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honey, for it imparts sweetness to the palate of the soul.

In brief, we all rejoice to know that you and the other handmaids of God
in that region are enjoying good health, that they are all firm and
steadfast in the Cause of God, are shining brightly and are enraptured by
His love; for this token of grace we have offered boundless praise at the
Threshold of our forgiving Lord. We are well acquainted with the matters
you have mentioned in your letter, and in the luminous and holy presence
of the peerless Servant of His Threshold, our Master, 'Abdu'l-Baha--may my
life be sacrificed for Him--your name and the names of all the handmaids of
God and of His enraptured leaves have been mentioned and words of praise
were expressed by Him in your favour. Be well assured that you are always
remembered at the spiritual meetings and gatherings of the friends.

8: From this hallowed and snow-white Spot, ...

(116) From this hallowed and snow-white Spot, this blessed, heavenly
Garden, wherefrom the fragrance of God is diffused to all regions, I hail
you with salutations, most tender, most wondrous, and most glorious, and
impart to you the most joyful tiding. This tiding serves as the
sweet-smelling savour of His raiment to them that long to behold His face,
it represents the highest aspiration of His steadfast leaves, it is the
animating impulse for the happiness of the world, it is the source of
ineffable gladness to the people of Baha, a remedy to the afflicted, and a
refreshing draught for the thirsty. By the righteousness of God, O beloved
friend, through this glad-tiding the ailing are cured and every mouldering
bone is quickened. This most joyful tiding is the news of the good health
and well-being of the blessed, the exalted, the holy person of
'Abdu'l-Baha, 'He Whom God hath purposed'--may the life of all created
things be offered up for His oneness.

9: A number of your spiritual sisters, namely ...

(117) A number of your spiritual sisters, namely the handmaidens who have
embraced His Cause, have arrived here from Paris and the United States on
pilgrimage. They recently reached this blessed and luminous Spot and have
had the honour to prostrate themselves at His Holy Threshold and to behold
the radiant face of 'Abdu'l-Baha, the Centre of the Covenant of Almighty
God--may my life be offered up as a sacrifice for His sake. We have now the
pleasure of their company and commune with them in a spirit of utm