d behests, be united in loving
with ecstasy and joy; do not take any rest but engage continually in the
service of the Cause of God.

"O thou maid-servant of God!..."

O thou maid-servant of God!

What thou hast written was subjected to my consideration and I was
informed of the contents. if thou seekest to be intoxicated with the Cup
of the Most Mighty Gift, cut thyself from the world and be quit of self
and desire. Exert thyself night and day until spiritual powers may
penetrate thy heart and soul. Abandon the body and the material, until the
merciful powers may become manifest; because not until the soil is become
pure will it develop through the heavenly bounty; not until the heart is
purified, will the radiance of the Sun of Truth shine therein. I beg of
God that thou wilt day by day increase the purity of thy heart, and
cheerfulness of thy soul, the light of thy insight and the search for
Truth.

"O thou honorable one!..."

O thou honorable one!

Thank thou God that that art instructed in music and melody, singing with
pleasant voice the glorification and praise of the Eternal, the Living. I
pray to God that thou mayest employ this talent in prayer and
supplication, in order that the souls may become quickened, the hearts may
become attracted and all may become inflamed with the fire of the love of
God!

"O thou seeker after Truth!..."

O thou seeker after Truth!

The question of the Trinity, since the time of His Holiness Christ until
now, is the belief of the Christians, and to the present time all the
learned among them are perplexed and confounded. All have confessed that
the question is beyond the grasp of reason, for three cannot become one,
nor one three. To unite these is impossible; it is either one or three. If
we say the Essence of Divinity is divided, even in some aspects, division
is one of the necessities of the contingent world and of generation, but
the Ancient is holy (i.e., whole and indivisible). If we say that the
Trinity was originally one and was later divided, change and
transformation will be necessarily applied to the Essence of Oneness, and
change and transformation are necessities of the contingent world and not
of the Essence of Divinity. If we say this number is Ancient, three
Ancients become necessary, and among the three some are distinguished
which are also Ancients. In this wise five Ancients are the result, and
among the five are those who are d