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HERALDS OF HIS NAME |
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Bahá’u’lláh (may my life, my soul, my spirit, be offered up as
a sacrifice unto His lowly servants) hath, during His last days on
earth, given the most emphatic promise that, through the outpourings
of the grace of God and the aid and assistance vouchsafed
from His Kingdom on high, souls will arise and holy beings
appear who, as stars, would adorn the firmament of divine Guidance;
illumine the dayspring of loving kindness and bounty;
manifest the signs of the unity of God; shine with the light of
sanctity and purity; receive their full measure of divine inspiration;
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raise high the sacred torch of faith; stand firm as the rock
and immovable as the mountain; and grow to become luminaries
in the heavens of His Revelation, mighty channels of His grace,
means for the bestowals of God’s bountiful care, heralds calling
forth the name of the one true God, and establishers of the world’s
supreme foundation.
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These shall labor ceaselessly by day and by night, shall heed
neither trial nor woe, shall suffer no respite in their efforts, shall
seek no repose, shall disregard all ease and comfort and, detached
and unsullied, shall consecrate every fleeting moment of their life
to the diffusion of the divine fragrance and the exaltation of God’s
holy Word. Their face will radiate heavenly gladness, and their
hearts be filled with joy. Their souls will be inspired, and their
foundation stand secure. They shall scatter in the world, and
travel throughout all regions. They shall raise their voice in every
assembly, and adorn and revive every gathering. They shall speak
in every tongue, and interpret every hidden meaning. They shall
reveal the mysteries of the Kingdom, and manifest unto every one
the signs of God. They shall burn brightly even as a candle in
the heart of every assembly, and beam forth as a star upon every
horizon. The gentle breeze wafted from the garden of their hearts
shall perfume and revive the souls of men, and the revelations of
their minds, even as showers, reinvigorate the peoples and nations
of the world.
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I am waiting, eagerly waiting for these holy ones to appear; and
yet, how long will they delay their coming? My prayer and ardent
supplication, at eventide and at dawn, is that these shining stars
may soon shed their radiance upon the world, that their sacred
countenance may be unveiled to mortal eyes, and the billows of
grace, rising from His oceans above, may flow upon all mankind.
Pray ye also and supplicate unto Him that through the bountiful
aid of the Ancient Beauty these souls may be unveiled to the
eyes of the world.
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