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230: O respected personage! Thy second letter dated … |
O respected personage! Thy second letter dated
19 December 1918 was received. It was the cause of great
joy and gladness, for it showed thy firmness and steadfastness
in the Covenant and Testament and thy yearning to
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raise the call of the Kingdom of God. Today the call of the
Kingdom is the magnetic power which draweth to itself the
world of mankind, for capacity in men is great. Divine
teachings constitute the spirit of this age, nay rather the sun of
this age. Every soul must endeavour that the veils that cover
men’s eyes may be torn asunder and that instantly the sun may
be seen and that heart and sight may be illumined thereby.
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Now, through the aid and bounty of God, this power of
guidance and this merciful bestowal are found in thee. Arise,
therefore, in the utmost Power that thou mayest bestow
spirit upon mouldering bones, give sight to the blind, balm
and freshness to the depressed, and liveliness and grace to
the dispirited. Every lamp will eventually be extinguished
save the lamp of the Kingdom, which increaseth day by day
in splendour. Every call shall ultimately weaken except the
call to the Kingdom of God, which day unto day is raised.
Every path shall finally be twisted except the road of the
Kingdom, which straighteneth day by day. Undoubtedly
heavenly melody is not to be measured with an earthly one,
and artificial lights are not to be compared with the heavenly
Sun. Hence one must exert endeavour in whatever is lasting
and permanent so that one may more and more be
illumined, strengthened and revived….
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