Give thanks for body and soul and ask to live earnestly, nobly and without pride.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
Our Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for all the delicate beauty as well as for the rugged strength of these bodies in which Thou hast set us to live. But more wonderful than the habitation of the soul is the soul itself. Thou hast made us a little lower than the angels, Thou hast crowned us with glory and honor, and we join reverently in the words of the great poet-prophet who said of man—“In action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a God!” O Lord, we thank Thee for this great thought of our own life. Yet let us not be vain nor proud. We pray rather that we may be inspired to live so earnestly and so nobly that we shall prove our title now to all that we have dreamed as our natural birthright. So shall we feel ourselves today sons and daughters of God. In Jesus’ name. Amen.