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the protection of the Eternal. This Creature of thy forming says, with humility and joy Being of Beings I am because thou hast made me, I am because thou art. [[foreign: French]] "c'est "m'elever à ma source que de te méditer sans "cesse, le plus digne usage de ma raison est "de s'anéantir devant toi, c'est mon ravissement "d'esprit, c'est le charme de ma faiblesse "de me sentir accablée de ta grandeur." [[/foreign]] My fate depends on thy will! I exult in the thought! the Creator will love his Creature! the parent will love his Child! Yes! my God deigns to watch and think of the reptile who treads this grain of sand which hardly marks a point in the Universe! give me virtues that may confirm thy love, dispositions that may please thee, and a Conscience capable of feeling the stings of remorse. then let me rejoice in the dependance which elevates
