Tablet From 'Abdu'l-Bahá to Norma Wilson

To the maid-servant of God, Norma Wilson, Chicago, Illinois-Upon her be BAHA'O'LLAH El-Abha! He Is God! O thou daughter of the Kingdom!
 Thy letter was received. It was like the melody of the divine nightingale, the twittering of which gladdens the hearts. This is because its contents indicated faith, assurance and firmness in the Covenant and the Testament. Today the stirring power of the world of existence is the power of the Covenant which like unto arteries pulsates in the body of the contingent world and protects Bahai unity. The Bahais are ordered to establish the oneness of mankind; if they cannot unite around one point how will they be able to bring about the unity of mankind? The purpose of the Blessed Beauty in entering into this Covenant and Testament was to gather all the existent beings around one point so that the thoughtless souls, who in every cycle and generation have been the cause of dissension, may not undermine the Movement. He has, therefore, commanded that whatever emanates from the Center of the Covenant is right and is under His protection and favor, while everything else is error. Praise be to God, thou art firm in the Covenant and the Testament. Upon thee be Baha-El-Abha! (Signed) ABDUL-BAHA ABBAS. (Translated by Shoghi Rabbani, Haifa. Palestine; July 18th, 1919) Star of the West, Vol. 10, No. 14, p. 272)

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