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Bahíyyih Khánum
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Pages 140-141
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35: The passing of `Abdu'l-Bahá, may our lives ...
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The passing of `Abdu'l-Bahá, may our lives be a sacrifice for His meekness, was the ultimate
calamity, the most great disaster. The light has fled
our hearts, and our souls are wedded to sorrow, and
no power in all the world can furnish any consolation,
save only the power that comes from the
steadfastness of the believers and their deep-rooted
faith, and their unity, and their love for one another.
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Only these can lessen the pain and quiet the
anguish.
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Although to outward seeming the Sun of the
Covenant has hidden Himself behind the clouds,
and the Orb of the Testament is concealed, and on
the holy horizon of glory, He has now set, and is lost
to view--still His rays are shining from out His
hidden place, and forever will His light shed down
its splendours.
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For ever and ever will He, with all that invisible
grace, and those bestowals of the spirit, lead the
seeker onward, and guide the yearning, and ravish
the hearts of the lovers.
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The Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá is His
decisive decree; it gathers the believers together; it
preserves their unity; it ensures the protection of the
Faith of God. It designates a specific Centre, irrefutably
and in writing establishing Shoghi Effendi as
Guardian of the Faith and Chosen Branch, so that his
name is recorded in the Preserved Tablet, by the
fingers of grace and bounty. How grateful should
we be that such a bounty was bestowed, and such a
favour granted.
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Now is the time to arise to serve the Faith with all
our might, that our loyalty may be clearly proven,
and that we may perfectly, to the fullest extent and
in minutest detail, carry out the requirements of
self-sacrifice. It is my hope that one and all, we shall
succeed in this.
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