Upon them be Baha’u’l-Abha!
He is God!
O ye dear sons and beloved daughters of ‘Abdu’l-Baha!
When the days that I was your associate and intimate, pass before the mind, the heart is stirred into cheerfulness. What blessed days they were! What radiant nights they were! They will never be forgotten.
With the memory of you every morning I arise and every evening I raise the song of supplication toward the Kingdom of Abha and beg assistance and confirmation for you. I hope that, in Stuttgart, the Ensign of Signs may become unfurled, and the fire of the love of God may send forth such flames as will enlighten all around; that each one of those blessed souls may become like unto a lamp diffusing the light of guidance in all directions.
I send to those parts his honor, Mirza Ali Akbar, and his honor, Mirza Lotfullah, that they may associate with the friends, convey to them the yearnings of the heart of ‘Abdu’l-Baha and explain the degrees of the powers of the Covenant and the importance of the Center of the Testament. These two persons are very blessed.
Assuredly the believers shall obtain joy and happiness through meeting them. Know ye this, that today the greatest of all affairs is obedience to the Center of God's Covenant; the power of the Covenant shall stir the regions, and the spirit of the Covenant shall resuscitate.
Therefore, all the believers, in all the meetings and gatherings, must mention the Covenant and raise the song of the Covenant.
Upon ye be Baha’u’l-Abha!
(Signed) ‘Abdu’l-Baha Abbas (Star of the West, vol. 4, no. 9, August 20, 1913)
