Chapter 1 of Little Folded Hands Prayers for Children is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Little Folded Hands Prayers for Children is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Morning Prayers. Now I awake and see the light; Lord, Thou hast kept me through the night. To Thee I lift my voice and pray That Thou wilt keep me through the day. If I should die before 'tis done, O God, accept me through Thy Son! Amen.
Chapter 1 of Little Folded Hands Prayers for Children is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
consider or hold as true
From this reading “If I should die before 'tis done, O God, accept me through Thy Son!”
a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes
From this reading “Amen.”
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading “Now I awake and see the light; Lord, Thou hast kept me through the night.”
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Now I awake and see the light; Lord, Thou hast kept me through the night.”
raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading “To Thee I lift my voice and pray That Thou wilt keep me through the day.”
plural of “prayer” — the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
From this reading “Morning Prayers.”
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading “If I should die before 'tis done, O God, accept me through Thy Son!”
an old form of “will”, used with “thou”
From this reading “To Thee I lift my voice and pray That Thou wilt keep me through the day.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
consider or hold as true
From this reading If I should die before 'tis done, O God, accept me through Thy Son!
a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes
From this reading Amen.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now I awake and see the light; Lord, Thou hast kept me through the night.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading Now I awake and see the light; Lord, Thou hast kept me through the night.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading If I should die before 'tis done, O God, accept me through Thy Son!
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading To Thee I lift my voice and pray That Thou wilt keep me through the day.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading If I should die before 'tis done, O God, accept me through Thy Son!
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading If I should die before 'tis done, O God, accept me through Thy Son!
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading If I should die before 'tis done, O God, accept me through Thy Son!
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading Now I awake and see the light; Lord, Thou hast kept me through the night.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Now I awake and see the light; Lord, Thou hast kept me through the night.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I should die before 'tis done, O God, accept me through Thy Son!
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading To Thee I lift my voice and pray That Thou wilt keep me through the day.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading Now I awake and see the light; Lord, Thou hast kept me through the night.
raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading To Thee I lift my voice and pray That Thou wilt keep me through the day.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Now I awake and see the light; Lord, Thou hast kept me through the night.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Now I awake and see the light; Lord, Thou hast kept me through the night.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now I awake and see the light; Lord, Thou hast kept me through the night.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Morning Prayers.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading To Thee I lift my voice and pray That Thou wilt keep me through the day.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Now I awake and see the light; Lord, Thou hast kept me through the night.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now I awake and see the light; Lord, Thou hast kept me through the night.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading If I should die before 'tis done, O God, accept me through Thy Son!
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading To Thee I lift my voice and pray That Thou wilt keep me through the day.
plural of “prayer” — the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
From this reading Morning Prayers.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Now I awake and see the light; Lord, Thou hast kept me through the night.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading If I should die before 'tis done, O God, accept me through Thy Son!
a male human offspring
From this reading If I should die before 'tis done, O God, accept me through Thy Son!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To Thee I lift my voice and pray That Thou wilt keep me through the day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now I awake and see the light; Lord, Thou hast kept me through the night.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading To Thee I lift my voice and pray That Thou wilt keep me through the day.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Now I awake and see the light; Lord, Thou hast kept me through the night.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Now I awake and see the light; Lord, Thou hast kept me through the night.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading If I should die before 'tis done, O God, accept me through Thy Son!
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading If I should die before 'tis done, O God, accept me through Thy Son!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To Thee I lift my voice and pray That Thou wilt keep me through the day.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading To Thee I lift my voice and pray That Thou wilt keep me through the day.
an old form of “will”, used with “thou”
From this reading To Thee I lift my voice and pray That Thou wilt keep me through the day.
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