riends and
maid-servants of the Merciful.

Praise be to God, that town, by the presence of the beloved ones and the
maid-servants of the Merciful, hath become a veritable paradise and its
space, like unto the heavens, is illuminated with radiant lamps. If this
conflagration and attraction continue for a period, Kenosha will soon
attain great provisions, will travel with speed through the degrees of
existence and make great progress in the orders of the Kingdom.

Therefore, this prisoner implores and supplicates at dawn, seeking
strength and confirmation for the beloved of that town. Thus may heavenly
confirmation become your associate and the morn of eternal happiness dawn
upon ye and the Sun of Reality rise with such brilliancy as to dispel
entirely the gloom of ignorance from those horizons.

O ye real friends and dear maid-servants of God! The Lover of the East in
perfect love has outstretched His two hands to embrace the beloved of the
West and to rejoice in that love and unity.

O ye beloved of God! As long as ye can strive to set aglow the hearts with
love, be attracted to one another and be members of each other. Every soul
of the beloved ones must adore the other and withhold not his possession
and life from them, and by all means he must endeavor to make that other
joyous and happy. But that other (the recipient of such love) must also be
disinterested and life-sacrificing. Thus may this Sunrise flood the
horizons, this melody gladden and make happy all the people, this divine
remedy become the panacea for every disease, this Spirit of Reality become
the cause of life for every soul.

O ye friends and maid-servants of the Merciful! It is life-offering,
rejoicing, happiness and the manifestation of Divine Favors.

"O thou servant who art near and dear to the Glorious..."

O thou servant who art near and dear to the Glorious Threshold!

Give thanks to God for having been ushered into His Kingdom, partaken of
the heavenly table and the "lord's supper," attained ecstasy by the wine
of His love, become enrolled as a soldier for life among the hosts of the
Lord, and [for His having] blessed thy head with a crown of great
guidance, whose gems and pearls illumine the ages.

Convey the greetings of this imprisoned one to the beloved of God in the
spiritual assembly of Kenosha. Say unto them: "The Cause is Great! Great!
and the Kingdom of the Majestic Lord overshadoweth heaven and earth. Your
spiritual a