Lofty is the structure of the House of Worship; it is certain that you
will build a new and greater one. Be you confident of the bestowals of the
Blessed Beauty and the gifts and blessings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
63: The sad news about the death of your ...
(191) The sad news about the death of your husband has just reached us; we
fully sympathize with you. When one meditates over the general trend of
affairs and drinks deep from the fountain of the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh
and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá he is bound to come to the conclusion that this world is
no world of attachment; nay rather it constantly gives us the lesson of
keeping aloof as far as possible from it. This point becomes clearer now
that the physical body of the Master is taken away from us. We should
really congratulate the departing ones because they leave this world of
pains and troubles and enter the eternal bliss of being with holy spirits
which have been working to detach humanity from the ephemeral world.
64: The letter you have written was received ...
(192) The letter you have written was received with the utmost joy for it
was to us not only a message of love and unity but a message of humble
devotion and servitude at the divine Threshold. It was not only the cause
of comfort to our broken hearts but also a divine balm to our souls and we
are sure that the spirit which that letter bore is the one which reigns in
the heart of each single member of that united assembly.
You have written that your number is small; but it is decidedly true that
it is not numbers that count, it is, rather, the sincerity and devotion of
the hearts. It is the heart that, subduing within itself all earthly
cares, shines forth resplendent in the realm of love and selflessness,
attracting to itself the souls of the weary and depressed, soothing their
wounds with the balm of this Message. This new Revelation has in reality
been the water of life unto the thirsty, a sea of knowledge unto the
searcher, a message of condolence to the weary and a new spirit and life
to the whole world. And now it remains that we, the humble servants of our
Lord should be confirmed, through our own effort and through His bounty to
diffuse this light everywhere and to carry this Glad Tidings to every
cottage and princely home.
We ask God to make each one of that assembly a herald of love wherever he
may go and that he may be accepted as a humble servant of His Lord.
65: All praise be unto the Court of Holiness, ...
(193) All praise be unto the Court of Holiness, that God has drawn certain
blessed souls, entities delicate and pure, unto a realm where they have no
desire save the good-pleasure of the Beloved; where, in the pathway of the
Ancient Beauty and their devotion to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, they yearn for naught
and have no other aim but to offer themselves up, to serve, to guide
humankind, and to wander, homeless and portionless, over the earth.
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