An Essayist's Prayer

Samuel Johnson before starting his series of essays in the Rambler prayed these words

Almighty God, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose gracee al wisdom is folly: grant, I beseech Thee, that in this my undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and other: grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy son, Jesus Christ, Amen.