Leave me not, O gracious Presence, in such hours as I may to-day devote to the reading of books or of newspapers. Guide my mind to choose the right books and, having chosen them, to read them in the right way. When I read for profit, grant that all I read may lead me nearer to Thyself. When I read for recreation, grant that what I read may not lead me away from Thee. Let all my reading so refresh my mind that I may the more eagerly seek after whatsoever things are pure and fair and true."TWENTY-FIRST DAY ~ MORNING" in A Diary of Private Prayer by John Baillie (New York: Charles Scrinber's Sons, 1948 [1936]), p. 89.
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