f blissful joy, of heavenly delight, are assuredly in store for you.
Worlds, holy and spiritually glorious, will be unveiled to your eyes. You
are destined by Him, in this world and hereafter, to partake of their
benefits, to share in their joys, and to obtain a portion of their
sustaining grace. To each and every one of them you will, no doubt,
attain."
"This is the day in which to speak. It is incumbent upon the people of
Baha to strive, with the utmost patience and forbearance, to guide the
peoples of the world to the Most Great Horizon. Every body calleth aloud
for a soul. Heavenly souls must needs quicken, with the breath of the Word
of God, the dead bodies with a fresh spirit. Within every word a new
spirit is hidden. Happy is the man that attaineth thereunto, and hath
arisen to teach the Cause of Him Who is the King of Eternity." "Say: O
servants! The triumph of this Cause hath depended, and will continue to
depend, upon the appearance of holy souls, upon the showing forth of
goodly deeds, and the revelation of words of consummate wisdom." "Center
your energies in the propagation of the Faith of God. Whoso is worthy of
so high a calling, let him arise and promote it. Whoso is unable, it is
his duty to appoint him who will, in his stead, proclaim this Revelation,
whose power hath caused the foundations of the mightiest structures to
quake, every mountain to be crushed into dust, and every soul to be
dumbfounded." "Let your principal concern be to rescue the fallen from the
slough of impending extinction, and to help him embrace the ancient Faith
of God. Your behavior towards your neighbor should be such as to manifest
clearly the signs of the one true God, for ye are the first among men to
be re-created by His Spirit, the first to adore and bow the knee before
Him, the first to circle round His throne of glory." "O ye beloved of God!
Repose not yourselves on your couches, nay, bestir yourselves as soon as
ye recognize your Lord, the Creator, and hear of the things which have
befallen Him, and hasten to His assistance. Unloose your tongues, and
proclaim unceasingly His Cause. This shall be better for you than all the
treasures of the past and of the future, if ye be of them that comprehend
this truth." "I swear by Him Who is the Truth! Erelong will God adorn the
beginning of the Book of Existence with the mention of His loved ones who
have suffered tribulation in His path, and journeyed through the countries
in His
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