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Selections From the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá
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Pages 310-311
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231: O thou blossom on the Tree of Life! Happy art ...
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O thou blossom on the Tree of Life! Happy art thou to have girded thy loins in service; to have risen with
all thy power in the promulgation of the divine teachings,
to have convened gatherings and to have striven for the
exaltation of the Word of God.
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In this mortal world every important matter hath an end;
and every remarkable achievement a termination; none
having permanent existence. For instance, consider how the
important achievements of the ancient world have been
totally exterminated and not a trace remaineth therefrom
save the great Cause of the Kingdom of God, which hath
no beginning and will have no end. At most, it is only
renewed. At the beginning of each renewal it commandeth
no attention in the sight of the people, but when once
definitely established, it will daily advance and in its daily
exaltation will reach the supreme heavens.
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For instance, consider the day of Christ, which was the
day of the renewal of the Kingdom of God. The people of
the world attached no importance to it and did not realize
its significance to such an extent that the sepulchre of Christ
remained lost and unknown for three hundred years, until
the maidservant of God, Helen, the mother of Constantine
arrived and discovered the sacred spot.
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My purpose in all this is to show how unobservant are
the people of the world and how ignorant, and on the day
of the establishment of the Kingdom, they remain heedless
and negligent.
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Erelong the power of the Kingdom will encompass all
the world and then they will be awakened and will cry
and lament over those who were oppressed and martyred,
and will sigh and moan. Such is the nature of
people.
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