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most perfect of all created things, excelleth them
all in the intensity of this revelation, and is a fuller
expression of its glory. And of all men, the most
accomplished, the most distinguished and the most
excellent are the Manifestations of the Sun of
Truth. Nay, all else besides these Manifestations,
live by the operation of their Will, and move and
have their being through the outpourings of their
grace. "But for Thee, I would have not created
the heavens." Nay, all in their holy presence fade
into utter nothingness, and are a thing forgotten.
Human tongue can never befittingly sing their
praise, and human speech can never unfold their
mystery. These Tabernacles of holiness, these primal
Mirrors which reflect the light of unfading
glory, are but expressions of Him Who is the Invisible
of the Invisibles. By the revelation of these
gems of divine virtue all the names and attributes
of God, such as knowledge and power, sovereignty
and dominion, mercy and wisdom, glory,
bounty and grace, are made manifest.
These attributes of God are not and have never
been vouchsafed specially unto certain Prophets,
and withheld from others. Nay, all the Prophets
of God, His well-favoured, His holy, and chosen
