birds of holiness and have attained to the divine Kingdom.

I beg of God that thou wilt become one of those birds and soar up in such
manner that thou mayest astonish all.

"O ye maid-servants of His Majesty, the Lord--daughters..."

O ye maid-servants of His Majesty, the Lord--daughters and sons of the
Kingdom!(304)

The meeting of the Lord's Supper, which you held in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. ......... (was blessed) with the lights of the Beauty of the
Merciful, which shone from the Kingdom of Abha, and Abdul-Baha was present
in spirit and heart although absent in body. That meeting was exceedingly
bright, and as the rose-garden, emitted a pleasant fragrance.

Meetings organized with the utmost holiness and piety, wherein those who
are present engage in the mention and thought of God, and wherein the
verses of Oneness are chanted and the prayers of the Threshold of the Lord
of Verses are offered and the exhortations and counsels of the Blessed
Beauty recited, such meetings are illumined, spiritual, divine and
heavenly. They are the means of training the world of humanity.

I am, night and day, engaged in remembering you, and happy with your
thought, and ask the Lord of the Kingdom for confirmation, that He may
make each one of you a sign of guidance and the means of educating and
guiding other women and men.

The bounty and grace of God in this illumined cycle is like the ocean.
Every instant it surges, reaching the apogee with its waves and inundating
the shores of existence. Therefore, O ye maid-servants of the Merciful and
servants of God, endeavor while this ocean is still surging and this cloud
raining and pouring, to make the surface of the earth feel the reality,
that it may grow the hyacinths, the flowers and frits of concord, peace,
love, faith, realities and significances.

"O seeker of Truth!..."

O seeker of Truth!

If thou desirest that god may open thy (spiritual) eye, thou must
supplicate unto God, pray to and commune with Him at midnight, saying:

"O Lord, I have turned my face unto thy Kingdom of Oneness and am drowned
in the sea of Thy mercy! O Lord, enlighten my sight by beholding Thy
lights in this dark night, and make me happy by the wine of Thy love in
this wonderful age! O Lord, make me hear Thy call, and open before my face
the doors of Thy heaven, so that I may see the light of Thy glory (Baha')
and become attracted to Thy beauty!

"Verily, thou art the Giver, the G