w mind. He will contemplate the manifest signs of the universe, and will
penetrate the hidden mysteries of the soul. Gazing with the eye of God, he
will perceive within every atom a door that leadeth him to the stations of
absolute certitude. He will discover in all things the mysteries of Divine
Revelation, and the evidences of an everlasting Manifestation.

I swear by God! Were he that treadeth the path of guidance and seeketh to
scale the heights of righteousness to attain unto this glorious and
exalted station, he would inhale, at a distance of a thousand leagues, the
fragrance of God, and would perceive the resplendent morn of a Divine
guidance rising above the Day Spring of all things. Each and every thing,
however small, would be to him a revelation, leading him to his Beloved,
the Object of his quest. So great shall be the discernment of this seeker
that he will discriminate between truth and falsehood, even as he doth
distinguish the sun from shadow. If in the uttermost corners of the East
the sweet savors of God be wafted, he will assuredly recognize and inhale
their fragrance, even though he be dwelling in the uttermost ends of the
West. He will, likewise, clearly distinguish all the signs of God--His
wondrous utterances, His great works, and mighty deeds--from the doings,
the words and ways of men, even as the jeweler who knoweth the gem from
the stone, or the man who distinguisheth the spring from autumn, and heat
from cold. When the channel of the human soul is cleansed of all worldly
and impeding attachments, it will unfailingly perceive the breath of the
Beloved across immeasurable distances, and will, led by its perfume,
attain and enter the City of Certitude.

Therein he will discern the wonders of His ancient Wisdom, and will
perceive all the hidden teachings from the rustling leaves of the Tree
that flourisheth in that City. With both his inner and outer ear, he will
hear from its dust the hymns of glory and praise ascending unto the Lord
of Lords, and with his inner eye will he discover the mysteries of
"return" and "revival."

How unspeakably glorious are the signs, the tokens, the revelations, and
splendors which He, Who is the King of Names and Attributes, hath destined
for that City! The attainment unto this City quencheth thirst without
water, and kindleth the love of God without fire. Within every blade of
grass are enshrined the mysteries of an inscrutable Wisdom, and upon every
rose-bush a