Japan Will Turn Ablaze! | Page 8

Barbara R. Sims
mayest follow
the inspiration and the teachings of God and not any human suggestion.
Rest assured that thou wilt become assisted.
(Translated by Ahmad Sohrab, Haifa, February 12, 1914)

[Tablet Translated August 12, 1914]

O thou herald of the Kingdom of God!
Thy letter was received. A thousand times bravo to thy magnanimity
and exalted aim! Trusting in God and while turning thy face toward the
Kingdom of Abhá, unfurl thou the divine Flag in Tokyo and cry at the
top of thy voice: "O ye people. The Sun of Reality hath appeared and
flooded all regions with its glorious light; it has upraised the Standard
of Oneness of the world of humanity and summoned all mankind to the
refulgent Truth. The cloud of Mercy is pouring, the zephyr of
Providence is wafting and the world of humanity is being stirred and
moved. The Divine Spirit is conferring eternal life, the heavenly lights
are illumining the hearts, the table of the sustenance of the Kingdom is
spread and adorned with all kinds of foods and victuals. O ye
concourses of men! Awake! Awake! Become mindful! Become
mindful! Open ye the seeing eye! Unstop the hearing ear! Hark! Hark!
The soft notes of the Heavenly Music are streaming down, ravishing
the ears of the people of spiritual discernment. Ere long this
transcendent Light will wholly enlighten the East and West!"
In short, with a resounding voice, with a miraculous power, and with
the magnetism of the Love of God, teach thou the Cause of God and
rest assured that the Holy Spirit shall confirm thee.
(Translated by Ahmad Sohrab, Haifa, August 12, 1914)
[Photograph with the following caption:]
A group who were studying the Faith with Miss Alexander and Dr.
Augur. He is sitting in front. Mr. Fukuta, top left, was the first to
become a Bahá'í in Japan. Taken in 1916.

[Tablet of 1919]
On August 8, 1915 'Abdu'l-Bahá's secretary wrote: "Your beautiful
petition ... was read to the Beloved ... as He was walking to and fro in
the parlor of the Pilgrim House. His face beamed with a heavenly smile
as he heard your name. He said: 'Write to Dr. Augur to return to Japan

as soon as the first opportunity offers itself to him. Great blessings will
descend upon the soul who teaches the Cause in that country. Its people
are endowed with great capability. Should five or six of them be
thoroughly grounded in the teachings of this Cause and attracted with
its fire, great results will be forthcoming.'"
O ye the two doves nestling in the garden of the Love of God!
Your detailed letter was received. Your services at this spot are
recognized and appreciated, particularly (your services) in Tokyo.
Praise be to God that in that region ye have been assisted in diffusing
the musk-scented perfume, and this in future is pregnant with
remarkable results. These few seeds of corn that ye have sown in that
soil shall lead to luxuriant crops, this limited number of souls will be
converted into great cohorts, nay, rather into an imposing spiritual army,
and that seed, under the Divine Direction, shall yield abundant and
heavy clusters.
Praise ye God that ye have been assisted with such Divine Bounty. Ye
have sown some seeds and now watering is needed. If souls should
undertake a voyage from America or Honolulu to the land of Japan, the
teachings of God shall thereby be swiftly propagated and important
consequences shall result. You two have fulfilled your roles and have
striven within the limits of your capacity. At present ye must rest for a
time; the turn of others has arrived, that they may similarly travel to
Japan, may water the seeds that have been sown and may serve and
take care of the tender shrubs. The days of life are swiftly going by, and
eventually man will be confined into subterranean regions and his name
shall perish, except those souls who become Divine gardeners and who
sow seeds in the soil of hearts. Those shall eternally remain shining and
glittering like unto stars from the horizon of Truth.
(1919)

3: Mr. Kanichi Yamamoto 1879-1961

Mr. Kanichi(8) Yamamoto has the distinction of being the first
Japanese believer. He immigrated from Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan,
to Hawaii, where he worked in the home of the family of a believer.
Also living there was one of the early Bahá'ís of Hawaii, Miss
Elizabeth Muther.
Miss Muther wrote to a friend on September 8, 1902, "After I became a
believer I felt that sometime I might tell (Mr. Yamamoto). I prayed that
his heart might be prepared to receive the truth. Although it was a little
difficult to give him the Message because of his imperfect knowledge
of English, yet God helped me so that
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