Announce, on my behalf, respectful greeting to the attracted maid-servant
of God, Miss ........, and say: “O thou beloved maid-servant of God! Now
is the time, now is the moment in which, like unto Mary Magdalene (who
loosened her tongue in the city of great Rome), thou mayest arise and
become engaged in teaching the coming of the Kingdom of God and spread far
and wide to the ears the glad-tidings of the Realm of Eternity!”
In brief, O thou servant of Baha’! Strive ye that the souls be engaged, in
all parts of Europe, with the utmost purity and sanctification, in the
diffusion of the fragrances of God.
Undoubtedly teachers both from among the women as well as the men must go
to Australia and New Zealand whenever the means and opportunity are
brought about. Now make ye an effort that perchance through correspondence
some souls, in those parts, may become illumined with the light of the
Kingdom.
O thou servant of Baha’! Rest thou assured. I supplicate from God that
thou mayest be delivered wholly from passion and desire and become the
faithful and sincere servant of the Beauty of Abha.
“O thou who art firm in the Covenant!...”
O thou who art firm in the Covenant!
Thou hast written to his honor ........ concerning the Feast.
This Feast was established by His Highness the Bab, to occur once in
nineteen days. Likewise, the Blessed Perfection [Baha’o’llah] hath
commanded, encourage and reiterated it. Therefore, it hath the utmost
importance. Undoubtedly you must give the greatest attention to its
establishment and raise it to the highest point of importance, so that it
may become continual and constant. The believers of God must assemble and
associate with each other in the utmost love, joy and fragrance. They must
conduct themselves (in these Feasts) with the greatest dignity and
consideration, chant divine verses, peruse instructive articles, read the
Tablets of Abdul-Baha, encourage and inspire each other with love for the
whole human race, invoke God with perfect joy and fragrance, sing the
verses, glorifications and praises of the Self-subsistent Lord and deliver
eloquent speeches. The owner of the house must personally serve the
beloved ones. He must seek after the comfort of all and with the utmost
humility he must show forth kindness to every one. If the Feast is
arranged in this manner and in the way mentioned, that supper is the
“Lord’s supper,” for the result is the same result and the effect is the
same effect.
O thou sincere servant of the Beauty of Abha! Thou hast written concerning
Baltimore. Convey respectful greeting on my behalf to Miss ........ and
say: “Exert thyself as much as thou canst in order that thou mayest
illumine Baltimore, lay there an eternal foundation and ignite a lamp
whose rays may shine throughout cycles and ages.”
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