he Voice of the Kingdom raised. The Cause of God is
spreading, and manifest in splendour are the wonders from on high. The
east is illumined and the west perfumed; fragrant with ambergris is the
north, and musk-scented the south.

On the other side the faithless wax in hate and rancour, ceaselessly
stirring up grievous sedition and mischief. No day goeth by but someone
raiseth the standard of revolt and spurreth his charger into the arena of
discord. No hour passeth but the vile adder bareth its fangs and
scattereth its deadly venom.

The beloved of the Lord are wrapped in utter sincerity and devotion,
unmindful of this rancour and malice. Smooth and insidious are these
snakes, these whisperers of evil, artful in their craft and guile. Be ye
on your guard and ever wakeful! Quick-witted and keen of intellect are the
faithful, and firm and steadfast are the assured. Act ye with all
circumspection!

'Fear ye the sagacity of the faithful, for he seeth with the divine
light!'

Beware lest any soul privily cause disruption or stir up strife. In the
Impregnable Stronghold be ye brave warriors, and for the Mighty Mansion a
valiant host. Exercise the utmost care, and day and night be on your
guard, that thereby the tyrant may inflict no harm.

Study the Tablet of the Holy Mariner that ye may know the truth and
consider that the Blessed Beauty hath fully foretold future events. Let
them who perceive take warning. Verily in this is a bounty for the
sincere!

Even as dust upon the Sacred Threshold, in utter humility and lowliness,
'Abdu'l-Baha is engaged in the promulgation of His signs in the daytime
and in the night season. Whensoever he findeth time he prayeth ardently,
and beseecheth Him tearfully and fervently, saying:

O Thou divine Providence, pitiful are we, grant us Thy succour; homeless
wanderers, give us Thy shelter; scattered, do Thou unite us; astray,
gather us to Thy fold; bereft, do Thou bestow upon us a share and portion;
athirst, lead us to the well-spring of Life; frail, strengthen us that we
may arise to help Thy Cause and offer ourselves as a living sacrifice in
the pathway of guidance.

The faithless, however, by day and night, openly and privily do their
utmost to shake the foundations of the Cause, to root out the Blessed
Tree, to deprive this servant of service, to kindle secret sedition and
strife and to annihilate 'Abdu'l-Baha. Outwardly they appear as sheep, yet
inwardly they are naught but rave