night engaged in acts of worship--acts that are
accepted at the threshold of the Almighty. What bounty greater than this
that science should be considered as an act of worship and art as service
to the Kingdom of God.

127: O THOU SERVANT OF THE ONE TRUE GOD! IN THIS ...

O thou servant of the One true God! In this universal dispensation man's
wondrous craftsmanship is reckoned as worship of the Resplendent Beauty.
Consider what a bounty and blessing it is that craftsmanship is regarded
as worship. In former times, it was believed that such skills were
tantamount to ignorance, if not a misfortune, hindering man from drawing
nigh unto God. Now consider how His infinite bestowals and abundant
favours have changed hell-fire into blissful paradise, and a heap of dark
dust into a luminous garden.

It behoveth the craftsmen of the world at each moment to offer a thousand
tokens of gratitude at the Sacred Threshold, and to exert their highest
endeavour and diligently pursue their professions so that their efforts
may produce that which will manifest the greatest beauty and perfection
before the eyes of all men.

128: THY LETTER WAS RECEIVED. I HOPE THAT THOU MAYEST ...

Thy letter was received. I hope that thou mayest be protected and assisted
under the providence of the True One, be occupied always in mentioning the
Lord and display effort to complete thy profession. Thou must endeavour
greatly so that thou mayest become unique in thy profession and famous in
those parts, because attaining perfection in one's profession in this
merciful period is considered to be worship of God. And whilst thou art
occupied with thy profession, thou canst remember the True One.

129: O FRIENDS OF THE PURE AND OMNIPOTENT GOD! TO ...

O Friends of the Pure and Omnipotent God! To be pure and holy in all
things is an attribute of the consecrated soul and a necessary
characteristic of the unenslaved mind. The best of perfections is
immaculacy and the freeing of oneself from every defect. Once the
individual is, in every respect, cleansed and purified, then will he
become a focal centre reflecting the Manifest Light.

First in a human being's way of life must be purity, then freshness,
cleanliness, and independence of spirit. First must the stream bed be
cleansed, then may the sweet river waters be led into it. Chaste eyes
enjoy the beatific vision of the Lord and know what this encounter
meaneth; a pure sense