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In the first of these testimonies she affirmed that the writings of Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l- Baha are "a great cry toward peace, reaching beyond all limits of frontiers, above all dissensions about rites and dogmas... It is a wondrous message that Baha'u'llah and His Son Abdu'l- Baha have given us! They have not set it up aggressively, knowing that the germ of eternal truth which lies at its core cannot but take root and spread... It is Christ's message taken up anew, in the same words almost, but adapted to the thousand years and more difference that lies between the year one and today." She added a remarkable admonition, reminiscent of the telling words of Dr. Benjamin Jowett, who had hailed the Faith, in his conversation with his pupil, Prof. Lewis Campbell, as "the greatest light that has come into the world since the time of Jesus Christ," and cautioned him to "watch it" and never let it out of his sight. "If ever," wrote the Queen, "the name of Baha'u'llah or Abdu'l- Baha comes to your attention, do not put their writings from you. Search out their books, and let their glorious, peace- bringing, love- creating words and lessons sink into your hearts as they have into mine... Seek them and be the happier."
(391:1)
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