“***O ye real friends of Abdul-Baha!...”
'Abdu'l-Bahá, Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas, (1909) · Read original
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***O ye real friends of Abdul-Baha!
From the gathering of those illuminated faces and flowers of the rose-garden (of God) in Camp Mineola195 utmost joy and fragrance (to me) was the result.
I hope that assembly, like sparkling stars, may shed the lights of love and unison upon the human world, and become the cause of the happiness and joy of the inhabitants of the earth; that they may become like unto clear mirrors reflecting (the rays) of the Sun of Truth, and give the glad-tidings of the manifestation of the Lord of the Kingdom.
I ask the blessings of God that year after year He may add souls to that assembly, and in future it may become doubled an hundred-fold.
How blessed it is that this assembly may become firmly established, and it is sure that the heavenly confirmations will pour down!
Source: 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas (1909). Public domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #19312.
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- Where do hope and joy meet in this story?
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'Abdu'l-Bahá. (1909). *Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas*. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/19312/pg19312-images.html
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