O God! Thou pure Lord! Thanks be unto Thee, that the
mountains and deserts were traversed and the great Atlantic was crossed until
we reached this continent and in this country, we have mentioned Thy name and
fame with our tongue. Even in this church, like unto Elijah, we have proclaimed
Thy Kingdom.
O God! Make the people of this church to be attracted to Thy
beauty, and in Thy shelter, protect and bless them.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha Abbas
(Star of the West [The Baha’i Magazine], vol. 19, no. 5,
August 1928)
