For a Person Suffering from Insomnia

O THOU, who keepest the night-watches of the world; have compassion on this Thy servant, who seeks rest and cannot find it. Thou, the Unsleeping One, givest sleep to all Thy creatures. Wherefore we entreat Thee for Thy servant that he may rejoice in the sweet oblivion wherein Thy healing forces abide. Thou seest his sad state of body and of mind. When it is evening, he cries, "Would God it were morning!" and when the morning comes, he has no pleasure in it. Temper to him the hours of wakefulness by soothing memories and thoughts of dear ones, and thanksgivings for all the good things thou hast bestowed upon him. May he feel his past, his present, and his future alike beset by Thy faithfulness which is good and Thy compassions that fail not. Let no worry harass his mind. Let no fear disturb his heart. Give him to feel that Thou canst transform the blunders of the vanished years and make them ministers of good. O divine and holy Peace! enter his soul that no shadows from out the past and no presentiments of ill in the future may frighten sleep away! But gently steep his senses in unconsciousness, and give him to know the blessedness of that ancient word, "He giveth His beloved sleep." And we will praise Thee now and ever through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.