e Almighty. Therefore, I
hope that thou wilt open the eye of thine insight, travel in all the
realms of God, see the splendor of the Kingdom and behold the effulgence
of the Realm of Might.

Show thou forth love and kindness on my behalf toward thy dear husband and
convey to him longing greeting. I supplicate from God in his behalf, and
invoke assistance and confirmation for you both.

"O ye friends of Abdul-Baha!..."

O ye(242) friends of Abdul-Baha!

His honor Mr. ... wrote a letter and in that letter he mentioned your
names, asking divine favor on your behalf. While reading your names I
opened my tongue in thanksgiving in the Threshold of Oneness, that he hath
granted such favor and bestowed such providence. He guided the souls and
pointed out to them the entrance to the Kingdom. Such confirmation
deserveth thanks and praise, and such guidance is the most great bounty of
His Highness the One.

Likewise, you must be engaged day and night, with all your soul and heart,
in thanksgiving and the glorification of His Highness the Desired One who
hath created you in such a glorious period, made you the manifestors of
guidance in the Day of the Lord, imparted to you the insight and enkindled
your souls and spirits with the fire of love. Today the grandeur, the
majesty, the splendor and the magnitude of this station is not clear and
manifest because it is the time of seed-sowing and the beginning of the
planting of trees in the orchard of the Merciful One. When that seed is
grown and the tree reacheth the time of its fruition, then many harvests
shall be gathered and all regions and kingdoms shall be adorned with its
blossoms and fruits.

Ere long the Adored One of this providence will become the Beloved of the
assemblages of the world and the rays of the Sun of Truth will illumine
every house, every place and corner. At that time the greatness and
superiority of the friends of God will become evident and demonstrated.

Consider ye! In the day of His Highness Christ, the grandeur and majesty
of their Holiness the Apostles, was not known. After three-hundred years
the loftiness of the station and the exaltation of their attainment became
manifest. Ere long the result of the deeds in this cycle of Baha'o'llah
will appear and every one of the friends and the maid-servants will be
crowned with a diadem whose splendid gems will radiate brilliancy and
effulgence throughout cycles and ages.

Therefore, O ye servants