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Editions Fox anthology, 1913; p.171; Rev. H. Stobart, Nineteenth Century. · Selina Fitzherbert Fox, A Chain of Prayer Across the Ages (Toronto: Bell and Cockburn,1913)Fox anthology, 1913; p.171; Gelasian Sacramentary, A.D. 494. · Selina Fitzherbert Fox, A Chain of Prayer Across the Ages (Toronto: Bell and Cockburn,1913)Fox anthology, 1913; p.171; Gelasian Sacramentary, A.D. 494; American Book of Common Prayer, A.D. 1789. · Selina Fitzherbert Fox, A Chain of Prayer Across the Ages (Toronto: Bell and Cockburn,1913)Fox anthology, 1913; p.171; Treasury of Devotion, A.D. 1869. · Selina Fitzherbert Fox, A Chain of Prayer Across the Ages (Toronto: Bell and Cockburn,1913)Christmas Eve O ETERNAL God, Father Almighty, Who, as at this time, didst give Thine only Son to be born of a woman and to be made the Son of man, that we might be made the sons of God, grant to us to be indeed Thy children; and be Thou now and ever our Father, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Selina Fitzherbert Fox, A Chain of Prayer Across the Ages (Toronto: Bell and Cockburn,1913) · Historical English prayer text as printed in the inspected1913 Toronto Bell and Cockburn impression (first edition January1913; reprinted March/May1913). US-only public-domain assessment: maximum95-year publication term has expired; Copyright Office Circular15A also explains that restored foreign copyrights receive the term that would apply without the formality defect. This covers the exact English wording already printed in1913, not later translations,modern site prose or scan artwork. No other territory cleared.
Original source Compiled and arranged by Selina Fitzherbert Fox, A Chain of Prayer Across the Ages (Toronto: Bell and Cockburn, 1913). Printed prayer credit: Rev. H. Stobart, Nineteenth Century.