ers. So intense must be the spirit of
love and loving kindness, that the stranger may find himself a
friend, the enemy a true brother, no difference whatsoever
existing between them. For universality is of God and all
limitations earthly. ...

Wherefore, O my loving friends! Consort with all the peoples,
kindreds and religions of the world with the utmost truthfulness,
uprightness, faithfulness, kindliness, good-will and friendliness,
that all the world of being may be filled with the holy ecstasy of
the grace of Baha, that ignorance, enmity, hate and rancor may
vanish from the world and the darkness of estrangement amidst the
peoples and kindreds of the world may give way to the Light of
Unity. Should other peoples and nations be unfaithful to you show
your fidelity unto them, should they keep aloof from you attract
them to yourself, should they show their enmity be friendly
towards them, should they poison your lives, sweeten their souls,
should they inflict a wound upon you, be a salve to their sores.
Such are the attributes of the sincere! Such are the attributes of
the truthful.

O ye beloved of the Lord! It is incumbent upon you to be
submissive to all monarchs that are just and to show your fidelity
to every righteous king. Serve ye the sovereigns of the world with
utmost truthfulness and loyalty. Show obedience unto them and be
their well-wishers. Without their leave and permission do not
meddle with political affairs, for disloyalty to the just
sovereign is disloyalty to God Himself.

This is my counsel and the commandment of God unto you. Well is it
with them that act accordingly.

Lord! Thou seest all things weeping over me and my kindred
rejoicing in my woes. By Thy Glory, O my God! Even amongst mine
enemies, some have lamented my troubles and my distress, and of
the envious ones a number have shed tears because of my cares, my
exile and my afflictions. They did this because they found naught
in me but affection and care and witnessed naught but kindliness
and mercy. As they saw me swept into the flood of tribulation and
adversity and exposed even as a target to the arrows of fate,
their hearts were moved with compassion--"The Lord is our witness;
naught have we seen from him but faithfulness, generosity and
extreme compassion." The Covenant-brea