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Rh Alas that man should withhold himself from this excellent gift and deprive himself of this eternal bounty and perpetual life! Therefore let him appreciate the value of this ideal food; perchance the dead bodies may receive new life through the wonderful favors of that Sun of Truth and faded souls may develop into the incomparable Spirit. O my brother, effort is needful while yet the days remain, in order to taste the Cups of Eternity. The breeze of life from the city of the Beloved will not blow continually; the rivers of explanation will not forever flow, and the doors of the Rizwan will not always remain open. The time will come when the Nightingales of Paradise will fly from the holy garden to Divine Nests; then thou wilt neither see the beauty of the Rose nor hear the melody of the Nightingale! Therefore while the Dove of Eternity is singing and rejoicing, and the Divine Springtime is in splendor and adornment, avail thyself of the opportunity and deprive not the ear of the heart, of its melody. This is the advice of this servant to your Honor and to the beloved of God. Whosoever wisheth, let him advance and whosoever wisheth, let him deny; verily God is independent of him and of that which he may see and witness.

These are the melodies sung by Jesus the Son of Mary with glorious notes in the Rizwan of the Gospel, as to the signs of the subsequent Manifestation. When they asked concerning these signs, He