losed. I
fervently hope that in the near future the whole earth may be stirred and
shaken by the results of your achievements. The hope, therefore, which
'Abdu'l-Baha cherishes for you is that the same success which has attended
your efforts in America may crown your endeavors in other parts of the
world, that through you the fame of the Cause of God may be diffused
throughout the East and the West and the advent of the Kingdom of the Lord
of Hosts be proclaimed in all the five continents of the globe.
5 The moment this divine Message is carried forward by the American
believers from the shores of America and is propagated through the
continents of Europe, of Asia, of Africa and of Australasia, and as far as
the islands of the Pacific, this community will find itself securely
established upon the throne of an everlasting dominion. Then will all the
peoples of the world witness that this community is spiritually illumined
and divinely guided. Then will the whole earth resound with the praises of
its majesty and greatness. A party speaking their languages, severed,
holy, sanctified and filled with the love of God, must turn their faces to
and travel through the three great island groups of the Pacific
Ocean--Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia, and the islands attached to
these groups, such as New Guinea, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Philippine
Islands, Solomon Islands, Fiji Islands, New Hebrides, Loyalty Islands, New
Caledonia, Bismarck Archipelago, Ceram, Celebes, Friendly Islands, Samoa
Islands, Society Islands, Caroline Islands, Low Archipelago, Marquesas,
Hawaiian Islands, Gilbert Islands, Moluccas, Marshall Islands, Timor and
the other islands. With hearts overflowing with the love of God, with
tongues commemorating the mention of God, with eyes turned to the Kingdom
of God, they must deliver the glad tidings of the manifestation of the
Lord of Hosts to all the people. Know ye of a certainty that whatever
gathering ye enter, the waves of the Holy Spirit are surging over it, and
the heavenly grace of the Blessed Beauty encompasseth that gathering.
6 Consider ye, that Miss Agnes Alexander, the daughter of the Kingdom, the
beloved maidservant of the Blessed Perfection, traveled alone to the
Hawaiian Islands, to the Island of Honolulu, and now she is gaining
spiritual victories in Japan! Reflect ye how this daughter was confirmed
in the Hawaiian Islands. She became the cause of the guidance of a
gathering of people.
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