Make me what you will, Lord, and set me where you will: Let me be a vessel of silver of gold, or a vessel of wood or stone, so I be a vessel of honor: of whatsoever form or metal, whether higher or lower, finer or coaser, I am content; if I be not the head, or the eye, or the ear, one of the nobler and more honorable instruments you will employ, let me be the hand, or the foot, one of the most laborious, and lowest, and most contemptible of all the Servants of my Lord, let my dwelling be upon the dunghill, my portion in the wilderness, my name and lot among the hewers of wood, or drawers of water, among the doorkeepers of your house; anywhere, where I may be serviceable; I put myself wholly into your hands: put me to what you will, rank me with whom you will; put me to doing, put me suffering, let me be employed for you, or laid aside for you, exalted for you, or trodden under foot for you; let me be full, let me be empty, let me have all things, let me have nothing, I freely and heartily resign all to your pleasure and disposal.
