Bless thy servants who have gone to gather up thy people in Pottawatomie and lead them to this place and give them wisdom and power to accomplish their mission to thy divine acceptance; and in an especial manner would we remember before thee, O our Father, thy children who may attempt to walk across the prairie this season, with handcarts and wheelbarrows, pitching their tents by the way, or having nought but the heavens for a covering; be very merciful unto all such, and increase their faith; may thy strength be their strength, and may they be invigorated continually by thine almighty power, that every bone, and sinew, and muscle, and nerve, and every part of their bodies may be renewed, day by day, that their strength fail not; and may they have such power given unto them, that nothing but thine angels can go before them; and may no enemy have any dominion over them, or any accident befal them; provide food for them by the way, even if it needs be made from heaven, as thou didst unto our fathers in the wilderness; and may disease and death have no power over them, but may every soul arrive safely in our midst, to unite with us in songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God for his great and merciful kindness unto them.