of Thine own Being and Thy discriminating Word unto all
that are in heaven and on earth, to gather together Thy servants beneath
the shade of the Tree of Thy gracious providence. Help them, then, to
partake of its fruits, to incline their ears to the rustling of its
leaves, and to the sweetness of the voice of the Bird that chanteth upon
its branches. Thou art, verily, the Help in Peril, the Inaccessible, the
Almighty, the Most Bountiful.

XXIV: "PRAISED BE THOU, O LORD MY GOD! I IMPLORE THEE..."

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Them Who are the
Tabernacles of Thy Divine holiness, Who are the Manifestations of Thy
transcendent unity and the Day-Springs of Thine inspiration and
revelation, to grant that Thy servants may not be kept back from this
Divine Law which, at Thy will and according to Thy pleasure, hath branched
out from Thy most great Ocean. Do Thou, then, ordain for them that which
Thou didst ordain for Thy chosen ones and for the righteous among Thy
creatures, whose constancy in Thy Cause the tempests of trials have failed
to shake, and whom the tumults of tests have been powerless to hinder from
magnifying Thy most exalted Word--the Word through Which the heavens of
men's idle fancies and vain imaginations have been split asunder. Thou
art, verily, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the All-Knowing.

Enable, then, Thy servants, O my God, to recognize the Day-Star that hath
shone forth above the horizon of Thine irrevocable decree and purpose, and
suffer them not to be deprived of the Paradise which Thou, by Thy name,
the All-Glorious, hast called into being in the heavens of Thine exalted
omnipotence. Cause them, moreover, O my God, to hearken to Thy most sweet
voice, that they may all hasten to recognize Thy unity and acknowledge Thy
oneness, O Thou Who art the Beloved of the hearts of all that yearn after
Thee, and the Object of the adoration of such as have known Thee!

I beseech Thee, by them that have cut down all the idols in this
Revelation through which the Most Grievous Convulsion and the Great Terror
have appeared, to assist, at all times, Thy servants with the signs of
Thine almighty power and the evidences of Thy transcendent and
all-compelling might. Grant, then, that their hearts may be made as strong
as brass, that they may remain unmoved by the overpowering might of such
as have transgressed against Him Who is the Manifestation of Thine Essence
and the Day-Spring of