mps of Baha'u'llah so that you may shine with eternal light and be
the proofs and evidences of His truth. Then will such signs of purity and
chastity be witnessed in your deeds and actions that men will behold the
heavenly radiance of your lives and say, "Verily, ye are the proofs of
Baha'u'llah. Verily, Baha'u'llah is the True One, for He has trained such
souls as these, each one of which is a proof in himself." They will say to
others, "Come and witness the conduct of these souls; come and listen to
their words, behold the illumination of their hearts, see the evidences of
the love of God in them, consider their praiseworthy morals, and discover
the foundations of the oneness of humanity firmly implanted within them.
What greater proof can there be than these people that the message of
Baha'u'llah is truth and reality?" It is my hope that each one of you
shall be a herald of God, proclaiming the evidences of His appearance, in
words, deeds and thoughts. Let your actions and utterances be a witness
that you are of the Kingdom of Baha'u'llah. These are the duties enjoined
upon you by Baha'u'llah.

Baha'u'llah endured the greatest hardships. He found neither rest by night
nor peace by day. He was constantly under the stress of great calamity--now
in prison, now in chains, now threatened by the sword--until finally He
broke the cage of captivity, left this mortal world and ascended to the
heaven of God. He endured all these tribulations for our sakes and
suffered these deprivations that we might attain the bestowals of divine
bounty. Therefore, we must be faithful to Him and turn away from our own
selfish desires and fancies in order that we may accomplish that which is
required of us by our Lord.

It is my wish that you shall arise to live according to these teachings
and exhortations; that all of us may be divinely strengthened, enter the
paradise of the spiritual Kingdom, diffuse the lights of the Sun of Truth,
cause the waves of this Most Great Ocean to reach all human souls so that
this world of earth may be transformed into the world of heaven and this
devastated ground be changed into the paradise of Abha.

4 December 1912
Talk to Theosophical Society
2228 Broadway, New York

Notes by Esther Foster

Those who are uninformed of the world of reality, who do not comprehend
existing things, who are without perception of the inner truth of
creation, who do not penetrate the real mysteries of material and
s