s of the utmost delicacy and freshness.

I swear by the Ideal Educator that, if ye act in compliance with the
divine exhortations, as revealed in brilliant Tablets, this gloomy earth
will become a mirror of the Exalted Kingdom, and the inferior page will
display the Kingdom of Abha!

O friends of God! Praise be unto God that the invisible bounties of the
Sun of Truth are encompassing you from all directions, and the doors of
mercy are opened from all parts. Now is the time to be benefited and
filled therewith. Seize the opportunity, and lose not the chance. Keep
yourselves entirely clear of the world's conditions of gloom, and show
forth the characters and qualities of divine souls, that ye may consider
to what an extent the radiance of the Divine Sun is shining and brilliant,
and how the signs of favor are showing forth from the invisible World of
Unity.

O friends of God! Praise be unto God that His Imperial Majesty, the Shah,
acts with the utmost kindness, and His Highness, the Prime Minister, is
practising the greatest fairness and equity towards the people. So, the
friends of God must night and day pray for the permanence of the glorious
empire, and raise themselves to return thanks to His Majesty for his
justice, equity and kindness, because this is one of the indisputable
commandments of God, as revealed in all celestial books.

"To the beloved of God in Persia!..."

To the beloved of God in Persia!

O ye dear friends of Abdul-Baha! It is some time since any heart-thrilling
melody hath reached the ear of life from certain countries, and life and
conscience have not found happiness and joy. Howbeit all are remembered at
all times and are indeed present before the sight. For, verily, the
chalice of the heart is overflowing with the wine of the love of the
friends; and their attachment and the desire to see them flow and
circulate in the veins and arteries, even as the spirit.

In this condition it is evident how sad and grieved the heart is. In this
storm of ordeal, whose wave hath reached the Supreme Apogee, and the arrow
of hate hath come in succession from the six points; with every breath
there is bewildering news and every day astonishing signs in the Blessed
Spot.

The center of violation(161) supposed that through mere pride the
foundation of the Covenant and Testament could be destroyed and that the
righteous ones would shun and disobey the ordinances of God. Therefore, he
spread writings o