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Rh act unjustly shall soon know with what treatment they shall be treated" (K. S. 26).

Furthermore, the sign of truthfulness and that of falsehood is designated and appointed in the Book. The claims and pretensions of all the servants should be tested by this Divine touchstone, in order that it may distinguish the truthful from the false. This touchstone is " Wish for death if ye say truth" (K. S. 2). Consider these sincere martyrs, the truth of whose words is testified by the texts of the Book, and all of whom as ye have seen, expended life, property, wife, children, and all they possessed, and ascended to the highest chambers of the Rizwan. Yet the testimony of these lofty faces and severed souls in acknowledging this lofty and exalted Cause is not accepted; while the testimony of those people who have forsaken religion for gold and avoided the First Emanation (BAB) in order to occupy the high seat, is acceptable and allowable against this shining Light; even though all the people have known them, and have comprehended that they do not relinquish the least amount of outward temporal honor for the sake of the Divine Religion; how much less, life, property and the like!

Consider how, according to the text of the Book, the Divine touchstone hath differentiated and distinguished between the pure and impure; still these people are not mindful, and in the sleep of heedlessness are occupied in gaining the mortal world and outward leadership.