upon every horizon. The gentle
breezes wafted from the garden of their hearts shall perfume and revive
the souls of men, and the revelations of their minds, even as showers,
will reinvigorate the peoples and nations of the world.

I am waiting, eagerly waiting for these holy ones to appear; and yet, how
long will they delay their coming? My prayer and ardent supplication, at
eventide and at dawn, is that these shining stars may soon shed their
radiance upon the world, that their sacred countenances may be unveiled to
mortal eyes, that the hosts of divine assistance may achieve their
victory, and the billows of grace, rising from His oceans above, may flow
upon all mankind. Pray ye also and supplicate unto Him that through the
bountiful aid of the Ancient Beauty these souls may be unveiled to the
eyes of the world.

The glory of God rest upon thee, and upon him whose face is illumined with
that everlasting light that shineth from His Kingdom of Glory.

205: O YE RESPECTED SOULS! FROM THE CONTINUAL IMITATION ...

O ye respected souls! From the continual imitation of ancient and worn-out
ways, the world had grown dark as darksome night. The fundamentals of the
divine Teachings had passed from memory; their pith and heart had been
totally forgotten, and the people were holding on to husks. The nations
had, like tattered garments long outworn, fallen into a pitiful condition.

Out of this pitch blackness there dawned the morning splendour of the
Teachings of Baha'u'llah. He hath dressed the world with a garment new and
fair, and that new garment is the principles which have come down from
God.

Now the new age is here and creation is reborn. Humanity hath taken on new
life. The autumn hath gone by, and the reviving spring is here. All things
are now made new. Arts and industries have been reborn, there are new
discoveries in science, and there are new inventions; even the details of
human affairs, such as dress and personal effects--even weapons--all these
have likewise been renewed. The laws and procedures of every government
have been revised. Renewal is the order of the day.

And all this newness hath its source in the fresh outpourings of wondrous
grace and favour from the Lord of the Kingdom, which have renewed the
world. The people, therefore, must be set completely free from their old
patterns of thought, that all their attention may be focused upon these
new principles, for these are the light of thi