appreciated. I hope that through
these services thou mayest become the manifestor of the favors of the Lord
of the Kingdom and recipient of the merciful glances of His Highness the
Magnificent and the Compassionate.

"O thou speaker in the remembrance of God!..."

O thou speaker in the remembrance of God!

Verily I say unto thee, O servant of God! The earth and what is therein
are imaginations or reflections in mirrors or shades; but the bounty of
the Kingdom and the gifts of the invisible world are the thoughts of the
Merciful One, and the lordly radiances are immortal and constant and
unending. Thou must depend upon these! Thou must depend unto these! Thou
must depend upon these!

Be assured with the true assurance that, verily, dependence upon the
Covenant of God is surrounded from all directions by those gifts and the
angel hosts assist it on the right hand and on the left hand, and the
power of the Holy spirit strengthens it in all circumstances and meets it
with signs of splendor in the horizons.

Therefore, confirm the wavering minds in the path of God, and the feeble
souls with the love of God.

"O thou pure soul who art kindled by the fire of the love..."

O thou pure soul who art kindled by the fire of the love of Baha'!

By God, the True One! thy letter created joy and happiness within hearts,
because it was speaking the praise of Baha' and contained words which
showed thy attraction to the light of the Beauty of El-Baha.

Blessed art thou and blessed is thy heart which is longing for the Kingdom
of El-Baha, and that thou art hoping to serve Baha' in His great vineyard
and in His wonderful garden!

I beg of God to favor thee with a power which may encourage thee to
promulgate the Truth and guide the father and sister to the right path. I
beg Him to make thee a herald, in His name, in those regions.

Have resignation and devotion and attraction and make thy heart empty of
aught else save the love of Baha'. This is the state which was coveted by
the near ones and this is a position which was longed for by the holy
souls.

"O thou who hast turned thy face toward the Kingdom..."

O thou who hast turned thy face toward the Kingdom of God!

I supplicate God that thou mayest become like unto Peter, the
"Rock"--unshaken, immovable and strong; be assisted by heavenly
confirmation; be helped to the service of the Cause of God, opening thy
tongue to teach the divine instructions,