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obeyed shall be upraised. The heart must be sanctified from
every form of selfishness and lust, for the weapons of the
unitarians and the saints were and are the fear of God. That is
the buckler which guardeth man from the arrows of hatred and
abomination. Unceasingly hath the standard of piety been
victorious, and accounted amongst the most puissant hosts of
the world. Thereby do the saints subdue the cities of [men's]
hearts by the permission of God, the Lord of hosts. Darkness
hath encompassed the earth: the lamp which giveth light was
and is wisdom. The dictates thereof must be observed under
all circumstances. And of wisdom is the regard of place and
the utterance of discourse according to measure and state. And
of wisdom is decision; for man should not accept whatsoever
anyone sayeth.
"Under all circumstances desire of the True One (glorious is His glory) that He will not deprive His servants of the sealed wine (22) and the lights of the Name of the Self-Subsistent.
"O friends of God, verily the Pen of Sincerity enjoineth on
you the greatest faithfulness. By the Life of God, its light is
more evident than the light of the sun! In its light and its
brightness and its radiance every light is eclipsed. We desire of
God that He will not withhold from His cities and lands the
radiant effulgence of the Sun of Faithfulness. We have directed
all in the nights and in the days to faithfulness, chastity,
purity, and constancy; and have enjoined good deeds and
well-pleasing qualities. In the nights and in the days the shriek
of the pen ariseth and the tongue speaketh, that against the
sword the word may arise, and against fierceness patience, and
in place of oppression submission, and at the time of martyrdom
resignation. For thirty years and more, in all that hath
befallen this oppressed community they have been patient,
referring it to God. Everyone endowed with justice and fairness
hath testified and doth testify to that which hath been