lished herein."

Most of the original Tablets were translated in Haifa and sent to the
recipients in care of Miss Alexander. One, to a group of students, was
sent in care of Mr. Torii. A search in later years located only those
Tablets addressed to Mr. Torii himself.

[Photograph with the following caption:]

Miss Yuri Mochizuki (Furukawa), the first Japanese woman to become a
Baha'i.

Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Baha to Japanese and One to Koreans

[Tablet of October 28, 1916]

O thou who art guided by the Light of Guidance! (Mr. Kikutaro Fukuta)

Thy first and second letter was received. Praise be to God that the light
of Guidance shone forth, the glass of the heart became illumined and the
darkness of ignorance dispelled. The most Great Guidance is a crown the
brilliant gems of which will shine upon the future ages and cycles. If it
is placed on the head of a servant, he will become the object of the envy
of kings, for this is an imperishable crown and everlasting sovereignty.
God says in the great Qur'an, He particularizes with His Mercy whomsoever
He desireth.

Praise be to God, that thou hast become especialized with Divine Favor and
Bounty. Thou didst become awake, beheld the lights and harkened unto the
Melody of the Supreme Concourse.

In the Glorious Gospel it is said, "Freely ye have received, freely give."
That is, you have found this Bestowal, you have paid nothing for it,
therefore give it to others without any exchange. Now with a heavenly
power, with a lordly gift, with spiritual morals, with Godlike deeds, and
with supreme glad tidings be thou engaged in the promotion of the
teachings of God in Japan. The confirmations of the Kingdom shall
encompass and the cohorts of the Realm of Might will grant triumph.

(October 28, 1916. Translated by Ahmad Sohrab)

[Tablet of December 27, 1918]

O thou possessor of a seeing heart! (Mr. Tokujiro Torii)

Although, materially speaking, thou are destitute of physical sight, yet,
praise be to God, spiritual insight is thy possession. Thy heart seeth and
thy spirit heareth. Bodily sight is subject to a thousand maladies and
ultimately and assuredly will be obscured. Thus no importance may be
attached to it. But the sight of the heart is illumined, it discerns and
discovers the Divine Kingdom and is everlasting and eternal. Praise be to
God, therefore, that the sight of thy heart is illumined, and the hearing
of thy thought responsive.

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