Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
Volume III
lamp of God’s love in the hearts and spirits. It is incumbent on thee to organize a spiritual assembly in that city, wherein the mysteries of the Kingdom of thy Lord be spread and this wondrous Manifestation promulgated.
This is beneficial for thee both in the world and in the Kingdom, and all else vanisheth away.
O thou who art attracted by the Fragrances of God!
I have read thy recent letter and noted its beautiful contents.
I thank God that He hath opened thy sight for thee, unfolded to thee His word of love and chosen thee from among women.
Thus thou responded to the call, east attracted to the lights of the Kingdom of the Lord of Manifest Signs, proclaimed the Truth and called in the Name of the Lord of the high heaven.
O maid-servant of God! This day is not a day of seclusion and solitude, but a day of proclaiming the manifestation of the light of the Beauty of thy Supreme Lord.
Therefore, abandon silence and seclusion and solitary nooks and go forth into the arena of explanation. Convey the Message of thy Lord with clearest speech and most complete elucidation. This is better for thee than solitude.
The season of seclusion in quiet nooks is the season of winter when the cold and the winds increase. But during the spring, the wafting of gentle breezes, the passing of fragrances from the rose, the state of equilibrium in the atmosphere and the green hue of
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