Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
Volume II
make it a paradise of Glory, let it become an envy of the green gardens of the earth! Help the friends, increase their number, make their hearts sources of inspiration and their souls dawnings of light. Thus may that city become a beautiful paradise and fragrant with the fragrance of musk.
1 O God!
Make this youth illumined and this weak one strong! Bestow upon him knowledge and give unto him an added strength at every dawn. Thus may he be protected and sheltered in Thy protection from every sin to serve Thy Cause, to guide those who are led astray, to lead those who are poor (or weak), to free those who are in captivity (or bondage), to awaken those who are in lethargy and to be happy with Thy remembrance and thought. Thou art the Powerful, the Wise!
O thou who art firm in the Covenant!
The short treatise which thou has written upon “Service in the Kingdom,” forwarding it here and asking permission for its publication, was read. Spread it among the believers.
Likewise, correspondence with all the believers in all parts is very desirable.
The copy of the pamphlet that thou hast sent before, God willing, in opportune time will be read and forwarded to thee.
O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Endeavor thou in the service in the Kingdom and, God willing, in a
1 Following Tablet as received bore no opening line of address.
465