the ultimate degree of progress, then, according to
the exigency of the time and place and their great capacity, they shall
obtain extraordinary privileges. Be ye confident on these accounts. His
Holiness Baha'u'llah has greatly strengthened the cause of women, and the
rights and privileges of women is one of the greatest principles of
'Abdu'l-Baha. Rest ye assured! Ere long the days shall come when the men
addressing the women, shall say: 'Blessed are ye! Blessed are ye! Verily
ye are worthy of every gift. Verily ye deserve to adorn your heads with
the crown of everlasting glory, because in sciences and arts, in virtues
and perfections ye shall become equal to man, and as regards tenderness of
heart and the abundance of mercy and sympathy ye are superior'.

FOOTNOTES

1 St. John xiv, II.

2 St Matthew xxiv, 30. St Matthew xvi, 27.

3 St John iii, 13

4 St John xviii, 11.

5 Manifestations of God.

6 Exodus iii, 2.

7 A certain man who was present when Badi was told he should carry the
Epistle to the _Sh_ah saw him transfigured; he became radiant.

8 St John iii, 5.

9 St Matthew iii, 11.

10 i.e.--All good actions bring their own reward.

11 A small orange-tree on the table nearby.

12 i.e.--Divine Manifestation.

13 'Give me neither poverty nor riches.'--Prov. xxx., 8.

14 Matthew xviii, 18.

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