deterred from
directing the destinies of mankind? If it be not so, wherefore, then, have
ye striven to prevent the deathless Beauty of My sacred and gracious
Countenance from being unveiled to men's eyes? Why have ye struggled to
hinder the Manifestation of the Almighty and All-Glorious Being from
shedding the radiance of His Revelation upon the earth? Were ye to be fair
in your judgment, ye would readily recognize how the realities of all
created things are inebriated with the joy of this new and wondrous
Revelation, how all the atoms of the earth have been illuminated through
the brightness of its glory. Vain and wretched is that which ye have
imagined and still imagine!

Retrace your steps, O My servants, and incline your hearts to Him Who is
the Source of your creation. Deliver yourselves from your evil and corrupt
affections, and hasten to embrace the light of the undying Fire that
gloweth on the Sinai of this mysterious and transcendent Revelation.
Corrupt not the holy, the all-embracing, and primal Word of God, and seek
not to profane its sanctity or to debase its exalted character. O heedless
ones! Though the wonders of My mercy have encompassed all created things,
both visible and invisible, and though the revelations of My grace and
bounty have permeated every atom of the universe, yet the rod with which I
can chastise the wicked is grievous, and the fierceness of Mine anger
against them terrible. With ears that are sanctified from vain-glory and
worldly desires hearken unto the counsels which I, in My merciful
kindness, have revealed unto you, and with your inner and outer eyes
contemplate the evidences of My marvelous Revelation....

O My servants! Deprive not yourselves of the unfading and resplendent
Light that shineth within the Lamp of Divine glory. Let the flame of the
love of God burn brightly within your radiant hearts. Feed it with the oil
of Divine guidance, and protect it within the shelter of your constancy.
Guard it within the globe of trust and detachment from all else but God,
so that the evil whisperings of the ungodly may not extinguish its light.
O My servants! My holy, My divinely ordained Revelation may be likened
unto an ocean in whose depths are concealed innumerable pearls of great
price, of surpassing luster. It is the duty of every seeker to bestir
himself and strive to attain the shores of this ocean, so that he may, in
proportion to the eagerness of his search and the efforts he hat