ye were firm in faithfulness in that ye testified and
acknowledged the efforts which Mirza Assa Ullah(10) manifested in
spreading the fragrances of God and that ye thanked him for his labor and
teaching for you, and this is what gladdens the heart of Abdul-Baha.

"O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God!..."

O thou(11) who art attracted by the Fragrances of God!

Verily I say unto thee the truth, that I am with you in spirit and in
heart, that I rejoice by your joy and am happy by your happiness; and hear
with the ear of spirit your calling and scent with the spiritual nostrils
the fragrances of your garden.

O ye friends of God! Arise from the corporeal beds (bodies) and ask for
the divine favors, so that ye become revived by the Holy Spirit through
the breath which the Spirit breathes into the souls.

By the glory of my Lord, there will be for your brilliant assemblage an
evident sign and great effects in the spirits and the hearts. Therefore,
gladden the friends of the Merciful with the glad-tidings of thy Lord in
this time, and convey to them greeting from Abdul-Baha in this promised
century, so that they may arise with me in servitude to the Threshold of
El-Baha.

"O ye servants of the Threshold of God!..."

O ye servants of the Threshold of God!

The weekly reports of *** were received and I was informed of their
beautiful meanings which proved firmness and steadfastness in the Cause of
God and solidity in the Covenant of God.

Through the favor and providence of the Beauty(12) of Abha I trust that
Spiritual Gathering will develop day by day and will be reinforced by the
strength of God.

Communication with the friends of God in other countries is a source of
fragrant spirituality.

O ye members of the Spiritual Gathering! Appreciate this favor. This is
the glorious crown of the Kingdom, which, in this century, the Hand of the
Great Favor has placed on your head, and the gems of this brilliant diadem
will surely glisten unto all centuries.

Thank God that ye became a manifestation of such favor and are addressed
by such speech.

"O ye friends of Abdul-Baha!..."

O ye friends of Abdul-Baha!

Verily I read your reports with great joy. They are a cause of
spirituality and fragrance and a source of dilation of souls. If this
Spiritual Meeting, by the divine fragrance and heavenly confirmation, be
firmly established (or continued) it will become a source of great sig