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Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás
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Pages 633-634
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"O thou near servant to the Threshold of God!..."
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O thou near servant to the Threshold of God!
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Thy letter was received and thy desire became known.
Thou wishest to serve the Threshold of God. I wish
for thee the same. Therefore, copy the Tablets and
spread them among the beloved. The meanings of
those leaves are the spiritual table, the heavenly blessing
and the means for the life eternal.
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Thou hast written concerning the organization of
a council for the building of the Mashrak-el-Azcar.
This news brought much spirit and fragrance, for the
nine delegates, sent by the various assemblies, gathered
in that meeting and consulted concerning the building
of the Mashrak-el-Azcar.
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The Mashrak-el-Azcar is the most important matter
and the greatest divine institute. Consider how the
first institute of His Holiness Moses, after His exodus
from Egypt, was the "Tent of Martyrdom" which He
raised and which was the traveling Temple. It was a
tent which they pitched in the desert, wherever they
aobde, and worshipped in it. Likewise, after His Holiness
Christ - may the spirit of the world be a sacrifice
to Him! - the first institute by the disciples was a Temple.
They planned a church in every country. Consider
the Gospel (read it) and the importance of the
Mashrak-el-Azcar will become evident.
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In fine, I hope that all the beloved of God, collectively,
in the continent of America, men and women,
will strive night and day until the Mashrak-el-Azcar
be erected in the utmost solidity and beauty.
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