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[Page 819]Words by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Andante III

Child's Prayer

Mendelssohn Arr. With Original Ending

Heavenly Father! O-heavenly Father! I am a child of tender years, — nourish me with the milk of mercy, train me in the school of Thy Guidance; And develop me under the shadow...

Free me from darkness, make me a Brilliant light. Free me from unhappiness. Make me a flower

Arranged and harmonized by Louise C. Rich Revised 1945 [Page 820]ritard. e. cresc. in Thy rose-garden, Suffer me to become the servant of Thy Threshold and confer upon—me the disposition and nature of the righteous.

a tempo. Make me a cause of bounty to the human world—and crown my head with the diadem of eternal life; Verily Thou art the Powerful, the Mighty, the See-er, the Hear-er.

For her loving and faithful cooperation and service in the early beginning of this work I am deeply grateful to my dear friend Sara R. Windust. [Page 821]

O FRIEND!

To Robert Gulick

Bahá’u’lláh ERNEST LUBIN

Andante

O Friend! In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the rose of love, and from the nightingale of affection and desire loosen not thy hold. Treasure the companionship of the righteous and eschew all fellowship with the ungodly. [Page 822]poco f e tranquillo

friend, In the garden of thy heart, plant naught but the

dim

rose of love Ha —

dim [Page 823]Words by Bahá’u’lláh Music Arr. Mendelssohn

Hear Me Ye Mortal Birds!

Hear Me, ye mortal birds! In the Rose Garden of changeless splendor a Flower hath begun to bloom, compared to which every other flower is but a thorn and before the brightness of Whose glory the very essence of beauty must pale and wither: Arise, therefore, and with the whole enthusiasm of your hearts, with all the eagerness of your

Quintet Arranged and harmonized by Louise C. Rich [Page 824]souls, the full fervour of your will, — and the concentrated effort of your entire being, strive to attain the paradise of His Presence, and endeavor to inhale the fragrance of the incorruptible Flower, to breathe the sweet savors of holiness, and to obtain a portion of this perfume of celestial glory. [Page 825]Whoso followeth this counsel will break his chains asunder, will taste the abandonment of enraptured love, — will attain unto his Heart’s desire, — and will surrender his Soul into the hand of his Beloved.

Bursting through his cage he will even as the bird of the spirit wing — his flight — to his holy and everlasting nest [Page 826]

TEMERITY

Words and Music by Gladys E. Childress

We know a spot as dear to us as all our home-lands are;

And as we come, we rest se-cure that all our cares are o’er;

1. [Page 827]Temerity, Temerity, thee we love. As

through the years we watch you grow, we’ll always love you more; Thy

shaded greens and peaceful scenes silence us as we walk; God

grant thy light be shed abroad, that all the world may know that: [Page 828]un-i-ty for which you stand will heal the hearts of all man-kind; and

make them feel with-in their souls that one-ness born of love.

Hu-ma-ni-ty, Hu-ma-ni-ty, shed thy light; Help

us, we pray, to find the way to love each oth-er more! [Page 829]

The Rose of Shiraz.

Words of The Báb. Music by Gladys F. Childress.

Slowly and Reverently —

Dolce —

Rit.

I am the Mystic Fane, which the Hand of Omnipotence hath reared. I am the lamp which the Finger of God hath lit within its niche and

Broadly — [Page 830]caused to shine with death-less splen-dor. I am the

Flame of that Su-per-nal Light that glowed up-on Sí-naí.

ín the glád-some spot And lay con-ceal-éd

ín the mídst of the Burn-ing Bush. [Page 831]

CONTENTS

OF VOLUME I—BAHÁ’Í YEAR BOOK AND VOLUMES II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, AND IX THE BAHÁ’Í WORLD