"Just as this book was going to press the introduction to..."

Just as this book was going to press the introduction to it appearing on
the following page was received from Abdul-Baha.

"He is God!..."

He is God!

O Thou Almighty Lord!

Strengthen all mankind that they may do according to the instructions and
teachings recorded in these writings, so that wars and strifes may be
eliminated from the world of man; that the roots of enmity may be
destroyed and the foundations of love and affection be established; that
the hearts may be filled with love and the souls be attracted; that wisdom
may advance and the faces become brightened and illumined; that there be
no more wars and strifes and that reconciliation and peace appear; that
the Unity of the world of man may pitch its tent on the "apex of the
horizons," so that peoples and parties become as one nation, that
different continents become as one continent and the whole earth as one
land; that the sects of antagonizing and dogmatic religions be unified;
that the world of creation be adorned and all the people of the earth
abide in unity and peace.

Verily, Thou art the Giver, the Bestower, the Beholder!

(signed) Abdul-Baha Abbas.

TABLETS OF ABDUL-BAHA

"O thou party who art assisted by the hosts of the Kingdom..."

O thou party(5) who art assisted by the hosts of the Kingdom of El-Abha!

Blessed are ye who are assembled in the shadow of the Word of God, who are
abiding in the cave of the Covenant of God, who are comforted by dwelling
in the Paradise of El-Abha(6), who are cheerfully moved with the breezes
which blow from the point of the providence of God, and who have arisen to
render service to the Cause of God, to promulgate the Religion of God, to
promote the Word of God and to hoist the standards of sanctity in those
regions and climes.

By the life of El-Baha! Verily, the perfect and divine power will breathe
in you with bounties from the Holy Spirit and enable you to accomplish a
thing the like of which hath never been seen by the eye of existence.

O party of the Covenant! Verily, the Beauty of El-Abha hath promised the
most great assistance to the beloved who are firm in the Covenant and to
confirm them through the mightiest power. Ye will surely find in your
luminous assembly such signs as will shine within hearts and souls. Adhere
to the hem of the robe of the Lofty One and do your best to spread the
Covenant of