"that, having done thy will with cheerfulness while it was day, we may, when the night cometh, rejoice to give thee thanks"

"O GOD, the King eternal, who dividest the day from the night and turnest the shadow of death into the morning: Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep thy law, and guide our feet into the way of peace; that, having done thy will with cheerfulness while it was day, we may, when the night cometh, rejoice to give thee thanks; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen."

"O God, the King eternal, whose light divides the day from the night and turns the shadow of death into the morning:  Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep your law, and guide our feet into the way of peace; that, having done your will with cheerfulness during the day, we may, when night comes, rejoice to give you thanks; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen."

     William Reed Huntington, "For the Sunday before Easter," Materia ritualis: An appendix to a paper on "The revision of the [American] common prayer" in the American Church Review for April 1881 (1882), ___.  And on p. 594 of the 1928 and pp. 56 and 99 of the 1979 Book[s] of common prayer.  Hatchett, 126; Marshall, Prayer book parallels, vol. 1, p. 132,133.