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 I must pray 
 
 Both night and day. 
 
 Before I eat, 
 I must entreat 
 
That God would bless 
 To me my meat. 
 
 I must not play 
 On God's own day, 
 But I must hear 
 His word in fear. 
 
 It is a sin 
 To steal a pin, 
 Much more to steal 
 A greater thing, 
 
 I'll beg my bread 
 From door to door, 
 Rather than steal 
 My neighbor's store. 
 
 I must work, 
 And I must pray, 
 
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 That God will feed 
 Me, day by day. 
 
 All honest labor 
 God will bless ; 
 Let me ng| live 
 In idleness. 
 
 I must not kill 
 A little fly ; 
 
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 It is an act 
 Of cruelty. 
 
 I must not lie ? 
 I must not feign, 
 1 must not take 
 God's name in vain 
 
 I must not be 
 Or rude or wild ; 
 I must not be 
 
 A naughty child. 
 
 I must not speak 
 Of others ill, 
 But ever^ear 
 To all good will. 
 
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 I'd better die 
 Than tell a lie, 
 
Lest I be lost 
 Eternally : 
 
 Nor may my tongue 
 Say what is wrong ; 
 I must not sin 
 A world to win* 
 
 In the Bible 
 I am to read, 
 And trust in God 
 In all my need : 
 
 For Christ alone 
 My soul can save 
 
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 And raise my body 
 From the grave. 
 
 O! blessed Saviour, 
 Take my heart, 
 And let not me 
 From thee depart. 
 
 Lord, grant that I 
 In faith may die, 
 And live with thee 
 Above the sky. 
 
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