my Lord! O my Lord! Verily, he endured every affliction in Thy path and
bore patiently every hardship and adversity in Thy love. A breath of rest
hath he not breathed, neither hath his sought after any favor, abode or
habitation in this world; nay, rather hath he walked in the footsteps of
Thy most exalted Word, His Highness Christ, for he hath taken the stars
for his lamp, the earth for his bed and the herbs for his food.
Notwithstanding this, his cry was raised in the assemblages and his voice
was heard in the meetings. The seekers flowed toward him and the thirsty
ones hastened to drink from the water of his utterance. O my God! This is
no other than through Thy generosity, Thy beneficence, Thy mercy and Thy
favors. O my God! Help him by the hosts of the approximate angels, assist
him by the cohorts of the Supreme Concourse amid Thy creatures, make him a
lamp of guidance in that distant part of the earth and a luminary shining
and sparkling from the dawning-place of faithfulness, in order that he may
serve Thy holy threshold, falling prostrate upon the ground thanking and
praising for Thy bounty, liberality and gifts to him; girding up his loins
of endeavor in Thy service and becoming reinforced and empowered in Thy
adoration!

O my Lord! O my Lord! Assign for him every bounty and suffer him to become
the sign of Thy gifts amid Thy people. Then have pity upon me, forgive me,
show me Thy mercy and make me a sharer in his services, a partner in his
adversities and a companion in his loneliness.

Verily Thou art the Confirmer, the Assister, the Mighty, the Generous, the
Compassionate and the Merciful!

"O thou who art firm in the Covenant!..."

O thou who art firm in the Covenant!

"Your letters have been received. God willing, answer..."

Your letters have been received. God willing, answer will be given very
soon, but as a matter of great importance is on foot (afloat), therefore I
write it to you in brief and it is this, that his honor Mr. ... must
compose a letter of thanks on behalf of the believers of America in
general and that letter of thanks should be addressed to a very eminent
and lofty personage. (The contents of that letter must be of this nature:)
"That excellent news hath reached American countries that His Royal
Highness, the noble Prince, hath dealt with utmost justice with the
subjects and the people and hath treated all the subjects with perfect
equality. He hath protected the r