Turn thou unto the Kingdom of Oneness and chant thou the verses of
Singleness. Be thou invested with a robe, the embroidery of which is
purity and sanctity and the woof and warp of which is the spirituality of
the Mighty Lord, so that thou mayest inhale the fragrance of the divine
rose-garden from the garment of the real Joseph and so divest thyself of
the mantle of bodily things that angelhood and ideal spirituality become
realized (in thee).
“O thou who art firm in the Covenant!...”
O thou who art firm in the Covenant!
I have seen the letter which thou hast written to Mr. ......... The
opinion (expresssed therein) was very agreeable. The Spiritual Meeting of
Consultation of New York must be in the utmost union and harmony with the
Spiritual Meeting of Consultation of Chicago, and that which they deem
advisable to publish, these two Meetings of Consultation must unitedly
approve of it and deem its publication advisable. Then the Meeting of
Consultation must send one copy thereof to Acca, in order that it may be
also approved of here and then returned, and that the it may be printed
and published.
That the two Spiritual Meetings of Chicago and New York must be in unity
and harmony is very important, and when a Spiritual Meeting may be also
organized in Washington in a befitting manner, these two meeting (of
Chicago and New York) must be also in unity and harmony with that meeting.
To be brief, it hath been decided by the Desire of God that union and
harmony may day by day increase among the friends of God and maid-servants
of the Merciful One, in the West. Not until this is realized will the
affairs advance by any means whatever! And the greatest means for the
union and harmony of all is Spiritual Meetings. This matter is very
important and is as a magnet (to attract or) for divine confirmation. If
the beauty of this Divine Beloved One—that is, unity of believers—does
appear in the ornament of the Kingdom of ABHA, it is certain that those
countries will, in a short time, become the Paradise of ABHA and the light
of Unity (or Oneness) and Singleness will shine upon the whole world from
the West. We(72) are endeavoring with all heart an soul, have no rest
night and day, nor a moment of tranquillity, so that we may make the world
of humanity the mirror of the divine unity; how much more the beloved of
God! And this wish and hope shall appear and shine forth at that time when
the true friends of God may arise and act in accord with the teachings of
the Beauty of ABHA—may my life be a sacrifice to His beloved ones! One of
the teachings is that love and faithfulness must so prevail in the hearts
that men may see the stranger as a friend, the sinner as an intimate
fellow, may count enemies as allies, regard foes as loving comrades, call
their executioner the giver of life, consider the denier as a believer and
the unbeliever as a faithful one—that is, men must behave in such a manner
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