Thy sacred dictates let me still revere;

And ever prone in virtue’s steps to tread,

My hopes, my wishes center’d all in Him,

Whose hand omnipotent the world did frame.

O Thou, great Source of all supreme delight!

Without reluctance may I ever prove

Submissive to thy providential sway,

To know and to observe thy laws divine,

My sole solicitude.

How mean soe’er my humble station be,