ly, by the
favor and providence of the Blessed Perfection, to roll my face and hair
in my blood.

Therefore, their invitation(152) was not accepted because they invited
departure to that region. Lately, that general letter was requested from
persia, and it was sent thereto.***

"O ye friends of God and daughters of the Kingdom!..."

O ye(153) friends of God and daughters of the Kingdom!

The letter you have written was considered. It caused abundant spirit and
fragrance. It was not a letter, it was a rose-garden. The fragrances of
the flowers of significances were exhaling from that garden and perfumed
the nostrils. It was a proof of unity and oneness and an evidence of love
and freedom.

I became very happy through reading it. I hope that this love and unity
may increase day by day, and its effects may reach other regions. The
purpose of the coming of the Manifestation of the Mount is the unification
of the world of humanity. Therefore, the friends of God and the daughters
of the Kingdom must serve this purpose and become the cause of joy to the
heart of Abdul-Baha. Thus can they bring together under the protection of
the Tent of Oneness the other nations and peoples; make this gloomy world
radiant, this mundane earth a plane of the Kingdom, and the material world
the manifestation of divine signs.

O ye friends and daughters of the Kingdom and leaves of the Blessed Tree!
Endeavor to make that continent the Paradise of Abha, and the West the
East of Lights. This is the hope of Abdul-Baha.

"O ye dwellers of the Kingdom!..."

O ye(154) dwellers of the Kingdom!

Thank ye God that ye have turned your faces toward the Kingdom of Abha,
and are yearning for the outpouring of the Exalted Realm. Ye are accepted
in the Threshold of the True One and are chosen by the Most Great
Guidance!

Ye have asked regarding the word of the "Ransomed Ones". The mystery of
"Ransom" (or Sacrifice) is a most great subject and is inexhaustible.

Briefly it is as follows: The moth is a sacrifice to the candle. The
spring is a sacrifice to the thirsty one. The sincere lover is a sacrifice
to the loved one and the longing one is a sacrifice to the beloved. The
point lies in this: He must wholly forget himself, become a wanderer (in
the Abode of the Beloved) enamoured with His Tresses. He must consign to
oblivion the body and soul, the life, comfort and existence. He must seek
the good pleasure of the True One; desire th