it be faithful
to God, it will reflect His light, and will, eventually, return unto Him.
If it fail, however, in its allegiance to its Creator, it will become a
victim to self and passion, and will, in the end, sink in their depths.

Whoso hath, in this Day, refused to allow the doubts and fancies of men to
turn him away from Him Who is the Eternal Truth, and hath not suffered the
tumult provoked by the ecclesiastical and secular authorities to deter him
from recognizing His Message, such a man will be regarded by God, the Lord
of all men, as one of His mighty signs, and will be numbered among them
whose names have been inscribed by the Pen of the Most High in His Book.
Blessed is he that hath recognized the true stature of such a soul, that
hath acknowledged its station, and discovered its virtues.

Much hath been written in the books of old concerning the various stages
in the development of the soul, such as concupiscence, irascibility,
inspiration, benevolence, contentment, Divine good-pleasure, and the like;
the Pen of the Most High, however, is disinclined to dwell upon them.
Every soul that walketh humbly with its God, in this Day, and cleaveth
unto Him, shall find itself invested with the honor and glory of all
goodly names and stations.

When man is asleep, his soul can, in no wise, be said to have been
inherently affected by any external object. It is not susceptible of any
change in its original state or character. Any variation in its functions
is to be ascribed to external causes. It is to these external influences
that any variations in its environment, its understanding, and perception
should be attributed.

Consider the human eye. Though it hath the faculty of perceiving all
created things, yet the slightest impediment may so obstruct its vision as
to deprive it of the power of discerning any object whatsoever. Magnified
be the name of Him Who hath created, and is the Cause of, these causes,
Who hath ordained that every change and variation in the world of being be
made dependent upon them. Every created thing in the whole universe is but
a door leading into His knowledge, a sign of His sovereignty, a revelation
of His names, a symbol of His majesty, a token of His power, a means of
admittance into His straight Path....

Verily I say, the human soul is, in its essence, one of the signs of God,
a mystery among His mysteries. It is one of the mighty signs of the
Almighty, the harbinger that proclaimeth