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the "blood of the innocent people I They regin fire of war set a greet confie gre t ton, tc such on ex+ent that ell the 3 el ken nations arose i n enmity ag£inr + each o^her, totelly disregarding the inviolable rights of men* Even now they ere not calmed down. ’’How oonpi dor clearly the woeful results of polities! prejudices.' CcnF.ecier.tlv we must o h m entirely *hese prejudices r ni rv’teh hi ph the tent of the Oneness of tpe world of humanity and cement the hearts together* Per chance mankind may lighten its lords r nd start on the read of pec J fi cat i oû 7/ere the Tea chings of Babe,’o’Ha h universnlly spread in Europe, all these opnresci or.s , blood-nhed, cruelty, rapacity, hostility and avers 1 on would have been removed- Then all the Kftnin±*:ftrx*i®*y»fy*>*yiij»iijrp3r people would become the sheep of God, a nfl enter under th® benevolent admin3stration of the Heavenly Shepherd* The Keys of Reality would shine -Forth, dispelling the impenetrable darkness of race antipathy and antagonism. "Therefore, strive ye with all your hearts and souls, so that ye may render service to the oneness of the world of human.1 ty; thus e ternol life mpfr be obtai ned and the. heads be crowned with tpe diadem of Everlasting Glory* * - - - - - Another Tablet, to a believer in Vienna, is as follows:- ”0 thou daughter of the Hingdon] The good news of the organiza tion of the Bahai Assembly in ■'Vienna, was received- Although this Assembly is limited at this time to a sna.1! number of souls, yet it is a Bivine Assembly, and therefore i*B circle rill be enlarged day unto day like unto the Assembly of +h« Lord’s Supper of His Holiness Christ, and its influence shall be felt in a?.! parts of the world. Because the Assembly of t he Lord’s Cupper of His holiness Christ was confirmed by the Breaths of the HolF Spirit, consider what great results and benefits if produced I Likewise whenever and wherever án assemblage is. organized for the promotion of t he Teachings of His holiness Baba ’ o’Hah, know thou of a certainty that the Confimations of the Holy Bpirit shall descend* Eor the Principles of 3sh.fi 1 o ’llah are the very spirit of this age, the light of this century, eternal life and everlasting gloyy] - - - - -T! Words of Truth are these, and vivifying’ They confer spiritual insight and supe^na tural pt^&erj We all hope tha t these" two large cities will become the strong forts of the Bahai Cause in Europe and another two links in -t‘he unbreakable chain of pelestmi brotherhood. This morning, \inti! about eleven o ’clock, the Beloved dictated many Tablets. He vras in gogd health and the magnetism of H-»s Holy Personality projected in the space of our sphere, working and changing the old conditions and animating the dead bodies, Aihout noon, the pilgrims entered into His Divine Presence. He said; "Prom the moment ! have been out of my bed, I havebeen thinking of you and wishing *o‘sea you. I an pleased yon have come.” Then he asked me to read to them a letter Just received from Prof, Cheyne, of Oxford who is greatly interested in the 3ehe.l Hovemen.t, and to which letter he had Just dicta+ed a detailed answer. When the letter was reach, he said: "Pray that God may brighten his lamp Ary by day, cause His kingdom to be established in the hearts, andthe rays of the Sun of Truth may shine forth with greater brilliancy. Consider where is the prison of Acoa and the University of Oxford.’ Through what power the Cause has become so well known in that stronghold of learning and erudition] Onoe Age Reza v/es making confectionery in Adrianople, and had a small store./ He had made a sort of Persian bon-bon. A turk passed by the store, and Ins eyes were attracted by this kind of candy. ’’What is this? he asked.' ’It/is Hogl.' 'With what materials hast thou made ♦ M r ?* 'With sugar and cinnamon.’ The Turk wondered for awhile, and said; ’Thou srf telling a lie. There is no relationship between sugar and cinnamon.’ How we might Just as well ask; ’Whaf relation exists between Acea and Oxford?’ This is no other save +hror.gh the Power of Cod] Prof. Chevne demonstrated to us the utmost kindness and invited us to lunch at his sweet home. He is a great au thor, and has wri+tén many volumes- P^ai^e bo to God. that the Divine Hrn.grsr.ces are being waited In ail parts'.” 'just at this 11 ho I wrote r, lector to the Islands of Hawaii ( Honol ul u 1 '.' Those are situated in the Pacific Ocean/ Pew of the Persians have ev.en heard their names, pet tv.e Cause of God has conquered, those remote r,prt*p.. Taking away th« first, part of the word: 'Honolulu, and 'u p * rig* orü v* I he last part --lulu-- it moans scare-crow in Persian,, Gut'now^it has become a strong bond of uni ip between the Hast and +hé Test/ The person to whom I wrote the letter has ahked permission t0 go to Japan and spread the Cause. The Cause of God has within itself a nrT innate force propelling it forward and onward. Another good news which we have received Is from CMrineapolls. The Hahsi Assembly of that city has rendered a glorious service, They have forwarded to +ho President of the United Spates, the Cabinet Beoretaries, Govorners, Clergymen, women's clubs, school teachers, etc,, the Glad-tidings of the Kingdom of Abha. Reflect how God Inspires’ the servants to carry out K|s work] Who could every dream thf t after the hard incarcérât ion of Acca, the spies, end the closing of the door of all correspondence, to the extent that we could not send out one letter, the voice of the Or use would.he hear from Honolulu. The surveilliance of the guards was so strict that whenever 1 hey brought ur. a few loaves of bre.f d, they were In two pieces for fe> ^ that- +here might be hidden seme written messages- At that time there was: a government physician. He was the prison doctor sr.d came to 1 he Garrsok to ai tend to the sickness of the rsri sonera. He was a Greek, t nd ho s name wap. Peter. Kvery day that he came to the 3arrack he was followed hy tyro soldiers, so that he might not In any wry communicate with tv.a pr'serers, One day while he was on his tour* of inspection, when he reached me he told me, in Greek, that he had a letter for Haha'o’llah; 'X want to deliver Into your hand this letter, hut - do not know how, for these soldiers are watching me.' As they could no+ understand Greek, they dUd not comprehend, what he said. In turn, 1 mad.° him understand tvp t v.e ma y leave hi s hait in the nr i s on and go out with the guards. 7hen he wap. a block away, he might run hack to get |t, while ordering the guards to wait until h,is return. He did as I told hîm'/Vnd we mot the letter safely. -Gy this one Instance you can easily conceive how impossible it was* to communicate with the outside world, and. now h. one dav we receive more than one hundred letters-, from f 1 1 parts of Kurope and America.." Xn ft1 e afternoon, X went again t o the hou.se. He an an eye- gla s s in his hand, and apropos: of it tpl* up of a long tpgescope w n i ch his grandfather had received as at nresont from the Government^ of Russia, because he was +he neraon chosen by the Ghah to carry the three million and a keif war indemnlW. GhGa telescope on clear days enabled 4me to see twelve mil a? f:y;ctT Gut noi-7 we have a d i vine telescope in our hand th.ai cubbies us to sea sba -m-y+berest ends of tv.e earth, and makes visible tne Invi sible objects] Port Said, Egypt, November 16, 1915. Dear Friends:- i'his is our last d&ÿ in Port Said. Tomorrow we shall return to Hamleh. The news of the death of Aga Ali Akbar in h amieh was received last night. The Master immediately sent Mirza Hadi and Mirza Hossein to console the family and carry to them the message of his love. On the other hand, the steamer- china, of the Austrian Lloyd, left tonight at 7 o'clock, carrying away Doctor and Mrs. Getsinger and the five Eoroastrian men with their women and children, for India, that far-off land of strange creeds. With them goes the confirmation of the Kingdom of Abha and the hots of Spiritual Angels, Theirs is a glorious mission, and let us all pray fer vently that they may he enabled to teach many souls and call the attention of many people to the Cause of God. Mrs. Stannard has also arrived, from Cairo. Having disposed of all her belongings, she is now ready to start for India with greater ease and confidence.