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Rh who are employed in this matter in the Day of Judgment, this is also very improbable and useless. Nay, by the "earth" is meant the earth of knowledge and wisdom; and by "heavens," the Heavens of Religions. Consider how He hath controlled the formerly expanded earth of knowledge and wisdom by the grasp of Power and Authority, and hath spread a new and incomparable earth in the hearts of the servants, causing new myrtles, wonderful flowers and lofty trees to spring up within their shining breasts.

In like manner consider how the Heavens of the formerly established Religions are rolled together in the Right Hand of Power, the Heaven of the Beyan is hoisted aloft by the command of God and adorned with the sun, moon and stars of wonderful and new commandments!

These are the mysteries of the words which are clearly unfolded and unveiled that thou mayest comprehend the Morn of Significances and extinguish the lamp of superstition, fancy, doubt and suspicion through the power of reliance and severance, and light the new lamp of Knowledge and Assurance in the recess of mind and heart.

The purpose of these allegorical words and enigmatic references which emanate from the CommandSources is to test the servants as mentioned, so that the soil of excellent and shining hearts may be distinguished from barren and mortal soils. This has