tion of the religion of God by day and
by night. Therefore all your days are feast days. There is no doubt that
the assistance and the bestowal of God shall descend upon you.

3 In the Southern States of the United States, the friends are few, that
is, in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Consequently you must either go
yourselves or send a number of blessed souls to those states, so that they
may guide the people to the Kingdom of Heaven. One of the holy
Manifestations, addressing a believing soul, has said that, if a person
become the cause of the illumination of one soul, it is better than a
boundless treasury. "O 'Ali! If God guide, through thee, one soul, it is
better for thee than all the riches!" Again He says, "Direct us to the
straight path!"(4) that is, Show us the right road. It is also mentioned
in the Gospel: Travel ye to all parts of the world and give ye the glad
tidings of the appearance of the Kingdom of God.(5)

4 In brief, I hope you will display in this respect the greatest effort
and magnanimity. It is assured that you will become assisted and
confirmed. A person declaring the glad tidings of the appearance of the
realities and significances of the Kingdom is like unto a farmer who
scatters pure seeds in the rich soil. The spring cloud will pour upon them
the rain of bounty, and unquestionably the station of the farmer will be
raised in the estimation of the lord of the village, and many harvests
will be gathered.

5 Therefore, ye friends of God! Appreciate ye the value of this time and
be ye engaged in the sowing of the seeds, so that you may find the
heavenly blessing and the lordly bestowal. Upon you be Baha'u'l-Abha!

3: TABLET TO THE BAHA'IS OF THE CENTRAL STATES

_Revealed on March 29, 1916, outside the house in Bahji, and addressed to
the Baha'is of twelve Central States of the United States: Michigan,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas. _

1 O ye heavenly souls, O ye spiritual assemblies, O ye lordly meetings:

2 For some time past correspondence has been delayed, and this has been on
account of the difficulty of mailing and receiving letters. But because at
present a number of facilities are obtainable, therefore, I am engaged in
writing you this brief epist