enant, Paris shall burst into flame. Be constantly
attached to and seek always the confirmations of Baha'u'llah for these
turn the drop into a sea and convert the gnat into an eagle.

68: O YE WHO ARE FIRM IN THE COVENANT AND THE TESTAMENT! ...

O ye who are firm in the Covenant and the Testament! Your letter was
received and your blessed names were one by one perused. The contents of
the letter were divine inspirations and manifest bounties because they
were indicative of the union of the friends and the harmony of all hearts.

Today the most remarkable favour of God centereth around union and harmony
among the friends; so that this unity and concord may be the cause of the
promulgation of the oneness of the world of humanity, may emancipate the
world from this intense darkness of enmity and rancour, and that the Sun
of Truth may shine in full and perfect effulgence.

Today, all the peoples of the world are indulging in self-interest and
exert the utmost effort and endeavour to promote their own material
interests. They are worshipping themselves and not the divine reality, nor
the world of mankind. They seek diligently their own benefit and not the
common weal. This is because they are captives of the world of nature and
unaware of the divine teachings, of the bounty of the Kingdom and of the
Sun of Truth. But ye, praise be to God, are at present especially favoured
with this bounty, have become of the chosen, have been informed of the
heavenly instructions, have gained admittance into the Kingdom of God,
have become the recipients of unbounded blessings and have been baptized
with the Water of Life, with the fire of the love of God and with the Holy
Spirit.

Strive, therefore, with heart and soul that ye become ignited candles in
the assemblage of the world, glittering stars on the horizon of Truth and
may become the cause of the propagation of the light of the Kingdom; in
order that the world of humanity may be converted into a divine realm, the
nether world may become the world on high, the love of God and the mercy
of the Lord may raise their canopy upon the apex of the world, human souls
may become the waves of the ocean of truth, the world of humanity may grow
into one blessed tree, the verses of oneness may be chanted and the
melodies of sanctity may reach the Supreme Concourse.

Day and night I entreat and supplicate to the Kingdom of God and beg for
you infinite assistance and confirmation. Do n