travel to Japan was in the utmost
necessity. Thou hast undoubtedly met the attracted maid servant of God,
Mrs. Maxwell before sailing to Japan, for that maid servant of God is
ablaze with the Fire of the love of God. Whosoever meets her feels from
her association the susceptibilities of the Kingdom. Her company uplifts
and develops the soul.

Thou didst well to travel to Japan for the seed thou hast sown needs
watering. Capable souls are found in Japan; the Breath of the Merciful is
necessary to stir and enliven them and to bestow a spiritual liveliness. A
blind soul is there but is in the utmost enkindlement and likewise a
priest lives there and is endowed with great capacity. I hope that thou
wilt find the doors flung open and become the cause of the guidance of
souls.

Convey on my behalf the utmost love and kindness to the maid servants of
God, Elizabeth Stevens and Maud Gaudreaux. Through the bounties and
blessings of God, I supplicate that Mr. Weirs may become attracted to the
Divine Kingdom and may be so enkindled with the love of God that he may
illumine the surrounding regions.

Of the death of Richard Potter we were made infinitely sad, but that
nightingale of the Kingdom has flown to the rose garden of the Kingdom,
and that drop returned to the limitless ocean. That wanderer has ascended
to his original abode. On his behalf I supplicate from the Threshold of
Oneness pardon and forgiveness.

Convey on my behalf to the maid servants of God, Miss Ragina Sunshine,
Mrs. Louise Smith and Louise Bosch the wonderful Abha greetings. I have
entreated and supplicated to the Abha Kingdom and have begged for those
maid servants of the Merciful unbounded blessings, that each may unloosen
an eloquent tongue and engage in the commemoration of the Beloved of the
world.

Convey to the friends of Geyserville the intensity of my love and my
spiritual attachment. At dawn I entreat at the Threshold of the
All-Knowing God and beg for them the exaltation of the Kingdom.

Remain for some days in Honolulu and then immediately hasten to Japan.

(Translated by Shoghi Rabbani, Haifa, July 30, 1919. Received in Tokyo
November 26, 1919)

[Tablet Translated June 3, 1920]

O thou who art the daughter of the Kingdom!

Thy letter has been received. Praise be unto God that in those regions the
Breezes of the Rose Garden of Abha are spreading. It is my hope that they
(those regions) would become perfumed; the Breezes of Favor