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THE FOURTEENTH GLAD-TIDINGS: (196:4)

To undertake journeys for the sake of visiting the tombs of the dead is not necessary. If those who have means and wealth should give to the House of Justice the amount which would otherwise be expended on such journeys, this would be acceptable and agreeable before God. Happy are those who practice! (196:5)

THE FIFTEENTH GLAD-TIDINGS: (196:6)

Although a republican form of government profits all the people of the world, yet the majesty of kingship is one of the signs of God. We do not wish that the countries of the world should be deprived thereof. If statesmen combine the two into one form, their reward will be great before God. (196:7)

Agreeable to the requirements of former times, the former religions confirmed and commanded religious warfare, prohibited association and intercourse with other peoples, and forbade the reading of certain books, but in this most great Manifestation and mighty message, favors and gifts of God have pervaded all and the irrefutable command is revealed in that which already has been mentioned from the horizon of the will of the Lord of pre-existence. We praise God -- Exalted and Glorified is He! -- for that which He hath revealed in this day, the blessed, the mighty, the wonderful! Were all the people of the world each to possess a hundred thousand tongues and speak in God's praise and glorification until the day which hath no end, verily all their thanks will not equal what is due even a single one of the favors mentioned in this Epistle! -- whereunto testifies every man of knowledge and discernment and every man of wisdom and understanding. I beg of God exalted in His glory! -- and entreat Him to enable the kings and sovereigns, who are dawning-places of power and day- springs of might, to execute His precepts and commands. Verily, He is the powerful, the mighty and worthy to grant! (196:8)

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