Gems of Divine Mysteries
CONTENTS Baha'i Terms of Use Introduction Gems of Divine Mystery [Frontispiece] The first page of the Javahiru'l-Asrar, with an added note in Baha'u'llah's own hand Javahiru'l-Asrar
BELOVED,--After the days of tears and of rebellion of the heart that
have so shaken me, I pull myself together again to say 'Thy will be
done.' So, according to the power and the measure of my faculties, I
would be he who to the very end never despaired of his share in the
building of the Temple. I would be the workman who, knowing full well
that his scaffolding will give way and who has no hope of safety, goes
on with his stone-carving of decoration on the cathedral front.
Decoration. I am not one who will ever be able to lift the blocks of
stone. But there are others for that job. Yes, I am getting back into a
little quiet thinking. The equable tranquillity I had hoped for is not
yet mine; but I have occasional glimpses of that region of peace and
light in which all things, even our love, is renewed and transfigured.
I am now at the foot of a peaked hill where Nature has brought the
loveliest lines of design together. Man is hunting man, and in a moment
they will be locked in fight. Meanwhile the lark is rising.
Even as I write, a strange serenity possesses me.
Something--extraordinary comfort. Be it a human quality, be it a
revelation from on high. All around me men are asleep.
_February 14_ (5th day in
the front line).
All is movement about us; we too are afoot. Even as the inevitable takes
CONTENTS Baha'i Terms of Use Introduction Gems of Divine Mystery [Frontispiece] The first page of the Javahiru'l-Asrar, with an added note in Baha'u'llah's own hand Javahiru'l-Asrar