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v jfo kesp it . I 4 b * nfc * hee , Oh God ! for "the protectionr thou hast afforded me the night past , that
tbou bast preserved me from dan * ger , refreshed me with sleep , and awakened me with a disposition of mind to hold communion with thce ; may this intercourse , , be # come every day more interesting , more frequent , more efficacious j may it teach me to look up tothee witn confidence , $ , s my father fcnjl my friend , and may this confidence
produce all those soothing effect * on my mind which it is calculated to produce . Inspire me > Oh Gpd ! with a perfect conviction of thy superintending providence * ana may I learn from thence , in w hosoever state I am , therewith jto tie
content . Take me , I beseech thee , under ttiy protection | hi * day , preserve me , if it be thy good willf . from every bodily and mental evil , and assist me in restraining evil , and assist me in restraining
every propensity , disposition , feeling and wish , which may be inimical to my own virtue $ nd happiness , and the virtue ancj happines s of those with whom I ^ m
connected . May I , at the conclusion of tbi ? and every future d ay * be conscious of laying ma < Je sojn e progress in the attainment of & 1 J those virtues of which thou hast
rendered human nature susceptible , that I m&y be at length prepared to quit this scene of trial and of suffering , and to enter into whatever future state of existence thou
mayest see fit to call me to . I would wi $ h to commit myself ^ nj i q \ 1 th ^ t belong to me to thy fotherly care and good providence * Oh ! that this wish were
apcomp awed vyith a perfect conviction , th < jkt all is ordered by unlimited power , goodness and wisdom , ^ nd that all will terminate in universal happiness .
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nial , charity , and jvpversal ben © - nevolence ; but hy Iny evm eflbfts , I feel I can do little * Oh ! gvaivt
me thy divine assistance in the regulation both of my understanding and my heart ; flifruse through that heart every kind affection ; may love to thee ^ and love to all mankind become constant inmates
there , and under their influence may I perform ail the duties which thou , re <} uirest of me . May I not , Oh , Go < J ! be alone solicitous for nvy own virtue and happines ^ but for the virtue and . happiness of those also whom thou hast
committed to my care , of all with whom I 3 m connected , and over whom I have any influence r assist me in the arduous task of their improvement ^ , ame liorate their hearts , and prepare their
minds for the reception of truth , religion , virtue , knowledge and happiness . May they be enabled , by thy assistance , to pursue with undeviating step the path of duty , unappaled by ; difficulty , unseduced
by temptation . Let not , Oh Gpd ! discontent and sorrow for blessings and advantages denied , tempt me to arraign thy justice , or render me insensible to t ^ ose which are still within my reach ; but may I
accept them with gratitude , and endeavour to make a proper use of them . Q grant rne discern , ment to discover my own faults , patience to contemplate , and fortitude to conquer them . If man can have the power of acting in opposition to the will of his
omnipotent Creator , and thereby sii > - niftg against thee , I have undoubtedly sinne 4 9 and U so I ^ TQU ; l < j ( humbly implore thy gracio ** -lWffdcm _ for ipy past pffences , iijnd ; jtnost ^ ardently solicit thee to mAkcth ^ pattv of duty clear \ o me in future , and assist me steadily
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Pruyer of on Unbeliever . 187
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1813, page 187, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2426/page/39/
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