The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh
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"74: O CHILDREN OF VAINGLORY! For a fleeting sovereignty ye have abandoned My..."
 
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O CHILDREN OF VAINGLORY! For a fleeting sovereignty ye have abandoned My imperishable dominion, and have adorned yourselves with the gay livery of the world and made of it your boast. By My beauty! All will I gather beneath the one-colored covering of the dust and efface all these diverse colors save them that choose My own, and that is purging from every color.