O thou who seekest the Kingdom of Heaven! Thy letter hath been received
and its contents noted.
The Holy Manifestations of God possess two stations: one is the physical
station, and one the spiritual. In other words, one station is that of a
human being, and one, of the Divine Reality. If the Manifestations are
subjected to tests, it is in Their human station only, not in the
splendour of Their Divine Reality.
And further, these tests are such only from the viewpoint of mankind. That
is, to outward seeming, the human condition of the Holy Manifestations is
subjected to tests, and when Their strength and endurance have by this
means been revealed in the plenitude of power, other men receive
instruction therefrom, and are made aware of how great must be their own
steadfastness and endurance under tests and trials. For the Divine
Educator must teach by word and also by deed, thus revealing to all the
straight pathway of truth.
As to my station, it is that of the servant of Baha; 'Abdu'l-Baha, the
visible expression of servitude to the Threshold of the Abha Beauty.