es--saints who longed to partake for one moment of
its great glory." "Concerning the Manifestations that will come down in
the future 'in the shadows of the clouds,' know verily," is His
significant statement, "that in so far as their relation to the source of
their inspiration is concerned they are under the shadow of the Ancient
Beauty. In their relation, however, to the age in which they appear, each
and every one of them 'doeth whatsoever He willeth.'" And finally stands
this, His illuminating explanation, setting forth conclusively the true
relationship between the Revelation of Baha'u'llah and that of the Bab:
"The Revelation of the Bab may be likened to the sun, its station
corresponding to the first sign of the Zodiac--the sign Aries--which the sun
enters at the vernal equinox. The station of Baha'u'llah's Revelation, on
the other hand, is represented by the sign Leo, the sun's mid-summer and
highest station. By this is meant that this holy Dispensation is illumined
with the light of the Sun of Truth shining from its most exalted station,
and in the plenitude of its resplendency, its heat and glory."

To attempt an exhaustive survey of the prophetic references to
Baha'u'llah's Revelation would indeed be an impossible task. To this the
pen of Baha'u'llah Himself bears witness: "All the Divine Books and
Scriptures have predicted and announced unto men the advent of the Most
Great Revelation. None can adequately recount the verses recorded in the
Books of former ages which forecast this supreme Bounty, this most mighty
Bestowal."

In conclusion of this theme, I feel, it should be stated that the
Revelation identified with Baha'u'llah abrogates unconditionally all the
Dispensations gone before it, upholds uncompromisingly the eternal
verities they enshrine, recognizes firmly and absolutely the Divine origin
of their Authors, preserves inviolate the sanctity of their authentic
Scriptures, disclaims any intention of lowering the status of their
Founders or of abating the spiritual ideals they inculcate, clarifies and
correlates their functions, reaffirms their common, their unchangeable and
fundamental purpose, reconciles their seemingly divergent claims and
doctrines, readily and gratefully recognizes their respective
contributions to the gradual unfoldment of one Divine Revelation,
unhesitatingly acknowledges itself to be but one link in the chain of
continually progressive Revelations, supplements their teachings w