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between His Word and they that are created of
it? The verse: "God would have you beware of
Himself" (1) unmistakably beareth witness to the
reality of Our argument, and the words: "God was
alone; there was none else besides Him" are a sure
testimony of its truth. All the Prophets of God and
their chosen Ones, all the divines, the sages, and
the wise of every generation, unanimously recognize
their inability to attain unto the comprehension
of that Quintessence of all truth, and confess
their incapacity to grasp Him, Who is the inmost
Reality of all things.
The door of the knowledge of the Ancient of
Days being thus closed in the face of all beings, the
Source of infinite grace, according to His saying:
"His grace hath transcended all things; My grace
hath encompassed them all" hath caused those
luminous Gems of Holiness to appear out of the
realm of the spirit, in the noble form of the human
temple, and be made manifest unto all men, that
they may impart unto the world the mysteries of
the unchangeable Being, and tell of the subtleties
of His imperishable Essence. These sanctified Mirrors,
these Day-springs of ancient glory are one and
all the Exponents on earth of Him Who is the
