Clarkson's Prayer for Sierra Leone

O Lord, I beseech Thee favorably to hear the prayer of him who wishes to be Thy servant, and pardon him for presuming to address Thee from this sacred place.  O God, I know my own infinity and unworthiness, and I know Thine abundant mercies to those who wish to be guided by thy will.  Support me.  O Lord, with thy heavenly grace, and to enable me to conduct myself through this earthly life that my actions may be consistent with the words I have uttered this day.  Thou knowest that I am now about to depart from this place, and to leave the people whom it has pleased Thee to entrust to my care.  Guide them, O merciful God, in the paths of truth and let not a few wicked men among us draw down Thy vengeance upon this Colony.