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Unity Prayer performed by Van Gilmer

PRESENTED BY Van Gilmer | Feb 16, 2018

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Vocal soloist, composer and choral director Van Gilmer puts Baha’u’llah’s Unity prayer to music:

O my God! O my God! Unite the hearts of Thy servants and reveal to them Thy great purpose. May they follow Thy commandments and abide in Thy law. Help them, O God, in their endeavor, and grant them strength to serve Thee. O God! leave them not to themselves, but guide their steps by the light of knowledge, and cheer their hearts by Thy love. Verily, Thou art their Helper and their Lord. - Baha’u’llah, Baha’i Prayers, pp. 204.

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Van Gilmer

Van Gilmer, renowned soloist, composer, and director, is a native of Greensboro North Carolina, and graduated from NC Agricultural & Technical State University with a BS in Architectural Engineering. During that early period, he was also directly involved in the sit-ins of the 1960’s to...