h all save Thee, and be
made independent of any one except Thyself. Rain down, then, upon me out
of the clouds of Thy bounty that which shall profit me in every world of
Thy worlds. Assist me, then, through Thy strengthening grace, so to serve
Thy Cause amidst Thy servants that I may show forth what will cause me to
be remembered as long as Thine own kingdom endureth and Thy dominion will
last.

This is Thy servant, O my Lord, who with his whole being hath turned unto
the horizon of Thy bounty, and the ocean of Thy grace, and the heaven of
Thy gifts. Do with me then as becometh Thy majesty, and Thy glory, and Thy
bounteousness, and Thy grace.

Thou, in truth, art the God of strength and power, Who art meet to answer
them that pray Thee. There is no God save Thee, the All-Knowing, the
All-Wise.

XLIV: "LAUDED BE THY NAME, O THOU WHO ART MY GOD..."

Lauded be Thy name, O Thou Who art my God and throbbest within my heart!
Thou art well aware and dost witness that whatsoever shameth them that are
dear to Thee must shame also Him Who is the Manifestation of Thyself and
the Day-Spring of Thy Revelation. Nay, He is put to greater shame than
they when they are led to confess the good things which have escaped them
in Thy days.

These are Thy servants, O my Lord, who for love of Thee have abandoned
their homes, and sustained the tribulations decreed by Thee in Thy path. I
swear by Thy glory! Every time any one of them testifieth before Thee to
his evil doings, shame covereth my face, for they are Thy servants who
have tasted of the cup of woe in Thy Cause, who have quaffed from the
chalice of adversity when the light of Thy countenance was lifted upon
them, and who were so vexed by trials that peace was utterly denied them
within the precincts of Thy court.

The power of Thy might beareth me witness! My heart hath melted by reason
of my love for them that are dear to Thee, and my soul is laden with
anguish for the sorrows which have afflicted them at the revelation of Thy
Cause and the appearance of the billowing oceans of Thy grace and favors.
The sighs they uttered, O my Lord, have caused my sighs to ascend towards
Thee, and the burning of their hearts hath consumed mine own heart within
me.

I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all being and the Enlightener
of all things visible and invisible, to grant that every one of them may
become an ensign of Thy guidance among Thy servants, and a revelation of