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happiness, delight, cheerfulness and gratification. Why then art thou
grieved, sorrowing with a bleeding heart? This is the day of rejoicing and
the hour of ecstasy! This is the season of the dead arising from the
graves and gathering together! And this is the promised time for the
attainment of plenteous grace.

Be calm, be strong, be grateful, and become a lamp full of light, that the
darkness of sorrows be annihilated, and that the sun of everlasting joy
arise from the dawning-place of heard and soul, shining brightly.***

Upon thee be the Glory of the Most-Glorious!

"O thou friend!..."

O thou friend!(186)

A fire from the Kingdom hath been kindled in the heart of the world, in
the Blessed Tree, whose flame shall ere long set aglow the pillars of the
earth and its rays illumine the horizons of the nations. All the signs
hath appeared, all the (prophetic) references hath become clear, all that
was revealed in the Books and Scriptures hath become fully manifest, and
there is no ground for any one to hesitate in regard thereto.

Some people of former times and some sects avoided certain others as
strangers, but now the Glorious Beloved One hath ridden upon His swift
coursing steed, circling about in the arena of Truth and all that was
hidden became manifest.

Let there be no more silence nor reticence, taciturnity nor negligence.
The Candle is lighted--yet the moths continue motionless and melancholy
behind the veils.

Now is the time to roar like unto a sea and seek to ascend heavenward! If
we desire to reach the apex of the Supreme Kingdom, we must unfurl our
wings; if we wish to dive into the depths of the ocean,we must teach our
limbs swimming. The time is short and the Divine Courser moves swiftly on;
let us keep up and compete with each other and let us light a brilliant
candle!

"O ye brilliant realities!..."

O ye(187) brilliant realities!

Blessed are ye, for that ye believed in the Lord of Hosts, advanced unto
the Kingdom of God, with faces rejoicing with the glad-tidings of God,
that ye were awakened by the breezes of God, revived by the Spirit of God,
and attracted by the fragrances of God. May it be salutary to ye, the cup
overflowing with the wine of the love of God!

Thank your Lord for making ye signs of guidance and standards of the
Supreme Kingdom. Soon shall the earth shake in your name, the angels pray
for you. the bells ring in your mentioning, the hearts overflow