Clarkson's Prayer to Sierra Leone

Were I to utter all that my heart now indicates, no time would be sufficient for any praise and thanksgiving for all the mercies.  Thou has vouchsafed to show me, but as thou art acquainted with every secret of my heart, accept my thoughts for thanks.  I have no words left to express my gratitude and resignation to thy will.  I entreat thee, O God, if nothing I can say will convince these people of thy power and goodness, make use of me in anyway thou pleasest, to make an atonement for their guilt.  This is an awful and I fear too presumptuous, a request; yet if it should be thy will that I should lay down my life for the cause I have embarked in, assist me, O Lord with thy support, that I may resign it in such a manner as to