nd! Be set aglow with the fire of the love of God, so that the
hearts of the people will become enlightened by the light of thy love.

Supplicate to God, pray to Him and invoke Him at midnight and at dawn. Be
humble and submissive to God and chant the verses of thanksgiving at morn
and eve, for that He guided thee unto the Manifest Light and showed to
thee the straight Path and destined to thee the station of nearness in His
wonderful Kingdom. Verily I ask God to augment for thee, every day, the
light of guidance and His gift of virtue, comfort and ease. Thus thou
mayest set a good example in that region; that He may lift up the veil
from before the eyes of thy mother and father, so that they may witness
the lights of the Kingdom of God, which have encompassed all regions.

"O thou who hast spread the Fragrance of God!--may..."

O thou who hast spread the Fragrance of God!--may God confirm thee!

Since thou hast reached America, we have not received any message
announcing to us thy safe and sound arrival there, but Mr. ........, in a
letter to us, hath endeavored to explain in detail that thy return was
like showers of rain to that country and like the attack of a lion upon
those valleys and mountains. He also informed us that thou hadst been
received there with honors by the best men; by those whose breasts were
dilated by the gentle breeze coming from the gardens of the Kingdom of
God.

O thou who warmest thyself by the fire of the love of God, spreading from
the Tree of the Covenant! Let thy soul be at ease and thy heart in peace
concerning the perfect success and progress which the pen is not able to
express, for in a short time thou shalt see the flag of the Kingdom waving
in those far and wide regions, and the lights of the Truth shining
brilliantly in its dawn above those horizons, and thou shalt know that
thou art the center of the circle of the love of God, the axis around
which souls revolve in their way and supplication to God. Therefore, thou
must widen thy heart, dilate thy breast, have patience in plenty, calmness
of soul and cut thyself from everything but God! By God, the truth is, if
thou goest according to the teachings of El-Abd(115) and followest the
steps of Him who is annihilated in God, thou shalt see that the cohorts of
the Kingdom of God will come to thy help, one after another, and that the
hosts of the Might of God will be in thy presence in steady succession,
the gates of the great