A Prayer.
Flacourt’s History of Madagascar contains the following sublime Prayer, said to be used by the people we call Savages.
“O Eternal, have mercy upon me, because I am passing away. O Infinite, because I am weak. O Sovereign of life, because I draw nigh to the grave. O Omniscient, because I am in darkness. O All bounteous, because I am poor. O All sufficient, because I am nothing.”