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148: O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! … |
O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom!
Thankful, the birds of the spirit seek only to fly in the high
heavens and to sing out their songs with wondrous art. But
the pitiable earthworms love only to tunnel into the ground,
and what a mighty struggle they make to get themselves
down into its depths! Even so are the sons of earth. Their
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highest aim is to augment their means of continuing on, in
this vanishing world, this death in life; and this despite the
fact that they are bound hand and foot by a thousand cares
and sorrows, and never safe from danger, not even for the
twinkling of an eye; never at any time secure, even from
sudden death. Wherefore, after a brief span, are they
utterly effaced, and no sign remaineth to tell of them, and
no word of them is ever heard again.
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Then let you engage in the praise of Bahá’u’lláh, for it is
through His grace and succour that ye have become sons
and daughters of the Kingdom; it is thanks to Him that ye
are now songsters in the meadows of truth, and have soared
upward to the heights of the glory that abideth forever. Ye
have found your place in the world that dieth not; the
breaths of the Holy Spirit have blown upon you; ye have
taken on another life, ye have gained access to the Threshold
of God.
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Wherefore, with great gladness, establish ye spiritual
assemblies, and engage ye in uttering the praise and glorification
of the Lord, and calling Him Holy and Most Great.
Lift up to the realm of the All-Glorious your suppliant cries
for help, and voice ye at every moment a myriad thanks for
having won this abounding favour and exceeding grace.
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