Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
Volume II
O thou favored maid-servant of God!
The meeting which thou hast formed and therein assembled the faithful (or believers) together and engaged with them in the commemoration of God, caused the
Supreme Concourse to praise and the angels of heaven to applaud.
Be thou a cause of unifying hearts as much as thou canst and guide thou the heedless souls, and in this spiritual springtime perfume thou nostrils with the sweet fragrances of the rose-garden of the Kingdom. This is eternal life; this everlasting Glory! And this is a peace which is not followed by any trouble! All else save this is a plaything of children and is useless and nonsense!
O thou who art advancing towards the Shining Orb of the Horizons!
Verily, the East and West have already glittered through the light which is shining forth from the Horizon of the mercy of thy Lord, the Clement, the Merciful, but the blind are still in great error.
The Call of God is already raised throughout all concourses of the earth; but the deaf are still muffled in thick veils. All things have already uttered the praise of God; but the dumb are still continuing in their astounding silence.
As to thee: Listen to the Supreme Concourse and hear the call, “Glory be unto my Lord, the El-
Baha!”
O thou who art spreading the Cause of God!
I hope thou wilt become as a rising light and obtain spiritual health—and spiritual health is conducive to
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