Keep me, O my God, from the great offence; quench in me all vain imaginations and sensual desires; sanctify and supply my heart with the dew of Thy Holy Spirit; refresh it with the streams of Thy grace, that it may bring forth fruit in due season, and not cumber the ground nor be cut off in Thy anger.

–Frederick B. Macnutt, The prayer manual for private devotions or public use on divers occasions: Compiled from all sources ancient, medieval, and modern (A.R. Mowbray, 1951)

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