es!
The Rose hath come to the garden.
O ye who are negligent, be mindful!
O ye who sleep, awake!
O ye who are dead, get ye life!
For the Life of lives hath come.
How long will ye remain ignorant?
Your time is but a waste.
Rejoice in this glad-tidings:
Abdul-Baha the beloved hath come!
My Lord! My God!
Thou who gave life again to my brethren.
His bounty hath enveloped me,
His love hath thrilled me.
Thy love makes Isaac proclaim;
His joy increase, O Baha'!
The world has Abdul-Baha.
The sea hath the brilliant pearl.
185 To the maid-servant Ta-er, of Teheran, Persia.
186 To a believer in Persia.
187 To the Johnstown (N.Y.) assembly.
188 To the Johnstown (N.Y.) assembly.
189 When the recipient was in Acca.
190 Feast of Remembrance or Meeting of Faithfulness, held every nineteen
days.
191 The Sister of Abdul-Baha.
192 Spiritual women.
193 Baha'o'llah.
194 Following Tablet as received bore no opening line of address.
195 Where a number of the believers spent the summer months.
196 To the New York City Board of Counsel.
197 "In the Tablet in which I have stateXXX 'I am not Christ and am not
Eternal,' the meaning is this, that I am not Christ--and not the
Eternal Lord! But I am Abdul-Baha. This is its real purport.
Undoubtedly those souls who are under the shadow of the Blessed
Cause, believing and assured, firm and steadfast, and living in
accord with the divine exhortations and advices, all of them are
confirmed in the everlasting life."--Abdul-Baha.
198 To the New York City assembly.
199 To the New York City assembly.
200 To the New York City assembly.
201 Acca.
202 Nakazeen--violators, i.e., those who reject after having professed
allegience. Here it refers particularly to those scattered few who
profess to believe in Baha'o'llah but who refuse to follow His
command to turn to Abdul-Baha, the Centre of the Covenant, as
appointed by Baha'o'llah.
203 To the Washington (D.C.) assembly.
204 Revealed in 1900.
205 To the Washington (D.C.) assembly.
206 To the "Working Committee" of the Washington (D.C.) assembly. As no
Board of Counsel had been organized, a number of the believers, both
men and women, volunteered for service as a "Working Commit
|