tyrants wallow in
cruelty and hate. I see nothing but the glare of searing fires that blaze
upward from the nethermost abyss, I hear nothing save the thunderous roar
that belloweth out from thousands upon thousands of fiery weapons of
assault, while every land is crying aloud in its secret tongue: 'My riches
avail me nothing, and my sovereignty hath perished!'

O my Lord, the lamps of guidance have gone out. The flames of passion are
mounting high, and malevolence is ever gaining on the world. Malice and
hate have overspread the face of the whole earth, and I find no souls
except Thine own oppressed small band who are raising up this cry:

Make haste to love! Make haste to trust! Make haste to give! To guidance
come!

Come ye for harmony! To behold the Star of Day! Come here for kindliness,
for ease! Come here for amity and peace!

Come and cast down your weapons of wrath, till unity is won! Come and in
the Lord's true path each one help each one.

Verily with exceeding joy, with heart and soul, do these oppressed of
Thine offer themselves up for all mankind in every land. Thou seest them,
O my Lord, weeping over the tears Thy people shed, mourning the grief of
Thy children, condoling with humankind, suffering because of the
calamities that beset all the denizens of the earth.

O my Lord, wing them with victory that they may soar upward to salvation,
strengthen their loins in service to Thy people, and their backs in
servitude to Thy Threshold of Holiness.

Verily Thou art the Generous, verily Thou art the Merciful! There is none
other God save Thee, the Clement, the Pitiful, the Ancient of Days!

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O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Your letter, which was surely
inspired of heaven, hath been received. Its contents were most pleasing,
its sentiments arising out of luminous hearts.

The believers in London are indeed steadfast and true, they are resolute,
they are constant in service; when put to the test, they do not falter,
nor doth their fire abate with the passage of time; rather, they are
Baha'is. They are of heaven, they are filled with light, they are of God.
Without any doubt they will become the cause of raising high the Word of
God, and advancing the oneness of the world of man; of promoting the
teachings of God, and spreading far and near the equality of every member
of the human race.

It is easy to approach the Kingdom of Heaven,