tering Thy
commemoration and forgetful of self but ever mindful of what is Thine.

O God, my God! Stay not from me the gentle gales of Thy pardon and grace,
and deprive me not of the wellsprings of Thine aid and favor.

'Neath the shade of Thy protecting wings let me nestle, and cast upon me
the glance of Thine all-protecting eye.

Loose my tongue to laud Thy name amidst Thy people, that my voice may be
raised in great assemblies and from my lips may stream the flood of Thy
praise.

Thou art, in all truth, the Gracious, the Glorified, the Mighty, the
Omnipotent.

--'Abdu'l-Baha

"He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful!..."

He is the Compassionate, the All-Bountiful! O God, my God! Thou seest me,
Thou knowest me; Thou art my Haven and my Refuge. None have I sought nor
any will I seek save Thee; no path have I trodden nor any will I tread but
the path of Thy love. In the darksome night of despair, my eye turneth
expectant and full of hope to the morn of Thy boundless favor and at the
hour of dawn my drooping soul is refreshed and strengthened in remembrance
of Thy beauty and perfection. He whom the grace of Thy mercy aideth,
though he be but a drop, shall become the boundless ocean, and the merest
atom which the outpouring of Thy loving-kindness assisteth, shall shine
even as the radiant star.

Shelter under Thy protection, O Thou Spirit of purity, Thou Who art the
All-Bountiful Provider, this enthralled, enkindled servant of Thine. Aid
him in this world of being to remain steadfast and firm in Thy love and
grant that this broken-winged bird attain a refuge and shelter in Thy
divine nest that abideth upon the celestial tree.

--'Abdu'l-Baha

"O my Lord, my Beloved, my Desire! Befriend..."

O my Lord, my Beloved, my Desire! Befriend me in my loneliness and
accompany me in my exile. Remove my sorrow. Cause me to be devoted to Thy
beauty. Withdraw me from all else save Thee. Attract me through Thy
fragrances of holiness. Cause me to be associated in Thy Kingdom with
those who are severed from all else save Thee, who long to serve Thy
sacred threshold and who stand to work in Thy Cause. Enable me to be one
of Thy maidservants who have attained to Thy good pleasure. Verily, Thou
art the Gracious, the Generous.

--'Abdu'l-Baha

CHILDREN AND YOUTH

"Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Graciously..."

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Graciously grant that this infant be fed
from the bre