ts history. Some
trace their history as far back as eight thousand years, others as far as
twelve thousand years. To any one that hath read the book of Juek it is
clear and evident how much the accounts given by the various books have
differed.

Please God thou wilt turn thine eyes towards the Most Great Revelation,
and entirely disregard these conflicting tales and traditions.

LXXXVIII: KNOW VERILY THAT THE ESSENCE OF JUSTICE...

Know verily that the essence of justice and the source thereof are both
embodied in the ordinances prescribed by Him Who is the Manifestation of
the Self of God amongst men, if ye be of them that recognize this truth.
He doth verily incarnate the highest, the infallible standard of justice
unto all creation. Were His law to be such as to strike terror into the
hearts of all that are in heaven and on earth, that law is naught but
manifest justice. The fears and agitation which the revelation of this law
provokes in men's hearts should indeed be likened to the cries of the
suckling babe weaned from his mother's milk, if ye be of them that
perceive. Were men to discover the motivating purpose of God's Revelation,
they would assuredly cast away their fears, and, with hearts filled with
gratitude, rejoice with exceeding gladness.

LXXXIX: KNOW ASSUREDLY THAT JUST AS THOU FIRMLY...

Know assuredly that just as thou firmly believest that the Word of God,
exalted be His glory, endureth for ever, thou must, likewise, believe with
undoubting faith that its meaning can never be exhausted. They who are its
appointed interpreters, they whose hearts are the repositories of its
secrets, are, however, the only ones who can comprehend its manifold
wisdom. Whoso, while reading the Sacred Scriptures, is tempted to choose
therefrom whatever may suit him with which to challenge the authority of
the Representative of God among men, is, indeed, as one dead, though to
outward seeming he may walk and converse with his neighbors, and share
with them their food and their drink.

Oh, would that the world could believe Me! Were all the things that lie
enshrined within the heart of Baha, and which the Lord, His God, the Lord
of all names, hath taught Him, to be unveiled to mankind, every man on
earth would be dumbfounded.

How great the multitude of truths which the garment of words can never
contain! How vast the number of such verities as no expression can
adequately describe, whose significan