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[[foreign: French]] Priere que je me suis faite car je suis lasse de celle qu'il faut lire. -- 1789 [[/foreign]] With ardent zeal I address thee Oh Almighty Father and to thy best will resign myself! I pray for the continuance of the happiness thy goodness lets me enjoy; if that petition be presumptuous Oh wise, and merciful parent of nature! I do not pretend to dictate to that wisdom which watches with incessant unremitting care over all its works. -- I beg that I may preserve untainted the virtuous dispositions I was born with, improve the portion thou hast given me, and let me not swerve from thy most righteous laws; -- let thy grace still protect the creature of thy power, the dependent on thy mercy! -- The Atom thou hast formed glories in its weakness, it flies to thee for refuge, it humbles itself, confesses with delight thy unbounded greatness, thy vast goodness, its only reliance for all ˄ [[addition]] things [[/addition]] on thee, its extreme weakness, and claims
