We pray, help us who know you and to glorify you. We have known you from our youth, some of us, and up to now have we declared your wondrous works. Oh, may there never be in our heart, and above all may there never come from our lips, or in our life, anything that might dishonor you. Oh, let us die a thousand deaths, sooner than ever dishonor your hallowed name.
This is dearer to us than the apple of our eye. We have loved the habitation of your house, and the place where your honor dwells. Gather not our soul with sinners, nor our lives with cruel men; but let us be helped, even to the end, to follow the Lamb wherever he goes, even if it be to Gethsemane and Calvary. Oh, to be perfect in heart towards the Lord! Our lives are faulty; we see much to grieve over; but we would have our whole heart towards your statutes; and we bless you that so it is; for our heart is in your ways, and we are willing to spend and to be spent for you. Reservation would we not make to the very slightest; but lay ourselves out for your honor only, for by us and in us, Father glorify your name!