Prayer for Philadelphia

View of Philadelphia's Skyline

William Penn's prayer for Philadelphia was written in 1684 and is inscribed on a plaque in City Hall Plaza. It follows:
"And thou Philadelphia, the virgin settlement of this province named before thou wert born, what love, what care what service and what travail has there been to bring thee forth and preserve thee from such as would abuse and defile thee. O that thou mayest be kept from the evil that would overwhelm thee, that faithfull to the God of the mercies, in the life of righteousness, thou mayest be preserved to the end. My soul prays to God for thee that thou mayest stand in the day of trial, that thy children may be blest of the lord, and thy people saved by his power.