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Bahíyyih Khánum
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Pages 160-161
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46: In this noblest of all ages the Sun of grace ...
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In this noblest of all ages the Sun of grace and loving-kindness has shone out from the divine
day-spring with such resplendent glory and is casting
His beams so bright and far, that He has lit up all the
earth and made the hearts and minds of men to be as
sanctified mirrors and reflectors of holiness--this to
such a degree that from turning their faces unto that
bright Orb, that Star of the loftiest heaven, those
illumined beings have received abundant grace and
have been enabled to understand the secret of God's
oneness, and the mystery of His unity, and to
become alert to subtle realities.
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Praised be God the Beloved that He has disclosed,
through His invisible bounties and visible grace,
such secrets, and drawn such veils aside. Words have
taken on new meaning, and meaning itself has been
adorned with the divine. A clear Covenant makes
our duty plain; an explicit and lucid Text explains
the revealed Book; a specifically named Centre has
been designated, toward whom all must turn, and
the pronouncement of him who is the Guardian of
the Cause and the interpreter of the Book has been
made the decisive decree. All this is out of the grace
and favour of our Beloved, the All-Glorious, and
the loving-kindness of Him from the splendours of
Whose servitude earth and heaven were illumined.
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, may our lives be sacrificed for His
meekness, has filled to overflowing the cup of
bounty for the people of Bahá, and encompassed
with His grace persons of every degree. He has
destroyed the very basis of disunity, ruined any
attempts at dissension and mischief, and clearly
pointed out to all the highway of guidance, now and
for evermore.
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The hope is that we may arise with a new spirit
and be confirmed with bountiful blessings, and urge
on our steeds in the field of service, of purity and
sincerity, and of high endeavour--nor is this much
to ask of the loving-kindness and grace of our
exalted Lord.
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