"If you arise in accord with the exhortations and commands..."

(298) If you arise in accord with the exhortations and commands of the
Blessed Perfection--may my life be a sacrifice to His beloved ones! --before
long agreeable results will be obtained, the great newspapers of the world
will all engage in praising you and such activity will be brought about in
the West as will increase the motion and activity in the East.

You have written concerning the meetings in Cambridge and Boston. The more
such meetings increase, it will increase the diffusing of the fragrances.

The news concerning the unity, harmony, affinity and oneness of the
maid-servants of the Merciful One and the friends of God in those parts,
imparted the utmost joy and happiness (to me). This indicated that the
Cause will before long yield results in that country.

Convey on my behalf respectful greeting to the favored and attracted
maid-servant of God, the daughter of the Kingdom, Miss .........

O thou .........! Exhort thou all the believers and say: "The Beauty of
Abha--may my life be a sacrifice to the dust of His footsteps! --hath opened
a great door before your faces and bestowed a weighty gift upon you. We
must know the value of this and sacrifice ourselves entirely; nay, we must
forget ourselves. We must wish for no rest and seek no joy. We must seek
no name nor fame, no ease, amplitude nor convenience; nay, we must
sacrifice everything in order that we may be clad in the kingdom of
immortality!"(299)

The letter which thou hast written was received and its perusal brought me
joy, for it indicated that you are extremely pleased with the beloved ones
(i.e., men) and the maid-servants of God in Persia. forsooth, their love
is heartfelt and real; they are devoted in service with all their soul and
they are attracted by the love of the friends with all their heart. If any
occasion befalleth and cases of tests come up, they will sacrifice their
precious lives for the sake of the friends and freely give up all their
possessions.

Briefly, O thou dear maid-servant of God! Praise be to God! thou didst see
with thine own eyes, thou didst hear with thine own ears and thou didst
comprehend with thine own heart. Thou didst witness the qualities and the
life and conduct of Abdul-Baha and thou didst behold the love and
kindness, faith and assurance of the friends of Persia. Thou didst see the
exaltation (or progress) of the Cause of God and thou di