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 light, the in-flowing light, the outpouring light, the flooding light, the illumining light. Do Thou deign to receive our grateful acknowledgment of Thy blessing.

Do Thou bless the blessing which Thou hast vonchsafed. May this little light which Thou hast lit be purified, intensified perennially fed, everlastingly amplified by Thy grace and mercy, sustained, strengthened, sanctified, blessed by Thy Spirit ! May the light that dwells in the babe spread about him, shine through him, go forth from him ! May he be the bringer of light and the harbinger of peace and truth — Thine own chosen messenger ! And as the devout parent of a noble servant of Thine prayed by the bed of his child and invoked Thy blessing on him, as he named him Luther, that he might be the light- bearer, so may our dear Prabhakar be the light-bearer into our dear congregation and community-not the light that startles but the light that cheers, not the light that criticises but the light that convinces, not the light that searches out faults but the light