—“clothe it with purity.”
“Grant that I may live in the speech of generations far removed.”
“Grant that I may live in the hearts of generations far removed.”
“Bless, O God, my purpose.”
“Bless, O God, my father.”
“Strengthen, O God, my hands”—
“Strengthen, O God, my mother”—
—“so that they may well perform what thou hast given them to do.”
—“so that she may well perform what thou hast given her to do.”
“And accept, O God, these gifts, the fruit of thy bounty, by us acknowledged and adored.”