{"id":231,"date":"2016-08-19T01:16:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T05:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annarborbahais.org\/public\/?page_id=231"},"modified":"2016-08-19T01:17:50","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T05:17:50","slug":"prayers-for-children","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/annarborbahais.org\/public\/index.php\/bahai-prayers\/prayers-for-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayers for Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"opening\">Children<\/h1>\n<p class=\"opening\">O God!\u00a0 Educate these children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"opening\">These children are the plants of Thine orchard, the flowers of Thy meadow, the roses of Thy garden.\u00a0 Let Thy rain fall upon them; let the Sun of Reality shine upon them with Thy love.\u00a0 Let Thy breeze refresh them in order that they may be trained, grow and develop, and appear in the utmost beauty.\u00a0 Thou art the Giver.\u00a0 Thou art the Compassionate.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"author\">\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"opening\">O Thou kind Lord!<\/p>\n<p class=\"opening\">These lovely children are the handiwork of the fingers of Thy might and the wondrous signs of Thy greatness.\u00a0 O God!\u00a0 Protect these children, graciously assist them to be educated and enable them to render service to the world of humanity.\u00a0 O God!\u00a0 These children are pearls, cause them to be nurtured within the shell of Thy loving-kindness.<\/p>\n<p>Thou art the Bountiful, the All-Loving.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"author\">\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Infants<\/h1>\n<p class=\"opening\">O Thou peerless Lord!\u00a0 Let this suckling babe be nursed from the breast of Thy loving-kindness, guard it within the cradle of Thy safety and protection and grant that it be reared in the arms of Thy tender affection.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"author\">\u2018Abdu\u2019l-Bah\u00e1<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children O God!\u00a0 Educate these children. These children are the plants of Thine orchard, the flowers of Thy meadow, the roses of Thy garden.\u00a0 Let Thy rain fall upon them; let the Sun of Reality shine upon them with Thy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/annarborbahais.org\/public\/index.php\/bahai-prayers\/prayers-for-children\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":228,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-231","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annarborbahais.org\/public\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annarborbahais.org\/public\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annarborbahais.org\/public\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annarborbahais.org\/public\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annarborbahais.org\/public\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/annarborbahais.org\/public\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232,"href":"https:\/\/annarborbahais.org\/public\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/231\/revisions\/232"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annarborbahais.org\/public\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annarborbahais.org\/public\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}