Whenever ye enter the council-chamber, recite this prayer
with a heart throbbing with the love of God and a tongue purified from all but
His remembrance, that the All-Powerful may graciously aid you to achieve
supreme victory:
O God, my God! We are servants of Thine that have turned
with devotion to Thy Holy Face, that have detached ourselves from all besides
Thee in this glorious Day. We have gathered in this Spiritual Assembly, united
in our views and thoughts, with our purposes harmonized to exalt Thy Word
amidst mankind. O Lord, our God! Make us the signs of Thy Divine Guidance, the
Standards of Thine exalted Faith amongst men, servants to Thy mighty Covenant,
O Thou our Lord Most High, manifestations of Thy Divine Unity in Thine Abha
Kingdom, and resplendent stars shining upon all regions. Lord! Aid us to become
seas surging with the billows of Thy wondrous Grace, streams flowing from Thine
all-glorious Heights, goodly fruits upon the Tree of Thy heavenly Cause, trees
waving through the breezes of Thy Bounty in Thy celestial Vineyard. O God! Make
our souls dependent upon the Verses of Thy Divine Unity, our hearts cheered
with the outpourings of Thy Grace, that we may unite even as the waves of one
sea and become merged together as the rays of Thine effulgent Light; that our
thoughts, our views, our feelings may become as one reality, manifesting the
spirit of union throughout the world. Thou art the Gracious, the Bountiful, the
Bestower, the Almighty, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
- ‘Abdu'l-Baha (‘Selections
from the Writings of ‘Abdu'l-Baha)
