ority; of whom we read in the Qur'an, 'They
are men who are blind and deaf to the Spirit.' They do not use that great
gift of God, the power of the understanding, by which they might see with
the eyes of the spirit, hear with spiritual ears and also comprehend with
a Divinely enlightened heart.

The inability of the materialistic mind to grasp the idea of the Life
Eternal is no proof of the non-existence of that life.

The comprehension of that other life depends on our spiritual birth!

My prayer for you is that your spiritual faculties and aspirations may
daily increase, and that you will never allow the material senses to veil
from your eyes the glories of the Heavenly Illumination.

THE DESIRES AND PRAYERS OF 'ABDU'L-BAHA

November 15th

'Abdu'l-Baha said:

You are all very welcome, and I love you all most dearly.

Day and night I pray to Heaven for you that strength may be yours, and
that, one and all, you may participate in the blessings of Baha'u'llah,
and enter into the Kingdom.

I supplicate that you may become as new beings, illumined with the Divine
Light, like unto shining lamps, and that from one end of Europe to the
other the knowledge of the Love of God may spread.

May this boundless love so fill your hearts and minds that sadness may
find no room to enter and may you with joyful hearts soar like birds into
the Divine Radiance.

May your hearts become clear and pure like unto polished mirrors in which
may be reflected the full glory of the Sun of Truth.

May your eyes be opened to see the signs of the Kingdom of God, and may
your ears be unstopped so that you may hear with a perfect understanding
the Heavenly Proclamation sounding in your midst.

May your souls receive help and comfort, and, being so strengthened, may
they be enabled to live in accordance with the teachings of Baha'u'llah.

I pray for each and all that you may be as flames of love in the world,
and that the brightness of your light and the warmth of your affection may
reach the heart of every sad and sorrowing child of God.

May you be as shining stars, bright and luminous for ever in the Kingdom.

I counsel you that you study earnestly the teachings of Baha'u'llah, so
that, God helping you, you may in deed and truth become Baha'is.

CONCERNING BODY, SOUL AND SPIRIT

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Friday morning, November 17th

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