"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.
