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the East and toward the West and enlighten the people with the light of
the Most Great Guidance, so that they may take a portion and share of
eternal life.(2) Praise be to God, that the Northeastern States are in the
utmost capacity. Because the ground is rich, the rain of the divine
outpouring is descending. Now you must become heavenly farmers and scatter
pure seeds in the prepared soil. The harvest of every other seed is
limited, but the bounty and the blessing of the seed of the divine
teachings is unlimited. Throughout the coming centuries and cycles many
harvests will be gathered. Consider the work of former generations. During
the lifetime of Jesus Christ the believing, firm souls were few and
numbered, but the heavenly blessings descended so plentifully that in a
number of years countless souls entered beneath the shadow of the Gospel.
God has said in the Qur'an: "One grain will bring forth seven sheaves, and
every sheaf shall contain one hundred grains."(3) In other words, one
grain will become seven hundred; and if God so wills He will double these
also. It has often happened that one blessed soul has become the cause of
the guidance of a nation. Now we must not consider our ability and
capacity, nay, rather, we must fix our gaze upon the favors and bounties
of God, in these days, Who has made of the drop a sea, and of the atom a
sun.

4 Upon you be greeting and praise!

2: TABLET TO THE BAHA'IS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES

_Revealed on March 27, 1916, in the garden adjacent to the Shrine of
Baha'u'llah, addressed to the Baha'is of sixteen Southern States of the
United States: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. _

1 O ye heralds of the Kingdom of God:

2 A few days ago an epistle was written to those divine believers, but
because these days are the days of Naw-Ruz, you have come to my mind and I
am sending you this greeting for this glorious feast. All the days are
blessed, but this feast is the national fete of Persia. The Persians have
been holding it for several thousand years past. In reality every day
which man passes in the mention of God, the diffusion of the fragrances of
God and calling the people to the Kingdom of God, that day is his feast.
Praise be to God that you are occupied in the service of the Kingdom of
God and are engaged in the promulga