any Spiritual Assembly which is instituted
through the divine bounty, and the members of which, in the utmost
devotion, turn to the divine Kingdom and are firm in the Covenant. To them
he is whole-heartedly attached and with them he is linked by everlasting
ties. Thus correspondence with that gathering is sincere, constant and
uninterrupted.

At every instant, I beg for you assistance, bounty, and a fresh favour and
blessing, so that the confirmations of Baha'u'llah may, like unto the sea,
be constantly surging, the lights of the Sun of Truth may shine upon you
all and that ye may be confirmed in service, may become the manifestations
of bounty and that each one of you may, at dawn, turn unto the Holy Land
and may experience spiritual emotions with all intensity.

47: O YE TRUE FRIENDS! YOUR LETTER HATH BEEN RECEIVED ...

O ye true friends! Your letter hath been received and it brought great
joy. God be praised, ye had made ready an entertainment and established
the feast which is to be held every nineteen days. Whatsoever gathering is
arranged with the utmost love, and where those who attend are turning
their faces toward the Kingdom of God, and where the discourse is of the
Teachings of God, and the effect of which is to cause those present to
advance--that gathering is the Lord's, and that festive table hath come
down from heaven.

It is my hope that this feast will be given on one day out of every
nineteen, for it bringeth you closer together; it is the very well-spring
of unity and loving-kindness.

Ye observe to what a degree the world is in continual turmoil and
conflict, and to what a pass its nations have now come. Perchance will the
lovers of God succeed in upraising the banner of human unity, so that the
one-coloured tabernacle of the Kingdom of Heaven will cast its sheltering
shadow over all the earth; that misunderstandings among the world's
peoples will vanish away; that all nations will mingle one with another,
dealing with one another even as the lover with his beloved.

It is your duty to be exceedingly kind to every human being, and to wish
him well; to work for the upliftment of society; to blow the breath of
life into the dead; to act in accordance with the instructions of
Baha'u'llah and walk His path--until ye change the world of man into the
world of God.

48: O YE LOYAL SERVANTS OF THE ANCIENT BEAUTY! IN EVERY ...

O ye loyal servants of the Ancient Beauty! In every c