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Bahíyyih Khánum
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Pages 159-160
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45: The good news has come that the Will and ...
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The good news has come that the Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá, may our lives be
sacrificed for His meekness, has been read at the
meetings of the friends, and we here are rejoiced to
learn of their unity and their steadfastness and
loyalty, and of their directing themselves toward the
designated Centre, the named and specified Guardian
of the Cause of God, the interpreter of the Book
of God, the protector of His Faith, the keeper of His
Law, Shoghi Effendi. This news brought extreme
joy.
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It is certain that enlightened and sensitive minds
and spiritual hearts will continually obtain illumination
from the Centre of Mysteries, and beg for
bounties in abundance from Him Who is the Celestial
Beauty Unconstrained. The ear of their intellect
is hearkening to the divine call from the Company
on High, and they drink the draught of faithfulness
from bounty's cup. To them, all that is not the
Beloved is nothing at all, and from whatever is not
the good-pleasure of God, they veil their eyes. They
worship truth, they seek reality, and they are
intoxicated with the wine of His love.
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God be praised, you have attained these bestowals.
Now is the time for zeal and ardour, the season
of fervour and joy. Thoughts must be focused on
one Centre, opinions united on a single point, to
publish abroad the Teachings of God and to act in
accord with the counsels of `Abdu'l-Bahá, so that
the light of divine confirmations may wax ever
brighter, and the bounties of divine favour and
success appear on every side, and that in a brief
period, great progress will be made, and secrets now
hidden will be divulged, and joy and radiance will
appear.
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It is to be hoped that out of the concealed and
manifest favour of the Abhá Beauty, He will
generate a new spirit in His loyal loved ones, and
make them to radiate a new and wondrous joy. This
indeed does not seem far from the outpourings of
His bounties and bestowals.
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