He Is God!
O my God! O my
God! We are servants who have sincerely
turned our faces unto Thy Grand Face; severed ourselves from all else save thee
in this Great Day and are assembled together in this glorious meeting of one
accord and desire, and unanimous in thought to promulgate Thy Word amid Thy creatures.
O my Lord! O my
Lord! Suffer us to be signs of guidance,
standards of Thy Manifest Religion throughout the world, servants of Thy Great
Covenant - O our Exalted Lord! - appearances of Thy Oneness in Thy Kingdom, the
Abhá, and stars which dawn forth unto all regions.
O Lord, make us as seas rolling with the waves of Thy Great
Abundance, rivers flowing from the mountains of Thy Glorious Kingdom, pure
fruits on the Tree of Thy illustrious Cause, plants refreshed and moved by the
Breeze of Thy Gift in Thy wonderful vineyard.
O Lord, cause our souls to depend upon the signs of Thy
Oneness, our hearts to be dilated with the Bounties of Thy Singleness, so that
we may become united as are ripples on a waving sea; become harmonized as are
the rays which shine forth from a brilliant light; so that our thoughts,
opinions and feelings become as one reality from which the spirit of accord may
be diffused throughout all regions.
Verily, Thou art the Beneficent, the Bestower! Verily, Thou art the Giver, the Mighty, the
Loving, the Merciful!
(Signed) 'Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas
(Star of the West, vol. 2, no. 4, May 17, 1911)
