ings you have organized, wherein you feel heavenly emotions and
comprehend realities and significances,--that meeting is like unto the
firmament with those souls as resplendent stars shining with the light of
guidance. Happy is the soul that seeks, in this brilliant era, heavenly
teachings, and blessed is the heart which is stirred and attracted by the
love of God. At present the Sun of Truth has dawned upon the land of Japan
and the hope is that it may be illumined by heavenly teachings.

Convey on my behalf the utmost love and longing to Mr. D. Inouye(14) and
Mr. S. Saiki(15) . My hope is that those two blessed souls may shine like
unto two heavenly stars from the horizon of Japan and may be the cause of
its enlightenment. That land has acquired material civilization and
ephemeral advancement; we hope that it may acquire heavenly civilization.

Convey to thy respected wife my greetings and my message and the same to
thy young babe, Akira(16), whose name may be ever blessed for it is quite
an appropriate one.

(December 27, 1918. Translated by Shoghi Rabbani)

[Tablet of June 11, 1920]

O thou who hast turned thy attention to the Kingdom of God! (Mr. Tokujiro
Torii)

Thy letter arrived and imparted joy. Thou hast been longing to spread the
Light (the Teachings) in those regions. My wish is also that the Musk of
the love of God should be diffused in that land, and that Miss Alexander
and Mrs. Finch may conjointly strive so that the rays of the Sun of
Reality may be projected all over that country.

Whenever the means of travel is secured, thou art permitted to come. I am
supplicating God to strengthen thee and make thee grow like unto a lily in
the Garden of the Kingdom.

O faithful friend! The inhabitants of that region (Japan) are bright and
noble-minded. Through the great distance however, the musky Breeze has not
yet reached their nostrils. They know not of the rise of the Sun of
Reality upon the horizon of Persia. If you who are there be
self-sacrificing and become enkindled with the love of God, and like unto
stars shine from the horizon of Truth, that country will before long be
turned into a paradise of comfort. Japan will become illumined, and like
unto a meadow and a rose-garden will invigorate the hearts of every
assembly. Do ye strive as hard as possible in order to be attracted to the
Beauty of the Beloved of the world, and through the fire of His love
inflame that Kingdom.

(June 11, 1920.