must
make the blind seeing, the deaf hearing, the extinguished one enkindled
and set aglow, and the dead quickened.

8 Upon you be greeting and praise!

PRAISE be to Thee, O my God! These are Thy servants who are attracted by
the fragrances of Thy mercifulness, are enkindled by the fire burning in
the tree of Thy singleness, and whose eyes are brightened by beholding the
splendors of the light shining in the Sinai of Thy oneness.

O Lord! Loose their tongues to make mention of Thee amongst Thy people,
suffer them to speak forth Thy praise through Thy grace and
loving-kindness, assist them with the cohorts of Thine angels, strengthen
their loins in Thy service, and make them the signs of Thy guidance
amongst Thy creatures.

Verily, Thou art the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Ever-Forgiving,
the All-Merciful.

The spreaders of the fragrances of God should recite this prayer every
morning:

O GOD, my God! Thou beholdest this weak one begging for celestial
strength, this poor one craving Thy heavenly treasures, this thirsty one
longing for the fountain of eternal life, this afflicted one yearning for
Thy promised healing through Thy boundless mercy which Thou hast destined
for Thy chosen servants in Thy kingdom on high.

O Lord! I have no helper save Thee, no shelter besides Thee, and no
sustainer except Thee. Assist me with Thine angels to diffuse Thy holy
fragrances and to spread abroad Thy teachings amongst the choicest of Thy
people.

O my Lord! Suffer me to be detached from aught else save Thee, to hold
fast to the hem of Thy bounty, to be wholly devoted to Thy Faith, to
remain fast and firm in Thy love and to observe what Thou hast prescribed
in Thy Book.

Verily, Thou art the Powerful, the Mighty, the Omnipotent.

14: TABLET TO THE BAHA'IS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA

_Revealed on March 8, 1917, in the summerhouse (Isma'il Aqa's room) at
'Abdu'l-Baha's house in Haifa, and addressed to the Baha'is of the United
States and Canada. _

1

_He is God!_

O ye heavenly souls, sons and daughters of the Kingdom:

2 God says in the Qur'an: "Take ye hold of the Cord of God, all of you,
and become ye not disunited."(21)

3 In the contingent world there are many collective centers which are
conducive to association and unity between the children of men. For
example, patriotism is a collective center; nationalism is a collective
center; identity of in