He is God!
O ye friends of God and the beloved maidservants of the True
One!
'Abdu'l-Bahá has the utmost longing to meet you, but now he
is obliged to return to the East, for he has promised many friends and they
having travelled a long way, will be disappointed if the meeting is not brought
about. Therefore, he has returned to Egypt, and hopes that during the next
Spring no obstacle may arise, so that with infinite joy and fragrance he may
hasten to America to meet the friends, to unfurl the banner of rejoicing, to
spread the Glad-Tidings of the Kingdom of Abhá, to illumine the meetings and
gatherings with the Rays of the Sun of Truth, to perfume the nostrils with the
Fragrances of Holiness, to impart gladness and delight to the hearts, to
attract the souls to the Realms of Might, to grant the outpouring of the Holy
Spirit-so that in this nether world the congregation of the Righteous Ones may
be firmly established.
Glad Tidings! Glad
Tidings! The bounties of the Most Great
Name are descending.
Glad Tidings! Glad
Tidings! The Lights of the Kingdom of
Abhá are shining.
Glad Tidings! Glad
Tidings! The Doors of Heaven are opened
and the call of the Kingdom is raised.
Upon you be Bahá'u'l-Abhá!
(Signed) 'Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas
(Star of the West, vol. 2, no, 16, December 31, 1911)