"50: O QUINTESSENCE OF PASSION! Put away all covetousness and seek
contentment;..."

O QUINTESSENCE OF PASSION! Put away all covetousness and seek contentment;
for the covetous hath ever been deprived, and the contented hath ever been
loved and praised.

"51: O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Be not troubled in poverty nor confident in..."

O SON OF MY HANDMAID! Be not troubled in poverty nor confident in riches,
for poverty is followed by riches, and riches are followed by poverty. Yet
to be poor in all save God is a wondrous gift, belittle not the value
thereof, for in the end it will make thee rich in God, and thus thou shalt
know the meaning of the utterance, "In truth ye are the poor," and the
holy words, "God is the all-possessing," shall even as the true morn break
forth gloriously resplendent upon the horizon of the lover's heart, and
abide secure on the throne of wealth.

"52: O CHILDREN OF NEGLIGENCE AND PASSION!..."

O CHILDREN OF NEGLIGENCE AND PASSION! Ye have suffered My enemy to enter
My house and have cast out My friend, for ye have enshrined the love of
another than Me in your hearts. Give ear to the sayings of the Friend and
turn towards His paradise. Worldly friends, seeking their own good, appear
to love one the other, whereas the true Friend hath loved and doth love
you for your own sakes; indeed He hath suffered for your guidance
countless afflictions. Be not disloyal to such a Friend, nay rather hasten
unto Him. Such is the daystar of the word of truth and faithfulness, that
hath dawned above the horizon of the pen of the Lord of all names. Open
your ears that ye may hearken unto the word of God, the Help in peril, the
Self-existent.

"53: O YE THAT PRIDE YOURSELVES ON MORTAL RICHES!..."

O YE THAT PRIDE YOURSELVES ON MORTAL RICHES! Know ye in truth that wealth
is a mighty barrier between the seeker and his desire, the lover and his
beloved. The rich, but for a few, shall in no wise attain the court of His
presence nor enter the city of content and resignation. Well is it then
with him, who, being rich, is not hindered by his riches from the eternal
kingdom, nor deprived by them of imperishable dominion. By the Most Great
Name! The splendor of such a wealthy man shall illuminate the dwellers of
heaven even as the sun enlightens the people of the earth!

"54: O YE RICH ONES ON EARTH! The poor in your midst are My trust; guard
ye..."

O YE RICH ONES ON EARTH! The poor