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title: 'A Prayer for the Sabbath Morn — Robert Dabney Bedinger'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2019-10-12
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2019-a-prayer-for-the-sabbath-morn-robert-dabney-bedinger
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# A Prayer for the Sabbath Morn — Robert Dabney Bedinger

A prayer for the Sabbath morning by Presbyterian missionary [Robert Dabney Bedinger](/authors/robert-dabney-bedinger) (1885-1970), as recorded from his diary (late 1920’s in the Belgian Congo, Africa) in [“Mary Dabney’s” *Light in Darkness*](/tags/secondary-source), p. 128:

> My dear Father - God:
> 
> On this Sabbath morn I come into Thy Holy Presence. Give me the true attitude of prayer. Enable me to realize that Thou art near and listening; to appreciate the solemnity of approaching Thy majesty and greatness. May I humble myself before Thee. Thou art the great Eternal, the One and Only God - the Maker of the universe and all therein. I praise Thee for Thy goodness, love, mercy, longsuffering, patience, grace, peace; for the gift of Thy Son, Jesus my Lord, I thank Thee for Thy written revealed will for me and all mankind. Give me a deeper love and reverence for it. May I store it up in my mind and heart and practice it all my life.
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> I praise Thee for the way that Thy truth has gone out into all the earth; that it meets the needs of men everywhere; that it reveals Thyself in Thy matchless love and shows forth a Saviour mighty to save and to help; that this Saviour has touched the lives of so many here in this land of darkness.