m the greater justice and equity;
the more they show hatred and opposition toward thee, challenge thou them
with great truthfulness, friendship and reconciliation.

Praise be to God, thou art near to the Kingdom of Abha! Rest thou assured.
With all my soul and spirit, I am thy companion at all moments. Know thou
this of a certainty!

I prayed in behalf of thy relatives and family, supplicating from God
confirmation and assistance for them.

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

O ye(256) friends of Abdul-Baha!

The glad-tidings of your attraction and enkindlement, ecstasy and
exhilaration, hath reached us before and a special Rablet hath been
forwarded to you. Mr. ......... and Mr. ......... arrived and praised you
with the utmost enthusiasm, that "the friends of Hoboken are firm,
steadfast and eloquent (in delivering the Truth)." In that region they
have adorned a meeting with the fragrances of holiness and organized an
assembly like unto the delectable paradise. Each one of them is like unto
a lamp brilliant with the light of guidance and a conquering host
invincible with the power of the love of god. Likewise, they gave the
utmost praise to all the beloved throughout the regions of America, and
they were extremely happy and grateful. They praised and commended highly
the spiritual assembly of New York, saying that day and night they were
engaged in the service of the Kingdom; likewise they were very grateful to
Mr. .........

Briefly, four days and four nights were they the guests in the house of
this imprisoned one, continually praising and commending the beloved of
God and giving the glad-tidings of the attraction of the friends with the
fragrances of God. In this prison, Abdul-Baha hath no happiness except the
arrival of the good news of the believers. Whenever one praises them, the
heart is dilated and the soul is rejoiced.

Therefore, O ye companions of Abdul-Baha, display ye an effort, so that ye
may make that region (America) the Paradise of Abha, hoisting the banner
of the Most Great Peace and spreading the teachings of the Beauty of Abha;
in order that the slumbrous world become awakened, the unconscious become
mindful, the universe become another universe, the human world become the
realm of the Kingdom, earthly emotions become heavenly attractions,
cruelty and oppression be changed into love and faithfulness, the
clattering of the sword be transformed into the sweet melody of the pen
and the di