nces the coming of "Him Who is
the Unconstrained," whose purpose is to "quicken the world" and unite its
peoples; unequivocally asserts that Jesus Christ was the Herald of His
Mission; proclaims the fall of "the stars of the firmament of knowledge,"
who have turned aside from Him; exposes that monarch's insincerity; and
clearly prophesies that his kingdom shall be "thrown into confusion," that
his "empire shall pass" from his hands, and that "commotions shall seize
all the people in that land," unless he arises to help the Cause of God
and follow Him Who is His Spirit.

In memorable passages addressed to "the Rulers of America and the
Presidents of the Republics therein" He, in His Kitab-i-Aqdas, calls upon
them to "adorn the temple of dominion with the ornament of justice and of
the fear of God, and its head with the crown of remembrance" of their
Lord; declares that "the Promised One" has been made manifest; counsels
them to avail themselves of the "Day of God"; and bids them "bind with the
hands of justice the broken" and "crush" the "oppressor" with "the rod of
the commandments of their Lord, the Ordainer, the All-Wise."

To Nicolaevitch Alexander II, the all-powerful Czar of Russia, He
addressed, as He lay a prisoner in the barracks, an Epistle wherein He
announces the advent of the promised Father, Whom "the tongue of Isaiah
hath extolled," and "with Whose name both the Torah and the Evangel were
adorned"; commands him to "arise ... and summon the nations unto God";
warns him to beware lest his sovereignty withhold him from "Him Who is the
Supreme Sovereign"; acknowledges the aid extended by his Ambassador in
Tihran; and cautions him not to forfeit the station ordained for him by
God.

To Queen Victoria He, during that same period, addressed an Epistle in
which He calls upon her to incline her ear to the voice of her Lord, the
Lord of all mankind; bids her "cast away all that is on earth," and set
her heart towards her Lord, the Ancient of Days; asserts that "all that
hath been mentioned in the Gospel hath been fulfilled"; assures her that
God would reward her for having "forbidden the trading in slaves," were
she to follow what has been sent unto her by Him; commends her for having
"entrusted the reins of counsel into the hands of the representatives of
the people"; and exhorts them to "regard themselves as the representatives
of all that dwell on earth," and to judge between men with "pure justice."

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