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Bahá'í World Faith (`Abdu'l-Bahá's Section Only)
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Pages 351-352
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SPIRITUAL SPRING
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Do ye know in what cycle ye are created and in what age ye
exist? This is the age of the Blessed Perfection and this is the
time of the Greatest Name! This is the century of the Manifestation,
the age of the Sun of the Horizons and the beautiful
springtime of His Holiness the Eternal One!
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The earth is in motion and growth; the mountains, hills and
prairies are green and pleasant; the bounty is overflowing; the
mercy universal; the rain is descending from the cloud of mercy;
the brilliant Sun is shining; the full moon is ornamenting the
horizon of ether; the great ocean-tide is flooding every little
stream; the gifts are successive; the favors consecutive; and the
refreshing breeze is blowing, wafting the fragrant perfume of the
blossoms. Boundless treasure is in the hand of the King of Kings!
Lift the hem of thy garment in order to receive it.
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If we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other
season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look?
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This is the time for growing; the season for joyous gathering!
Take the cup of the Testament in thy hand; leap and dance with
ecstasy in the triumphal procession of the Covenant! Lay your
confidence in the everlasting bounty, turn to the presence of the
generous God; ask assistance from the Kingdom of Abhá; seek
confirmation from the Supreme World; turn thy vision to the
horizon of eternal wealth; and pray for help from the Source of
Mercy!
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Soon shall ye see the friends attaining their longed-for destination
and pitching their tents, while we are but in the first day
of our journey.
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This period of time is the Promised Age, the assembling of the
human race to the "Resurrection Day" and now is the great "Day
of Judgment." Soon the whole world, as in springtime, will
change its garb. The turning and falling of the autumn leaves
is past; the bleakness of the winter time is over. The new year
hath appeared and the spiritual springtime is at hand. The black
earth is becoming a verdant garden; the deserts and mountains
are teeming with red flowers; from the borders of the wilderness
the tall grasses are standing like advance guards before the cypress
and jessamine trees; while the birds are singing among the rose
branches like the angels in the highest heavens, announcing the
glad-tidings of the approach of that spiritual spring, and the
sweet music of their voices is causing the real essence of all things
to move and quiver.
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