art of
Abdul-Baha.

"O Lord! O Beloved!..."

O Lord! O Beloved!

The truthful servant, Mr. ........, abandoned home, left his native land
and crossed the great ocean until he reached the shore of the Holy Land
and arrived at the Blessed Spot. He laid his head upon the threshold of
the sacred dust; he implored and supplicated the Gateway of Unity and
sought confirmation and strength.

Now he is returning to his native clime to serve and to spread the
fragrances of the Holy Spirit.

O Lord! Confirm him, aid and strengthen him through the hosts of the
Kingdom, so that he may become the cause of the spread of the Word of God,
the cause of joy and happiness to the friends and the means of awakening
the negligent. Thou art the Mighty and Powerful and Thou art the Precious,
the Almighty, the Wise!

O thou truthful servant of the Beauty of Abha! With a power of the
Kingdom, a divine attraction and a spiritual breath, return thou to that
land; fill to overflowing the lives and hearts with the wine of the love
of God; be the cause of joy to all and the means of unity and agreement to
all; because through unity and agreement do the beloved of God hoist the
standard, shine with the light of the love of God and are tender to one
another.

This is the attitude of the beloved of God and this is the example and
life of the sons of the Kingdom of God.

"O thou herald of the Kingdom!..."

O thou herald of the Kingdom!

Thank God that thou didst come to the holy shrine, put thy head upon the
holy dust, reached the gathering-place of the spiritual ones, became a
member of the assembly of the Merciful, found friendship with Abdul-Baha
and with the utmost love and joy spent a few days there. Then thou didst
receive permission to return so that thou mayest serve the Kingdom on the
continent of America and show (to the people) the way to heaven and lead
them toward the Lord of Hosts. I hope that, with a divine strength and a
godlike personality, with a heavenly guidance, with a divine attraction
and with a spiritual zeal, thou wilt educate the people.

O thou, the firm one in the Covenant! Give my respectful greeting to thy
honored wife and say to her from me: "The Jewish people were expecting the
manifestation of Jesus and were at the same time attracted to Moses. When
His Holiness Christ appeared, they (the Jewish people) thought that holy
personality intended to take away the eternal honor of Moses. Moses, in