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"O my spiritual friends!..."
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O my spiritual friends!
[To the Cincinnati (O.) assembly.]
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What you have written is perused, all of which was
an entreaty and invocation unto God and a desire for
devotion unto the Most High. I hope through the
bounty of God, day by day, your assurance, belief and
faith will increase; moment by moment the flame of
the love of God will be intensified; louder and louder
will the proclamation of the Word of God be heard
in that country; the breeze of sanctity will begin to
blow; the attraction of the inner consciousness will
cause these districts to be animated; the mercy and aid
of God will be your associates and the assistance from
the Kingdom of compassion will be momentarily bestowed.
Now is the time for those spiritual friends,
(i.e., yourselves,) to adorn the divine meetings, endeavor
to spread the Cause of god, arise to diffuse
His breaths and stand for the promotion of His Word;
that the breath of the Holy Spirit may bestow life to the
hearts, causing the spirits to attain the Beloved.
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The letter you have previously written is not yet
received; if it were you may be sure it would be answered,
because this servant hath great love and attachment
for the believers in that city and will always communicate
with them.
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O Thou pitiful God! These friends are perfectly
infatuated with Thy nearness; they have given their
hearts for the beauty of Thy face; are devoted to Thy
Kingdom and are intoxicated by the wine of belief. In
the meeting of the covenant they are bearing in their
hands the cup of anxiety, needing Thy benevolence and
yearning for the heavenly blessings.
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O Mighty Creator! Cause these souls to be the receptacle
of Thy mercy, regarded by divine attention,
and render each one as a lighted candle, that they may
illuminate that region with the light of righteousness.
Make them the companions of and partaker with this
servant [Abdul-Baha] in the devotion of Thy Threshold.
O my God! Strengthen the weak ones and
open the eyes of those who are anxious to behold the
beauty of the Kingdom, that they may arise with divine
strength, heavenly bounty, spiritual blessing, ethereal
breaths and mighty assistance for Thy service, dispelling
the superstitions of the doubters, elucidating the
proofs and evidences before all seekers, healing the
sick, being kind to the poor, a refuge and home for the
helpless and a light for the hopeless.
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Thou art the Powerful and the Able, the Pitiful and
Compassionate God!
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O my friends! Endeavor to your utmost ability
that, day by day, unity and harmony will increase and
the love of God will so firmly capture the hearts that
they will forget all save Him and be engrossed, night
and day, in mentioning the Kingdom, the heavenly signs
and the divine verses. If love, friendship, association
and unity be established among the believers, the door
of all significances will be opened and each believer of
God will be able to explain and interpret all of the
holy Books.
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O believers! The tests of God are very severe; you
should beseech and cry unto Him that you may be firm
and steadfast during all temptations.
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