Through Áqá Ahmad
Sohráb and Jináb Mr. Remey
Upon them be the Glory
of God!
O friends of
Bahá'u'lláh!
Your letters reached
me and were read with great joy. Praise be to God, that they are the prods of
Baha and assurance in the Kingdom of Abhá. They are witnesses of firmness and
steadfastness and earnest supplication.
His highness Jesus
says if the Promised One manifests in the East, his signs will appear in the
West. Now give thanks to God that as the Great Sun arose in the East, his
Brilliant Light shone upon the West and brightened the western world. Therefore you must give a thousand thanks
every moment that though you were apparently very far off, in reality you were
near.
A blind person
cannot see the sun though near, but eyes with sight can see it from a thousand
miles' distance. For this the Great Almighty be praised, that in the far west
the nostrils are perfumed by the Holy Fragrance.
Appreciate this
Bounty, be happy and joyful for this Divine boundless Bounty. With great love
you have asked for the presence of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in America, I also greatly wish
to go to the friends and see their interesting faces. But during this journey I
have no time. I must go back to the
East, this is according to wisdom.
Therefore with great regret and sorrow at separation I am obliged to
return. If it pleases God next year I will take a journey towards the West so
that I may engage myself in seeing the faces of the friends, in proclaiming the
Word of God and in spreading the Divine Fragrance and the calling of the
Kingdom of God in the great meetings and assemblies.
If you only knew in
what condition of tumult and excitement of longing is the soul and heart of
'Abdu'l-Bahá to see you, then surely, because of the greatness of your
happiness you would express your joy in music and song and engage yourselves in
the melodies of the Supreme Court in worshipping and praising Almighty God.
Upon you be the
Glory of Abhá!
(Signed)
'Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas
(Star of the West,
vol. 2, no. 13, November 4, 1911)
