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persuade Hindus and Mohammedans that the only essential parts of their 

 respective creeds, were common to both, and that they should discard the 

 varieties of practical detail, or the corruptions of their teachers for the 

 worship of one only Supreme, whether he was termed Allah or Hart. 

 How far these doctrines are still professed by the Ndnak Shdhis, may be 

 inferred from the translations in the eleventh volume of the Researches, 

 to which the following may be added as part of the service solemnized at 

 the Sikh Sangat, at Benares. 



HYMN. 



Thou art the Loi'd — to thee be praise. 



All life is with thee. 



Thou art my parents. I am thy child — 



All happiness is derived from thy clemency. 



No one knows thy end. 



Highest Lord amongst the highest — 



Of all that exists, Thou art the regulator. 



And all that is from thee obeys thy will. 



Thy movements — thy pleasure — thou only knowest. 



Ncmafc, thy slave, is a free-will offering unto thee. 



The Priest then says — 

 Meditate on the Saheb of the Book, and exclaim Wall Guru. 



The People accordingly repeat — 

 Wall Guru — Wall Guru hi Jateh. 



The Priest. 

 Meditating on Ramachandra, exclaim Wall Guru. 



The People. 

 Wall Guru — Wall Guru hi Jateh. 



