d of God and disperse the gathering of
the people of Baha. From such individuals it is a solemn obligation to
turn away; it is an inescapable duty to pay no heed whatever to their
claims.

The clear promises of God, both His tidings of joy and His warnings, are
being fulfilled, and it is inevitable that just as the sweet musk-laden
winds of the Abha Paradise are beginning to blow, and the flames of God's
love to spread, so too must wintry blasts and icy breaths begin to fill
the air. You must therefore exert superhuman powers to guard the Cause of
God, and beg humbly and with a contrite heart for help from the Kingdom on
High.

Although up to now, because of the dictates of wisdom, the Will and
Testament has not been in general circulation, and has been entrusted only
to the Spiritual Assemblies of the various countries, at this time a
photocopy has been made from the Master's original Text, which is in His
own hand, and it will soon be sent out, to increase the spiritual joy of
you who are essences of loyalty and trust, that every individual believer,
every steadfast one in the Covenant who so desires, may read it and make a
copy of it. Upon you be the Glory of the All-Glorious.

79: The tongue of this lowly and grief-stricken ...

(209) The tongue of this lowly and grief-stricken maidservant is powerless
to praise those loved ones of God, and the words uttered by her are wholly
inadequate to pay a worthy tribute to the staunch firmness and constancy,
to the spirit of love, enthusiasm and devotion that those servants of the
Kingdom of God are now manifesting.

Praise be to God that through the unfailing grace of the Beauty of the
All-Glorious and the manifold blessings of 'Abdu'l-Baha each one of them
is radiant as a star and shining like the moon in the plenitude of its
splendour. That glorious Being, the incomparable Best-Beloved, graciously
caused every one of His true servants to become as a brilliant lamp; while
'Abdu'l-Baha, that matchless Beloved, transmuted the hearts of all those
who stand unswervingly firm in His Covenant and Testament into a garden of
roses--a garden embellished with the flowers of true knowledge, faith and
assurance. Such evidences of divine bounty call for thanksgiving, and in
appreciation for this heavenly grace and mercy it is essential to yield
praise and adoration to the Peerless Lord.

Although the leaflets prepared by that faithless person,(210) teeming with
falsehood,