and desires, purify
the heart from remembrance of aught save that of thy Lord, the Precious,
the Gracious, and be controlled by the attraction of the Beauty of God,
that His remembrance may run as the spirit in thy blood veins and limbs,
and thus fill thee with the thoughts of the love of God.

O maid-servant of God! Ignite the fire of love in the hearts which are
remiss of the mention of God that they may become awakened by the breath
of God, and quickened by His Spirit in this Great Day.

"O thou attracted maid-servant of God!..."

O thou attracted maid-servant of God!

Verily, I bow my face to the dust of the Threshold of El-Baha and to Him
who sitteth on the Throne, I petition as a supplicating captive, begging
Him to make thee to behold His Glorious Face and to purify thine insight
from aught else save Him among the people. Verily, He is the refuge of all
and our Great Protection!

We are all poor at His Door, weak before His Power, lowly at His
Threshold, and we possess the power of neither good nor harm. He is indeed
the Confirmer, the Strengthener, the Benevolent!

Truly hath He opened before our faces the doors of the Kingdom, granted us
the treasures of His mysteries through the divine bounty and He hath
chosen us for His love, for attainment unto His lights, the study of His
teachings, the spreading of His name, the guidance unto His path and
service in His great vineyard. I pray for confirmation in thy behalf and
thou shouldst pray for strength on my part. Thy prayers for me should be
that I may attain martyrdom in His path, that my spirit may be His
sacrifice, and that my blood may be shed for His love.

O maid-servant of God! verily, I long for that cup, which is overflowing
with the bounty of God, as a patient desiring to be healed, as a thirsty
soul seeking water, as the poor in quest of wealth, and as one in
separation yearning after the meeting of the beloved one night and day.

"O thou who art advancing to the Kingdom of God!..."

O thou who art advancing to the Kingdom of God!

Verily, I pray God to make thee the sign of guidance among the
maid-servants of the Merciful, to enkindle in thy heart a spark of that
fire which was ignited in the Sinaiatic Tree and to give thee to drink and
overflowing cup from the choice wine of the love of God, until the
intoxication of that wine may so prevail upon thee that thou mayest
thereby forget all else save God, be attracted to the Beaut