Lord be ensured? Ponder this in thine heart, and be thou of them
who are sharp-sighted, who scan heedfully, who are steadfast in their
purpose and confident in their belief. Such should be thy certitude that
if all mankind were to advance such claims as no man hath ever advanced,
or any mind conceived, thou wouldst completely ignore them, wouldst cast
them from thee, and would set thy face towards Him Who is the Object of
the adoration of all worlds.

By the righteousness of Mine own Self! Great, immeasurably great is this
Cause! Mighty, inconceivably mighty is this Day! Blessed indeed is the man
that hath forsaken all things, and fastened his eyes upon Him Whose face
hath shed illumination upon all who are in the heavens and all who are on
the earth.

Sharp must be thy sight, O _Dh_abih, and adamant thy soul, and brass-like
thy feet, if thou wishest to be unshaken by the assaults of the selfish
desires that whisper in men's breasts. This is the firm injunction which
the Pen of the Most Great Name hath, by virtue of the Will of the Ancient
King, been moved to reveal. Keep it as the apple of thine eye, and be thou
of the thankful. Strive thou day and night to serve the Cause of Him Who
is the Eternal Truth, and be thou detached from all else but Him. By
Myself! Whatever thou seest in this Day shall perish. Supremely lofty will
be thy station, if thou remainest steadfast in the Cause of thy Lord.
Towards Him are thy busy movements directed, and in Him is thy final
resting-place.

CXVI: O KINGS OF CHRISTENDOM! HEARD YE NOT THE...

O kings of Christendom! Heard ye not the saying of Jesus, the Spirit of
God, "I go away, and come again unto you"? Wherefore, then, did ye fail,
when He did come again unto you in the clouds of heaven, to draw nigh unto
Him, that ye might behold His face, and be of them that attained His
Presence? In another passage He saith: "When He, the Spirit of Truth, is
come, He will guide you into all truth." And yet, behold how, when He did
bring the truth, ye refused to turn your faces towards Him, and persisted
in disporting yourselves with your pastimes and fancies. Ye welcomed Him
not, neither did ye seek His Presence, that ye might hear the verses of
God from His own mouth, and partake of the manifold wisdom of the
Almighty, the All-Glorious, the All-Wise. Ye have, by reason of your
failure, hindered the breath of God from being wafted over you, and have
withheld from your souls the swe