The Splendour of God, by Eric Hammond, [1909], at sacred-texts.com
SOME HIDDEN WORDS AND WORDS OF WISDOM
FROM "THE SUPREME PEN" OF BAHA‘U‘LLAH 1
He is the Glory of the Most Glorious!
This is that which descended from the Source of Majesty, through the tongue of Power and Strength, upon the prophets of the past.
We have taken its essence and clothed it with the garment of brevity, as a favour to the beloved; that they may fulfil the Covenant of God; that they may perform in themselves that which He has entrusted to them, and attain the victory by virtue of devotion in the land of the Spirit.