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And although I am fenfible, that my fervice can- 
not increafe or diminifh thy glory, yet it is pleafing 
to thy fervant to be permitted to found thy praife % 
for, O fovereign Lord ! we know that thou alone 
art perfe6t, and worthy to be worfhipped, O uni- 
versal Father ! look down upon us, we befeech 
thee, with an eye of pity and companion, and grant 
that univerfal peace and love may prevail in the 
earth, even that divine harmony which fills the hea- 
vens, thy glorious habitation ! 
And, O fovereign Lord ! fince it has pleafed thee 
to endue man with power and pre-eminence here 
on earth, and eftablifh his dominion over all crea- 
tures, may we look up to thee, that our under- 
Handing may be fo illuminated with wifdom, and 
our hearts warmed and animated with a due fenfe 
of charity, that we may be enabled to do thy will* 
and perform our duty towards thofe fubmitted to 
our fervice and protection, and be merciful to them* 
even as we hope for mercy. 
Thus may we be worthy of the dignity and fu- 
periority of the high and diftinguifhed flation in 
which thou halt placed us here on earth. 
The morning being fair, and having a gentle fa- 
vourable gale, we left our pleafant harbour, in pur- 
fuit of our defired port. 
Now as we approach the capes, behold the little 
ocean of Lake George, the diftant circular coaft 
gradually rifing to view* from his milty fringed 
horizon. I cannot entirely fupprefs my apprehen- 
lions of danger. My vefiel at once diminiihed to 
a nut-fhell on the fwelling feas, and at the dif- 
tance of a few miles, mult appear to the llirpri fed 
H a obferVe* 
