rovidence.***

"O thou fresh, slender branch saturated with the abundant..."

(83)O thou fresh, slender branch saturated with the abundant rain of His
bounty!

I ask God to continue the heavenly abundant gifts upon thee and to grant
thee more freshness, tenderness and fineness day by day. Verily I say unto
thee that man is likened unto a tree. And as the life of a tree and its
tenderness and brilliancy depend on the abundant rain descending from the
clouds, so also the happiness of man, his pleasure, dignity, loftiness of
position and highness of rank depend on the abundant bounty of the Kingdom
and the light of the Sun of Truth coming from the horizon of the gift of
God.

"O thou who art turned to the Kingdom!..."

O thou who art turned to the Kingdom!

Thou shouldst establish a divine and heavenly transaction. By God the
Truth! Every divine transaction is eternal and everlasting and giveth the
heavenly spirit to the pure hearts attracted to God, enlighteneth the
world with the bright shining [light] of love and unity, affinity and
agreement. But every worldly transaction, although it be a gift through
which the far and the near be profited, still it is transient and
temporary and will not last for ages and its blessings will not extend
successively to the righteous people in the ages to come. And as the
heavenly abundance and the divine gifts and the omnipotent grace come in
these days successively and uninterruptedly, therefore, thou shouldst
establish a heavenly edifice to facilitate and level the way before the
divine transaction, to carry out the divine order, to gladden the pure
hearts of every one, to sanctify thyself from everything but God and to
keep aloof from all the worldly things for the Cause of God; to be kindled
with the fire of the love of God, to spread the fragrance of God and to
expose thyself to the gentle breeze of God.

O my dear! If thou lovest to be happy and pleasant, this is the cup that
is full of the wine of glee and delight; and if thou desirest to have the
ancient glory, the eternal retinue and the everlasting dominion, thou must
look after these gifts which wave in the horizon of bounty with a
brilliant light to all sides and regions.

By my life! If thou knowest what thou art commanded and speak openly of
it, the dominion is for thee, the Kingdom is for thee and thy shining star
will never set, thy brilliant light never sink, thy brimful treasure never
be consu