roduce the
love that bindeth the hearts of all the people. Therefore, ye should all
spend your efforts in uniting and reconciling (the people), so that the
light of God's love may permeate the universe.

The Spiritual Meeting of men (House of Spirituality) and the Spiritual
Meeting of women (Assembly of Teaching) in Chicago are indeed endeavoring
to serve. If they unite, as they should, they will produce great results.
Especially, if the Spiritual Meetings of Chicago unite with those of New
York and become bound together, in a short while the fragrance of the
divine garden, which giveth life, will perfume all regions.

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

O ye spiritual friends of Abdul-Baha!

Your letter was considered; its contents were a source of satisfaction to
the heart and its meaning indicative of firmness and steadfastness in the
Cause of God.

That gathering is under the shelter and protection of the mighty Lord. I
hope that, as it should be, ye may be confirmed by the fragrance of the
Holy Spirit and day by day may grow in love for God and attraction to the
eternal beauty of the Sun of the horizons.

The spiritual love of God maketh man pure and holy and clotheth him with
the garment of virtue and purity. And when man attacheth his heart wholly
to God and becometh related to the Blessed Perfection, the divine bounty
will dawn. This love is not physical, nay, rather, it is absolutely
spiritual.

The souls whose consciences are enlightened through the light of the love
of God, they are like unto shining lights and resemble stars of holiness
in the heaven of purity.

The real and great love is the love of God. That is holy above the
imaginations and thoughts of men.

The beloved of God must each be the essence of purity and holiness; so may
they be known by their purity, freedom and meekness in every land; they
may drink from the eternal chalice of the love of God, enjoy its ecstasy,
and through meeting the Beauty of Abha, they should be joyful, active,
aglow with zeal and wonderful. This is the station of the sincere. This is
the quality of those who are firm. This is the illumination of the faces
of those who are near.

Therefore, O ye friends of God, ye must in perfect purity attain spiritual
unity and agreement to a degree that ye may express one spirit and one
life.

In this condition physical bodies play no part: the command and authority
are in the hand of the spirit. When the