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Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás
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Pages 564-565
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"O thou spiritual youth!..."
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O thou spiritual youth!
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Japan hath made wonderful progress in material
civilization, but she will become perfect when she also
becometh spiritually developed and the power of the
Kingdom becometh manifest in her.
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One will encounter a little difficulty in the beginning
of the establishment of the Cause of God in that country,
but later it will become very easy, for the inhabitants
of Japan are intelligent, sagacious and have
the power of rapid assimilation.
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For the present, a perfect youth like thee is favored
by the bounty of the Kingdom and hath attained to the
knowledge of the Lord of the Kingdom. Show thou
forth an effort that thou mayest finish that which is
necessary in the acquisition and study of science and
art; then travel thou toward the countries of Japan, so
that thou mayest hoist the Ensign of Truth waving
from the apex of the Supreme Concourse. Look thou
not upon thine own capability; the invisible divine confirmations
are great and the protection and providence
of the Beauty of Abha is the helper and the assistant.
When a drop draws help from the ocean, it is an ocean
in itself, and a little seed, through the outpouring of
rain, the favor of the sun and the soul-refreshing breeze,
will become a tree with the utmost freshness, full of
leaves, blossoms and fruits. Therefore, do not consider
thy capacity and merit, but rely upon the infinite
bounty and trust to His Highness the Almighty.
Do not delay. Undertake soon that which thou art
intending.
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There are prophecies concerning this Manifestation
in the Buddhistic books, but they are in symbols and
metaphors, and some spiritual conditions are mentioned
therein, but the leaders of religion do not understand.
They think these prophecies are material things; yet
those signs are foreshadowing spiritual occurances.
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Notes
1. [Addressed to a Japanese residing in the United States - a friend of the recipient of the four preceding Tablets.]
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