Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
Volume I
translated and printed in those regions. Hasten to become imbued with the qualifications and attributes set forth therein.
And this letter1 will close with reverential greetings, in the utmost kindliness, from me to the beloved ones and to the maid-servants of the Merciful.
2 *** Thou has written concerning the Board of
Consultation.
It is very proper thou shouldst exert thyself with heart and soul so that this assembly shall become a source of merciful events, and enter the shadow of the protection and preservation of His Highness, the One God. The more this gains strength and becomes effective, the greater will become the penetration of the Word of God, and the more will the doors of confirmation be opened.
As to the Assembly of Teaching, the revered members of which are the maid-servants of the Merciful, they are also assisted by the help and the providence of the Beauty of El-
ABHA. They will soon discover that they are strengthened by the invisible hosts, and rendered successful by the abundant bounty of the Kingdom of the Forgiving Lord. They will set such a flame to the regions as will kindle the heart of the universe, and will cause the pillars of the world to tremble. But all of their mention and thought in their meeting should be confined to teaching the truth, and to
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