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 Baha'u'llah.
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?'