"Pass It On" pages 264 & 265

<<During the days of the Oxford Group meetings,
Bill and Lois Wilson had started the practice
of holding a "quiet time" each morning ....
Lois described these quiet times: "They'd
last 15 minutes or so. We were in bed and
we'd get up and I'd make coffee and we'd have
coffee in bed, and then we'd say a prayer
together .... This is the prayer composed by
Bill and recited by the Wilson's at these
times:

"Oh Lord, we thank Thee that Thou art, that
we are from everlasting to everlasting.
Blessed be Thy holy name and all Thy bene-
factions to us of light, and of service.
May we find and do Thy will in good strength,
in good cheer today. May Thy ever-present
grace be discovered by family and friends --
those here and those beyond -- by our
Societies throughout the world, by men and
women everywhere, and among those who must
lead in these troubled times. Oh Lord, we
know Thee to be all wonder, all beauty, all
glory, all power, all love. Indeed, Thou
are everlasting love. Accordingly, Thou has
fashioned for us a destiny passing through
Thy many mansions, ever in more discovery of
Thee and in no separation between ourselves.">>

"Pass It On," page 274 note 2:

<<Lois, who remained deeply in love with Bill
for her entire adult life, said, years after
his death: "That business about no separation
between ourselves is something that I cherish.">>

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Original message no. 5060 was from
George Cleveland <pauguspass@...>
(pauguspass at yahoo.com)

Had a wonderful visit at Stepping Stones last
Friday .... There was a wonderful prayer typed
out and lying on the bed in the upstairs
bedroom. It was said to be a prayer Bill used
in the mornings .... what source suggests
it was his morning prayer?

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ANY ECHOES HERE OF SWEDENBORGIAN LITURGY?

From: Baileygc23@...
(Baileygc23 at aol.com)

Has this prayer anything to do with
Swedenborgianism?