ngdom of the Lord of Hosts be proclaimed in all the five
continents of the globe. The moment this Divine Message is carried forward
by the American believers from the shores of America, and is propagated
through the continents of Europe, of Asia, of Africa and of Australia, and
as far as the islands of the Pacific, this community will find itself
securely established upon the throne of an everlasting dominion. Then will
all the peoples of the world witness that this community is spiritually
illumined and divinely guided. Then will the whole earth resound with the
praises of its majesty and greatness... Know ye of a certainty that
whatever gathering ye enter, the waves of the Holy Spirit are surging over
it, and the heavenly grace of the Blessed Beauty encompasseth that
gathering... O that I could travel, even though on foot and in the utmost
poverty, to these regions, and, raising the call of Ya-Baha'u'l-Abha in
cities, villages, mountains, deserts and oceans promote the divine
teachings! This, alas, I cannot do. How intensely I deplore it! Please
God, ye may achieve it... Thus far ye have been untiring in your labors.
Let your exertions henceforth increase a thousandfold. Summon the people
in these countries, capitals, islands, assemblies and churches to enter
the Abha Kingdom. The scope of your exertions must needs be extended. The
wider its range, the more striking will be the evidence of divine
assistance."

DETACHMENT FROM THE PHYSICAL WORLD

"Now is the time," He no less significantly remarks in another of these
Tablets, "for you to divest yourselves of the garment of attachment to
this world that perisheth, to be wholly severed from the physical world,
become heavenly angels, and travel to these countries. I swear by Him
besides Whom there is none other God that each one of you will become an
Israfil of Life, and will blow the Breath of Life into the souls of
others." And lastly this glorious promise in another of those immortal
Tablets: "Should success crown your enterprise, America will assuredly
evolve into a center from which waves of spiritual power will emanate, and
the throne of the Kingdom of God, will, in the plenitude of its majesty
and glory, be firmly established."

In one of the earliest Tablets addressed by Him to the American believers
these equally significant words have been penned: "If ye be truly united,
if ye agree to promote that which is the essential purpose, and to show
forth a