presence, notwithstanding that His advent had been promised them in the Book of Isaiah as well as in the Books of the Prophets and the Messengers.  No one from among them turned his face towards the Dayspring of divine bounty except such as were destitute of any power amongst men.  And yet, today, every man endowed with power and invested with sovereignty prideth himself on His Name.  Moreover, call thou to mind the one who sentenced Jesus to death.  He was the most learned of his age in his own country, whilst he who was only a fisherman believed in Him.  Take good heed and be of them that observe the warning.

Consider likewise, how numerous at this time are the monks who have secluded themselves in their churches, calling upon the Spirit, but when He appeared through the power of Truth, they failed to draw nigh unto Him and are numbered with those that have gone far astray.  Happy are they that have abandoned them and set their faces towards Him Who is the Desire of all that are in the heavens and all that are on the earth.

They read the Evangel and yet refuse to acknowledge the All-Glorious Lord, notwithstanding that He hath come through the potency of His exalted, His mighty and gracious dominion.  We, verily, have come for your sakes, and have borne the misfortunes of the world for your salvation.  Flee ye the One Who hath sacrificed His life that ye may be quickened?  Fear God, O followers of the Spirit, and walk not in the footsteps of every divine that hath gone far astray.  Do ye imagine that He seeketh His own interests, when He hath, at all times, been threatened by the swords of the enemies; or that He seeketh the vanities of the world, after He hath been imprisoned in the most desolate of cities?  Be fair in your judgement and follow not the footsteps of the unjust.

Open the doors of your hearts.  He Who is the Spirit verily standeth before them.  Wherefore keep ye afar from Him Who hath purposed to draw you nigh unto a Resplendent Spot?  Say:  We, in truth, have opened unto you the gates of the Kingdom.  Will ye bar the doors of your houses in My face?  This indeed is naught but a grievous error.  He, verily, hath again come down from heaven, even as He came down from it the first time.  Beware lest ye dispute that which He proclaimeth, even as the people before you disputed His utterances.  Thus instructeth you the True One, could ye but perceive it.

The river Jordan is joined to the Most Great Ocean, and the Son, in the holy vale, crieth out:  ‘Here am I, here am I O Lord, my God!’, whilst Sinai circleth round the House, and the Burning Bush calleth aloud:  ’He Who is the Desired One is come in His transcendent majesty.’  Say, Lo!  The Father is come, and that which ye were promised in the Kingdom is fulfilled!  This is the Word which the Son concealed, when to those around Him He said:  ‘Ye cannot bear it now.’  And when the appointed time was fulfilled and the Hour had struck, the Word shone forth above the horizon