ign of God, and it was by the grace of the Lord and His power that each
did step into the world; therefore they are not strangers, but in the
family; not aliens, but friends, and to be treated as such.

Wherefore must the loved ones of God associate in affectionate fellowship
with stranger and friend alike, showing forth to all the utmost
loving-kindness, disregarding the degree of their capacity, never asking
whether they deserve to be loved. In every instance let the friends be
considerate and infinitely kind. Let them never be defeated by the malice
of the people, by their aggression and their hate, no matter how intense.
If others hurl their darts against you, offer them milk and honey in
return; if they poison your lives, sweeten their souls; if they injure
you, teach them how to be comforted; if they inflict a wound upon you, be
a balm to their sores; if they sting you, hold to their lips a refreshing
cup.

O God, my God! These are Thy feeble servants; they are Thy loyal bondsmen
and Thy handmaidens, who have bowed themselves down before Thine exalted
Utterance and humbled themselves at Thy Threshold of light, and borne
witness to Thy oneness through which the Sun hath been made to shine in
midday splendour. They have listened to the summons Thou didst raise from
out Thy hidden Realm, and with hearts quivering with love and rapture,
they have responded to Thy call.

O Lord, shower upon them all the outpourings of Thy mercy, rain down upon
them all the waters of Thy grace. Make them to grow as beauteous plants in
the garden of heaven, and from the full and brimming clouds of Thy
bestowals and out of the deep pools of Thine abounding grace make Thou
this garden to flower and keep it ever green and lustrous, ever fresh and
shimmering and fair.

Thou art verily the Mighty, the Exalted, the Powerful, He Who alone, in
the heavens and on the earth, abideth unchanged. There is none other God
save Thee, the Lord of manifest tokens and signs.

9: O THOU WHOSE HEART OVERFLOWETH WITH LOVE FOR THE ...

O thou whose heart overfloweth with love for the Lord! I address thee from
this consecrated spot, to gladden thy bosom with mine epistle to thee, for
this is such a letter as maketh the heart of him who believeth in God's
oneness to wing its flight toward the summits of bliss.

Thank thou God for having enabled thee to enter into His Kingdom of might.
Erelong will thy Lord's bounties descend upon thee, one follow