the presence of the potent King. Do not
suppose that thou hast lost him. The veil shall be lifted and thou shalt
behold his face illumined in the Supreme Concourse. Just as God, the
Exalted, hath said, 'Him will we surely quicken to a happy life.' Supreme
importance should be attached, therefore, not to this first creation but
rather to the future life.

166: O SERVANT OF BAHA! BE SELF-SACRIFICING IN THE PATH ...

O servant of Baha! Be self-sacrificing in the path of God, and wing thy
flight unto the heavens of the love of the Abha Beauty, for any movement
animated by love moveth from the periphery to the centre, from space to
the Day-Star of the universe. Perchance thou deemest this to be difficult,
but I tell thee that such cannot be the case, for when the motivating and
guiding power is the divine force of magnetism it is possible, by its aid,
to traverse time and space easily and swiftly. Glory be upon the people of
Baha.

167: THOU HADST ASKED ABOUT FATE, PREDESTINATION AND ...

Thou hadst asked about fate, predestination and will. Fate and
predestination consist in the necessary and indispensable relationships
which exist in the realities of things. These relationships have been
placed in the realities of existent beings through the power of creation
and every incident is a consequence of the necessary relationship. For
example, God hath created a relation between the sun and the terrestrial
globe that the rays of the sun should shine and the soil should yield.
These relationships constitute predestination, and the manifestation
thereof in the plane of existence is fate. Will is that active force which
controlleth these relationships and these incidents. Such is the epitome
of the explanation of fate and predestination. I have no time for a
detailed explanation. Ponder over this; the reality of fate,
predestination and will shall be made manifest.

168: O THOU LADY OF THE KINGDOM! PRAISE THOU GOD ...

O thou lady of the Kingdom! Praise thou God that in this age, the age of
the dispensation of Baha'u'llah, thou hast been awakened, hast been made
aware of the Manifestation of the Lord of Hosts. All the people of the
world are buried in the graves of nature, or are slumbering, heedless and
unaware. Just as Christ saith: 'I may come when you are not aware. The
coming of the Son of Man is like the coming of a thief into a house, the
owner of which is utterly unaware.'

In brief, my