minous Threshold, to refresh and
perfume your nostrils with the sweet-scented fragrances of God diffused
from these imperishable, holy Places. This wondrous gift calls for
thanksgiving, and this heavenly bestowal warrants praise and
glorification. And such praise is best expressed when one's pilgrimage,
one's honour at attaining His holy Court and becoming the recipient of His
favours and loving-kindness produce a profound effect and influence upon
every aspect of one's life, upon one's bearing and demeanour, and one's
activities. There is no doubt that it will be so.

82: It is a very long time since we have had any ...

(213) It is a very long time since we have had any news from you and we
are quite longing to have one of your interesting and beautiful letters,
that brings us always comfort because of your sincerity, your love for the
Cause and your constant energy in the work for the Cause. You have ever
been one of the Master's best friends, you are one of the oldest American
believers, one of the firm and enthusiastic workers, and we are always
happy to hear from you. The joy of our hearts is to hear that the friends
are active and sincere in the spreading of the teachings.

We always long to hear about the friends, to know that in America they are
arising with sincere energy to assist our beloved Guardian, to make his
heart happy so that he may return to the Holy Land and again take up, with
renewed vigour, the burdens that are too great when he feels that the
friends are not uniting with him to carry out the instructions of the
Beloved. We know that these instructions and teachings are the balm for
the wounds and ills of the world, and if the friends are not firm, sincere
and united in the principles as given by Baha'u'llah, explained and
amplified by 'Abdu'l-Baha, and do not teach them clearly and keep them
pure and unadulterated, then how can the ills of mankind be alleviated?
All other teachings have failed to eliminate the existing prejudices
between peoples and religions and unite them upon the basis of pure truth,
and now that we have this blessed remedy which is a divine solvent, let us
not be blind or neglectful, but energetically and courageously stand forth
as true heralds of this Divine Remedy.

83: Your short and loving note of June 25th has ...

(214) Your short and loving note of June 25th has been received. Its
contents, though short, gave me and the ladies of the Household grea