by Samuel Johnson, Dr. (1709 - 1784)
A Prayer for Lent See original
Language: English
Purposes, Apr. 4. ... Forgive me my sins, O Lord, and enable me to forsake them. Ease, if it shall please thee, the anxieties of my mind, and relieve the infirmities of my Body. Let me not be disturbed by unnecessary terrours, and let not the weakness of age make me unable to amend my life. ... Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Composition:
- Set to music by Judith Bingham (b. 1952), "A Prayer for Lent", 2022 [ satb chorus ], from Seven Short Prayers, no. 3, Composers Edition
Publisher: Composers Edition [external link]
Text Authorship:
- by Samuel Johnson, Dr. (1709 - 1784), "Easter Day Prayer, 1779", written 1779, appears in Johnsonian Miscellanies, in Prayers and Meditations, no. 132
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