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MUSIC

From The Sweet-Scented Streams

PRAYER I MUSIC BAHK'U'LLA’H CHARLES WOLCOTT Andante Cantabile I’st Verse

Iliad Verse

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sweet- scented streams

meadows of Thy nearness, be- fore Thy

Give mete drink — — pres - ence - - - make me able to roam -— — O my Be

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and of the fruits of the tree - - lov - ed - - — and at the right hand of the throne — - - able me to taste -

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From the crysial springs - - f 2

fra-grant breezes

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plu masso

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MUSIC 805

Squ-fer me to quaff - - let a breath pass over me —— — be - neath the shadow of Thine ever-last- ing

to the heightsofthe paradise of Thy re

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p let me a -bide

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my A- dared

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let me gain ad-mis-sion - - D _ _

a tempo IVth verse

the melodies of the dove - - - of Thy _

With - in the garden of thine immortality - - be-fore Thy

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Suffer me to hearken -coun-ten-ance --- let. me a-bide forever - O Thou who arr. merciful unto

splendent One —-- and through the spirit of Thy power

and upon the seat

quick- gn me

in — blish me, O Thouwhoart my Pos

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heaven of Thy

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Keep me steadfast -

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the path of Thy &

quick- en- er -

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Set firm my

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Mak-er! Heztgzoso

a tempo

Before the reve- la-tions

Thou my At- tract-or. (A

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Thine in-vis-ible spit .. it surn-mon metobe pre - sent

Thouwhoart my or-i-gin High-est wish

and un-to the essence ira-grance of Thy Beauty

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Thou wilt manifest - - - meto re—turn -Thou who art my God! Potentart Thou to do

pleaseth Thee - -

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the Most Ex — alt- ed

Glgr-i-ous - — - The All High

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Thy Love

Words by E. McE. S. < Music by Louise C. Eifh > P- '

Now my work and play are done, I rest me in Thy Care: And while I sleep, Thy

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love will keep Thy children every— where: I love Thy little stars dear Icrddhey

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seem to twinkle so: And now, Good night,I'm off to sleep and in Tkv Care I know.

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0 Friend!

To Robert Gulick Andante (J = about 60) Ernest Lubin

BAH/x 'U'LLAm

n O friend! In the gar - den of thy heart plant nought but the I

And from the night-‘m-gale of af-fec-fion and desire

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loos — en not thy / Ereas-ure the com

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-ion-ship of the right-eous and es-chew all fel-low-ship with the un_

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poco F e tranquillo <

friend, In the gar-den of thy

heart, plant nought but the rose of love.

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'AHa’h-u—Abhá'

Set to Music by

"With Dignity Edward B. Kinney

Al-la’h-u-Ab-hé Ax-la’h—u-Ab-ha’. Al-la/h-u-Ab- ha

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Al-léh—u—Ab-ha/ Al-la/h—u- Ab- ha’

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Five-fold “Ya’-Baha” u’l -Abhá”’

Very Slow and Soft Composed by Salffa Kinney

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I I \-/ I ' Ya- Ba—ha’u'l -Ab- ha Ya- Ba /_1\l l ’ o

\I/ I Id l I l I I ll IL [I [1 I I II I ll . H II I] I II [I ../ ‘P '5 '5' ha" u'l-Ab- ha’ YELL—F-BE-hai’u'l-Ab— ha’ 6“ .. x

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In The Garden Of Thy Heart

From "Hidden Words" Revealed by Persian 3. . Bahz'x'u'llah

0 Friend! --------- In the gar-den of thy heart plant not but the

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of love, and from the night—in-gale of af— fection and desire 444

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7 not thy hold: Treasure the com— panionship of the

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right-eous,and es-chew all-fellow- ship with the un - god — 1y.

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Composed and harmonized by Louise C. Rich

Chicago , Illinois, U.S.A.

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I I II Rise! Bahá’í Youth Music by Earl Andrews

Slovdy Words by Edna Andrews

From out the night a voice has spok-en, might-y and in clar - i- on tones, The Pro-phets all have told the sto- ry of the prom—ised one to come , Ba - b'a' - u' — 11511 the Prince of Prom-ise calls the worchto ways of peace,

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To the whole wide world a tok- en of God's nev-er dy - ing love. Now He s‘lands in all His glo - ry, Blessed Beau- ty, Shin-ing Sun. When we foll-- ow where He leads us, war and strife at last shall cease.

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t I Rise, Oh Rise, B3- 113,- 1 Youth, This is the dawn ofaglo-ri-ous day;

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and Peace on earth, won-drous e - ra E1 Ba — ha.’.

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Arranged by Earl M. Andrews , 10-5-‘40

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Prayer For Spiritual Sustenance

Revealed by Bahz’L'u'ua’lh Music by Eugene Babcock

MM: 60 To be interpreted freely

Sostenuto O my God, make Thy Beau-ty to be my food and let Thy

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Presence be my drink. Let my trust be in Thy will-- and my

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deeds ac - cord - ing to Thy com- mand - - r Dire

serv—ice be ac- dept- a-bleto Thee and my ac-tion a praise to 'Ihee. Let my

Un poco agitate

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help come on ~1y from Thee, and or - dain my home to be Thy Man - sion a tempo Crescu a fato et un poco accel.

less and Ho - 1y --- Thou art the

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Pre - cious, the Ev - er - pre - sent, the

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SETTINGS OF SOME or THE "HIDDEN WORDS" OF BAHA'U'LL/LH FOR 5010 OR UNISON GRANTING WITHOUT ACCOMPANIMENT

I 3 Charles Duncan

ra - diant heart, that thine may be a sov‘-reign-ty an-cient, im-per-ish-ableand

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ev- er - last - ing.

0 son of Spir—it.’ The best be-lov-ed of all things in My sight is J'us—fice;

turn not a-way there - from if thou de-sir-est Me, and neg - lect it not that

not through the eyes of oth-ers, and shalt know of thine own know-ledge and

not through the know-ledge of thy neigh-bo r. Pon-der this in thy heart; how it be

sign of My lov- ing kind ~ness. Set it then be - {ore thine eyes.

C9mposifion by Charles Duncan of the Bahá’í Community- of Berkeley, California

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0 son of man! Veiled in My im-mem-o-ri-al be-ing and the k

an - cient e - tern- i- ty of My es-sence, I knew My love for thee;

there-fore I cre — at - ed thee, have en - graved on thee Mine im- age and re I ll L I II [\ L l I

vealed to thee My beau- ty.

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0 son of manII loved thy cre-a —tion, hence I cre- a — — ted thee.

A I l I II n H I I I“ I\ I I . I n l . H I v u I r I u I d II-L I ' ' ' ' ' W’here-fore, do thou love Me, that I may name thy name and II I . [ II I l l l I I ll 0 I I k I\ I I I a a u n

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fill thy soul with the spi—rit of Life.

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0 son of be- jng. Love Me thatI may love thee. Ifthou lov-est Me not, \

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My love can in no wise reach thee. Know this, 0 ser - vant.

REMOVER OI" DIFFICULTIES I WORDS OF THE BAB

A 3 3 3 I . I 4 I I k I l R 4‘ I . ‘ I I I . n L h l\l II II I A A J k K 1 n I" I\ H H 1" HI I] J7 17 a I II II II II I II II II IIA A .I .I IA! Q) d- 4’ 4' 4’ i’ ' ' ' V' ' v ' Is there an - y Re - mov - er of chi - fx- cult - 1es save God? Say:

Praised be God.' He is God.' All. are His ser - vants, and A . I A V l I I II II g.) '1: j w «1'

an a - bide by His bid - ding!

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Come All Ye Followers Of Bahá’u’Halh

For two voices

. Words and music by Andantmo Rubi R. K. Sabit

Come all ye fol—lov—ers of 133- ha’—’ uli la/h, Let us fol—loI His Ccu—mnds,

us teach His Cause to all be cause it's the Will of God; No matter what we suffer, We shall be repaid by our

In His Path and for His Sake, We will gladly aac—ri—fice, Any—thing that may be ours,

E—ven if it be our lives. Come all ye fol—low—ers of Ba— ha’-'u1'— 13/11,

Let us fol - low His Gan ~nanda, And spread the Cause of Ab — 13’.

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MUSIC Ya'-Baha"u’l-Abhá’

Set to Music Nine Times by Edward B . Kinney

y, Majesfically

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My God, My Adored One. _

,, . . Beethoven From Prayers and Meditatlons" - P. 264 . . . . Revealed by Ba] "u‘llfih Wzth Ongmal Endmg

My God, my A - dored One, my King, my De - sire! -— What

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tongue can voice my to-- Thee? I was heed-less, Thou

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didst awaken : had - - turned back from — - Thee.

Thou didst graciousl - - - aid me to turn towards Thee:I (.1

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Quintet AMed and harmonized by Louise C. Rich

1947 A. D. Bahá’í’ Year 104

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was as one dead, Thou didst quicken me: With the wa-ter of p.

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was withered, Thou didst re - vive me with the

heavenly stream of Thine - utter -- ance: which hath flowedforthfromthe (3

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4 J Pen of the A11 - Merciful, Providence!

Chicago. Illinois U.S.A.

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-- istence is be- gotten by Thy boun-ty, de it - not of the waters of Thy gener - osity,

neither do- Thou- with - hold - it - - from — - the

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riten. a tempo

I be - seech Theeto aid and as

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and under all con?

difi%s, and seek from the heaven

Thine ancient favor. Thou art, in truth,the Lordof

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bounty, and the Sovereign of- the kingdom of e m (W

Inscribed to Shoghi Effendi

The First Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith.

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Let Us Love Him

Suf—fer the children to come un—to me; Our Precious Sav — 101‘ Help dear Lord to be and kind; Will-ing to serve for

As a — round Him they gath—ered to feel His dear hand And, guard Thou my tongue, keep me pure, un-de —fileé;

Blessing each lit — tle head. Come Iit—tle children and

in Worthy my Lord to see. 0 let us love him Savior and

song -—- Praising I-fimmom and eve: For to our Savior we'll Lord; Be —cause He has loved us so: Andlet us read H15

bless—ings re - ceive. Lord - — may know.

Words and Music by Louise C. Rich