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Ye have written as to the meetings of the friends, and
how filled they are with peace and joy. Of course this is so;
for wherever the spiritually minded are gathered together,
there in His beauty reigneth Bahá'u'lláh. Thus it is certain
that such reunions will yield boundless happiness and peace.
Today it behoveth one and all to forgo the mention of
all else, and to disregard all things. Let their speaking, let
their inner state be summed up thus: `Keep all my words of
prayer and praise confined to one refrain; make all my life
but servitude to Thee.' That is, let them concentrate all
their thoughts, all their words, on teaching the Cause of
God and spreading the Faith of God, and inspiring all to
characterize themselves with the characteristics of God; on
loving mankind; on being pure and holy in all things, and
spotless in their public and private life; on being upright
and detached, and fervent, and afire. All is to be yielded up,
save only the remembrance of God; all is to be dispraised,
except His praise. Today, to this melody of the Company
on high, the world will leap and dance: `Glory be to my
Lord, the All-Glorious!' But know ye this: save for this
song of God, no song will stir the world, and save for this
nightingale-cry of truth from the Garden of God, no
melody will lure away the heart. `Whence cometh this
Singer Who speaketh the Beloved's name?'
Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá
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