I beseech Thee, by Thine own Self and by Him
Whom Thou hast appointed as the Manifestation
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
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branches. Thou art, verily, the Help in Peril, the
Inaccessible, the Almighty, the Most Bountiful.