ily the Lord of Hosts
is your support, the angels of heaven your assistance, the Holy Spirit
your companion and the Center of the Covenant your helper! Be not idle,
but active and fear not. Look unto those who have been in the former
ages--how they have resisted all nations and suffered persecutions and
afflictions, and how their stars shone and their attacks proved
successful, their teachings established, their regions expanded, their
hearts gladdened, their ideas cleared and their motives effective. Ye are
now in a great station and noble rank and ye shall find yourselves in
evident success and prosperity, the like of which the eye of existence
hath never seen in former ages.

El-Baha and salutations be upon every one who is firm in the Covenant,
free from dissension, sanctified from deceits and steadfast in the Path!

"O ye elect and chosen ones of the Kingdom!..."

O ye(199) elect and chosen ones of the Kingdom!

Thank God that the Greatest Name selected and elected that gathering,
ushered it into the Kingdom of Eternal Glory, honored and crowned it amid
the Supreme Concourse.

He placed upon each head a glorious diadem of guidance and established
each one upon the throne of eternal reign. This is not known now but shall
become evident and clear hereafter.

The seed when growing, at first doth not attract attention, but later it
becometh green and thriveth, adorning the rose-garden and the orchard.
Now, likewise, this divine bounty is unknown, it is not yet revealed, but
soon will its splendor illumine the horizons and brighten the East and the
West.

Send Mr. ........ to India for the purpose of teaching. He must have a
companion. If this be not possible from among the men, send one of the
maid-servants of the Merciful.

As to the ordeals of Abdul-Baha, his trials and calamities, grieve not on
that account, but rather be in perfect happiness and joy, for--praise be to
God!--he was worthy and deserved these trials in the Path of Baha'.

Through the news of the progress of the Cause of God, and the unity and
agreement of the beloved of God, great joy was realized, and to such an
extent that I forgot all sorrow and all ills. ***

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

O ye(200) sons of the Kingdom!

At a time when conditions were most difficult and oppressive and the
reception or letters hard and impracticable, your letter was received.
Therefore, its reception denoteth that the honorable assemb