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how

could it,

then,

be demonstrated that Thou art established upon the throne

of Thy unity,

and how could the wondrous virtues of Thy oneness and Thy

singleness be glorified?

I bear witness,

this very moment,

to what Thou hast testified for Thine

own Self,

ere Thou hadst created the heavens and the earth,

that Thou art

God,

and that there is none other God besides Thee.

Thou hast from

everlasting been potent,

through the Manifestations of Thy might,

to

reveal the signs of Thy power,

and Thou hast ever made known,

through the

Day-Springs of Thy knowledge,

the words of Thy wisdom.

No one besides Thee

hath ever been found worthy to be mentioned before the Tabernacle of Thy

unity,

and none except Thyself hath proved himself capable of being

praised within the hallowed court of Thy oneness.

Praise be to Thee,

O my God,

that Thou hast revealed Thy favors and Thy

bounties;

and glory be to Thee,

O my Beloved,

that Thou hast manifested

the Day-Star of Thy loving-kindness and Thy tender mercies.

I yield Thee

such thanks as can direct the steps of the wayward towards the splendors

of the morning light of Thy guidance,

and enable those who yearn towards

Thee to attain the seat of the revelation of the effulgence of Thy beauty.

I yield Thee such thanks as can cause the sick to draw nigh unto the

waters of Thy healing,

and can help those who are far from Thee to

approach the living fountain of Thy presence.

I yield Thee such thanks as

can divest the bodies of Thy servants of the garments of mortality and

abasement,

and attire them in the robes of Thine eternity and Thy glory,

and lead the poor unto the shores of Thy holiness and all sufficient

riches.

I yield Thee such thanks as can enable the Heavenly Dove to warble

forth,

upon the branches of the Lote-Tree of Immortality,

her song:

"Verily,

Thou art God.

No God is there besides Thee.

From eternity Thou

hast been exalted above the praise of aught else but Thee,

and been high

above the description of any one except Thyself.

" I yield Thee such thanks

as can cause the Nightingale of Glory to pour forth its melody in the

highest heaven:

"'Alí (the Báb),

in truth,

is Thy servant,

Whom Thou hast

singled out from among Thy Messengers and Thy chosen Ones,

and made Him to

be the Manifestation of Thyself in all that pertaineth unto Thee,

and that

concerneth the revelation of Thine attributes and the evidences of Thy

names.

" I yield Thee such thanks as can stir up all things to extol Thee,

and to glorify Thine Essence,

and can unloose the tongues of all beings to

magnify the sovereignty of Thy beauty.

I yield Thee such thanks as can

fill the heavens and the earth with the signs of Thy transcendent Essence,

and assist all created things to enter the Tabernacle of Thy nearness and

Thy presence.

I yield Thee such thanks as can make every created thing to

be a book that shall speak of Thee,

and a scroll that shall unfold Thy

praise.

I yield Thee such thanks as can establish the Manifestations of

Thy sovereignty upon the throne of Thy governance,

and set up the