pon the inner essence of all created things!

But alas, a thousand times alas! The eyes see it not, the ears are deaf,
and the hearts and minds are oblivious of this supreme bestowal. Strive ye
then, with all your hearts and souls, to awaken those who slumber, to
cause the blind to see, and the dead to rise.

74: O BIRD THAT SINGETH SWEETLY OF THE ABHA BEAUTY! IN ...

O bird that singeth sweetly of the Abha Beauty! In this new and wondrous
dispensation the veils of superstition have been torn asunder and the
prejudices of eastern peoples stand condemned. Among certain nations of
the East, music was considered reprehensible, but in this new age the
Manifest Light hath, in His holy Tablets, specifically proclaimed that
music, sung or played, is spiritual food for soul and heart.

The musician's art is among those arts worthy of the highest praise, and
it moveth the hearts of all who grieve. Wherefore, O thou _Sh_ahnaz,(33)
play and sing out the holy words of God with wondrous tones in the
gatherings of the friends, that the listener may be freed from chains of
care and sorrow, and his soul may leap for joy and humble itself in prayer
to the realm of Glory.

75: STRIVE WITH HEART AND SOUL IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT ...

Strive with heart and soul in order to bring about union and harmony among
the white and the black and prove thereby the unity of the Baha'i world
wherein distinction of colour findeth no place, but where hearts only are
considered. Praise be to God, the hearts of the friends are united and
linked together, whether they be from the east or the west, from north or
from south, whether they be German, French, Japanese, American, and
whether they pertain to the white, the black, the red, the yellow or the
brown race. Variations of colour, of land and of race are of no importance
in the Baha'i Faith; on the contrary, Baha'i unity overcometh them all and
doeth away with all these fancies and imaginations.

76: O THOU WHO HAST AN ILLUMINED HEART! THOU ART EVEN ...

O thou who hast an illumined heart! Thou art even as the pupil of the eye,
the very wellspring of the light, for God's love hath cast its rays upon
thine inmost being and thou hast turned thy face toward the Kingdom of thy
Lord.

Intense is the hatred, in America, between black and white, but my hope is
that the power of the Kingdom will bind these two in friendship, and serve
them as a healing balm.

Let them look n