her, rejoice that God hath favored (thy babe) with His heavenly
gifts. Truly, I say unto thee, wert thou informed of that felicity which
thy babe hath attained in the worlds of God, thy breast would be dilated
and thy soul would be purified. Truly, I say unto thee, thy child will be
fostered from the breast of the gift of God in the Exalted Kingdom and
will be nursed in the bosom of mercy in the Supreme World of God.
Therefore, be filled with delight, for the favor of thy Lord is very
great!

I beg of God to pour on thee becoming patience, so that thy heart may be
consoled with the fragrance of His mercy and that thy breast may be
dilated with His favors, that thou mayest attain to the spiritual states
which are lasting forever and ever.

Thou oughtest to bear it with becoming patience. Again, thou oughtest to
patiently bear this calamity which hath flowed thine eyes with tears and
hath greatly afflicted thee.

"O thou who art advancing unto the Kingdom of God!..."

O thou who art advancing unto the Kingdom of God!

Verily, I read thy beautiful letter, its good composition, and I scented
from the garden of its significances the fragrance of God's love. I pray
God to confirm thee in the Path, to cause thee to enter the Ark of Safety,
to reveal unto thee the signs and manifest to thee the evidences; thus
thou mayest be firm in the love of God, steadfast in the religion of God
and a growing tree by the bounty of the Kingdom of El-ABHA.

O maid-servant of God! Be rejoiced for God hath made thee a believing
maid-servant in His Holy Threshold and a leaf of the leaves of the Tree of
Life. If God giveth thee good descendants and a manly son, rest assured in
that he will be a good son, looking unto the Supreme Horizon and confident
in his soul by the favors of the Lord of the High Heavens.

I supplicate God to make His beloved ones in Cincinnati (O.) glow with the
fire of Sinai, imploring unto the Kingdom of El-ABHA, meek and lowly for
the sake of God among His beloved, denying self and passion, grasping the
rope of piety, so that they may be lamps of guidance in those regions. I
pray God to make thee a maid-servant whose garment shall be faithfulness
and the crown of her head the love of El-Baha.

Convey greeting and praise from me to thy honorable husband. I ask God to
aid him with a strength whereat minds shall amaze in the Cause of the
Living God.

"O ye illumined faces! O ye divine souls! and O ye..."