O Thou Almighty! Illumine Thou this Association and make
Thou this gathering the bright candle of the world! For their intention is for
the public good and their aim is service to humankind.
O kind and compassionate God! Such a Society merits Thy
Favors and such a Body deserves inexhaustible Bounty and Providence.
Verily, Thou art Powerful, Mighty and Omnipotent and,
verily, Thou art the Peerless and Incomparable God!
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Star of the West, Vol. 1, No. 5, June 5, 1910)
