ending to warm
and vivify the Divine Garden.

Nothing can prevent the fall of the rain from Heaven.

Nothing can prevent the fulfilment of the Word of God!

Therefore when you see books and papers written against the Revelation, be
not distressed, but take comfort in the assurance that the cause will
thereby gain strength.

No one casts stones at a tree without fruit. No one tries to extinguish a
lamp without light!

Regard the former times. Had the calumnies of Pharaoh any effect? He
affirmed that Moses was a murderer, that he had slain a man and deserved
to be executed! He also declared that Moses and Aaron were fomenters of
discord, that they tried to destroy the religion of Egypt and therefore
must be put to death. These words of Pharaoh were vainly spoken. The light
of Moses shone. The radiance of the Law of God has encircled the world!

When the Pharisees said of Christ that He had broken the Sabbath Day, that
He had defied the Law of Moses, that He had threatened to destroy the
Temple and the Holy City of Jerusalem, and that He deserved to be
crucified--We know that all these slanderous attacks had no result in
hindering the spread of the Gospel!

The Sun of Christ shone brilliantly in the sky, and the breath of the Holy
Spirit wafted over the whole earth!

And I say unto you that no calumny is able to prevail against the Light of
God; it can only result in causing it to be more universally recognized.
If a cause were of no significance, who would take the trouble to work
against it!

But always the greater the cause the more do enemies arise in larger and
larger numbers to attempt its overthrow! The brighter the light the darker
the shadow! Our part it is to act in accordance with the teaching of
Baha'u'llah in humility and firm steadfastness.

THERE CAN BE NO TRUE HAPPINESS AND PROGRESS WITHOUT SPIRITUALITY

November 21st

Ferocity and savagery are natural to animals, but men should show forth
the qualities of love and affection. God sent all His Prophets into the
world with one aim, to sow in the hearts of men love and goodwill, and for
this great purpose they were willing to suffer and to die. All the sacred
Books were written to lead and direct man into the ways of love and unity;
and yet, in spite of all this, we have the sad spectacle of war and
bloodshed in our midst.

When we look into the pages of history, past and present, we see the black
earth reddened by human blood. Men kill