BENIGN LORD, I Praise thee continually for permission to approach they throne of grace, and to spread my wants and desires before thee. I am not worthy of they blessings and mercies for I am for gone from original righteousness; My depraved nature reveals itself in disobedience an rebellion; My early days discovered in me discontent, pride, envy, revenge. Remember not the sings of my youth, nor the multiplied transgressions of later years, my failure to improve time and talents, my abuse of mercies and means, my wasted sabbaths, my perverted seasons of grace, my long neglect of they grate salvation, my disregard of the Friend of sinners. While I confess my guilt, help me to feel it deeply, with self-abhorrence and self-despair, yet to remember there is hope in thee, and to see the Lamb that takes away sin. Through him may I return to thee, listen to thee, trust thee, delight in thy law, obey thee, be upheld by thee. Preserve my understanding from error, my affections from love of idols, my lips from speaking guile, my conduct from stain of vice, my character from appearance of evil, that I may be harmless, blameless, rebukeless, exemplary, useful, light-giving, prudent, zealous fro thy glory and the good of my fellow-men.