93: O THOU MAIDSERVANT OF GOD! EVERY WOMAN WHO ...

O thou maidservant of God! Every woman who becometh the maidservant of God

outshineth in glory the empresses of the world, for she is related to God,

and her sovereignty is everlasting, whereas a handful of dust will

obliterate the name and fame of those empresses. In other words, as soon

as they go down to the grave they are reduced to naught. The maidservants

of God's Kingdom, on the other hand, enjoy eternal sovereignty unaffected

by the passing of ages and generations.

Consider how many empresses have come and gone since the time of Christ.

Each was the ruler of a country but now all trace and name of them is

lost, while Mary Magdalene, who was only a peasant and a maidservant of

God, still shineth from the horizon of everlasting glory. Strive thou,

therefore, to remain the maidservant of God.

Thou hast praised the Convention. This Convention shall acquire great

importance in future, for it is serving the divine Kingdom and the world

of mankind. It promulgateth universal peace and layeth the basis of the

oneness of mankind; it freeth the souls from religious, racial and worldly

prejudices and gathereth them under the shade of the one-coloured pavilion

of God. Praise thou God, therefore, that thou hast attended such a

Convention and hast listened to the divine Teachings.

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