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recorded: "Say, O friends! Strive that haply the tribulations suffered by
this Wronged One and by you, in the path of God, may not prove to have
been in vain. Cling ye to the hem of virtue, and hold fast to the cord of
trustworthiness and piety. Concern yourselves with the things that benefit
mankind, and not with your corrupt and selfish desires. O ye followers of
this Wronged One! Ye are the shepherds of mankind; liberate ye your flocks
from the wolves of evil passions and desires, and adorn them with the
ornament of the fear of God. This is the firm commandment which hath, at
this moment, flowed out from the Pen of Him Who is the Ancient of Days. By
the righteousness of God! The sword of a virtuous character and upright
conduct is sharper than blades of steel. The voice of the true Faith
calleth aloud, at this moment, and saith: O people! Verily, the Day is
come, and My Lord hath made Me to shine forth with a light whose splendor
hath eclipsed the suns of utterance. Fear ye the Merciful, and be not of
them that have gone astray."

The third word we have recorded on the third leaf of Paradise is this: "O
son of man! If thine eyes be turned towards mercy, forsake the things that
profit thee, and cleave unto that which will profit mankind. And if thine
eyes be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy neighbor that which
thou choosest for thyself. Humility exalteth man to the heaven of glory
and power, whilst pride abaseth him to the depths of wretchedness and
degradation. Great is the Day, and mighty the Call! In one of Our Tablets
We have revealed these exalted words: 'Were the world of the spirit to be
wholly converted into the sense of hearing, it could then claim to be
worthy to hearken unto the Voice that calleth from the Supreme Horizon;
for otherwise, these ears that are defiled with lying tales have never
been, nor are they now, fit to hear it.' Well is it with them that
hearken; and woe betide the wayward."

We pray God--exalted be His glory--and cherish the hope that He may
graciously assist the manifestations of affluence and power and the
daysprings of sovereignty and glory, the kings of the earth--may God aid
them through His strengthening grace--to establish the Lesser Peace. This,
indeed, is the greatest means for insuring the tranquillity of the
nations. It is incumbent upon the Sovereigns of the world--may God assist
them--unitedly to hold fast unto this Peace, which is the chief instrument
for t