ties at man's disposal it is beyond the realm of possibility for
him to grasp that unseeable Reality, holy and sanctified above all the
sceptics' doubts. For this, other faculties are required, other senses;
should such powers become available to him, then could a human being
receive some knowledge of that world; otherwise, never.

25: O THOU HANDMAID OF GOD! IT IS RECORDED IN EASTERN ...

O thou handmaid of God! It is recorded in eastern histories that Socrates
journeyed to Palestine and Syria and there, from men learned in the things
of God, acquired certain spiritual truths; that when he returned to
Greece, he promulgated two beliefs: one, the unity of God, and the other,
the immortality of the soul after its separation from the body; that these
concepts, so foreign to their thought, raised a great commotion among the
Greeks, until in the end they gave him poison and killed him.

And this is authentic; for the Greeks believed in many gods, and Socrates
established the fact that God is one, which obviously was in conflict with
Greek beliefs.

The Founder of monotheism was Abraham; it is to Him that this concept can
be traced, and the belief was current among the Children of Israel, even
in the days of Socrates.

The above, however, cannot be found in the Jewish histories; there are
many facts which are not included in Jewish history. Not all the events of
the life of Christ are set forth in the history of Josephus, a Jew,
although it was he who wrote the history of the times of Christ. One may
not, therefore, refuse to believe in events of Christ's day on the grounds
that they are not to be found in the history of Josephus.

Eastern histories also state that Hippocrates sojourned for a long time in
the town of Tyre, and this is a city in Syria.

26: O THOU WHO SEEKEST THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN! THY ...

O thou who seekest the Kingdom of Heaven! Thy letter hath been received
and its contents noted.

The Holy Manifestations of God possess two stations: one is the physical
station, and one the spiritual. In other words, one station is that of a
human being, and one, of the Divine Reality. If the Manifestations are
subjected to tests, it is in Their human station only, not in the
splendour of Their Divine Reality.

And further, these tests are such only from the viewpoint of mankind. That
is, to outward seeming, the human condition of the Holy Manifestations is
subjected to tests, and when Their