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Such a thing can only come about if thou dost divest thyself of all attachment to this world, and dost put on the vesture of holiness; if thou dost limit all thy thoughts and all thy words to the remembrance of God and His praise; to spreading His sweet savours abroad, and performing righteous acts; and if thou dost devote thyself to awakening the heedless and restoring sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, speech to the mute, and through the power of the spirit, giving life to the dead.</p></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-reference"><div class="field-content">‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 172-173</div></div> </div> <div class="quote-row views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-body"><div class="field-content"><p>The performance of baptismal celebration would cleanse the body, but the spirit hath no share; but the divine teachings and the exhortations of the Beauty of Bahá will baptize the soul. This is the real baptism. I hope that thou wilt receive this baptism.</p></div></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-reference"><div class="field-content">‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Bahá’í World Faith, p. 390</div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="sidebar"> <div class=col-md-3> <div class="region region-sidebar-second"> <div class="views-element-container block block-views block-views-blockimage-block-1" id="block-views-block-image-block-1"> <div><div class="js-view-dom-id-2e5b06f1fea4d4e0ae1fff0a90ee1b977a5c30c56541ce5bd461ab44416b34cd"> <div class="views-row"> <div class="views-field views-field-field-images"><div class="field-content"> <img src="/sites/default/files/2019-05/fall-1072821_1280.JPG" width="480" height="320" alt="Autumn wood" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="search-block-form block block-search" data-drupal-selector="search-block-form" id="block-searchform" role="search"> <h2 class="visually-hidden">Search</h2> <form action="/index.php/search/node" method="get" id="search-block-form" accept-charset="UTF-8"> <div class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-search form-item-keys js-form-item-keys form-no-label"> <label for="edit-keys" class="visually-hidden">Search</label> <input title="Enter the terms you wish to search for." data-drupal-selector="edit-keys" type="search" id="edit-keys" name="keys" value="" size="15" maxlength="128" class="form-search" /> </div> <div data-drupal-selector="edit-actions" class="form-actions js-form-wrapper form-wrapper" id="edit-actions"><input data-drupal-selector="edit-submit" type="submit" id="edit-submit" value="Search" class="button js-form-submit form-submit" /> </div> </form> </div> <div class="views-element-container block block-views block-views-blocksubjects-block-block-1" id="block-views-block-subjects-block-block-1"> <div><div class="js-view-dom-id-4332230f7aff5c5b04d9a4ef994deae16b494801499b3c973ba8fdf5e1079d6b"> <span > <a href="/subjects/1">1</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/a">A</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/b">B</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/c">C</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/d">D</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/e">E</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/f">F</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/g">G</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/h">H</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/i">I</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/j">J</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/k">K</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/l">L</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/m">M</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/n">N</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/o">O</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/p">P</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/q">Q</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/r">R</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/s">S</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/t">T</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/u">U</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/v">V</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/w">W</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/y">Y</a> </span> <span > <a href="/subjects/z">Z</a> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div>    </div> </div>       <div class="footerwidget"> <div class="container"> <div class="row">  <div class = col-md-12> <div class="region region-footer-first"> <div id="block-individualinitiativenotice" class="block block-block-content block-block-contentd46e74e1-ba7a-4a9a-a8d7-d6313ecbff27"> <div><p>Note: The materials on this site are an individual initiative, offered as an educational resource for Bahá’ís to consider as they strive to understand and implement the Writings into their lives, institutions and communities. 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