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are predicted is a creation of the ignorance concerning the
importance of the mission and the magnitude of the work
assigned to that messenger. He is not to be supposed as a
pioneer or even an engineer appointed to construct roads and
bridges for the passing of a royal procession. Let us there-
fore pore over this subject more deeply and in a courageous,
impartial, and dispassionate manner.
1. In the first place, we must well understand that the
Messenger is a man, a creature of human body and soul, and
that he is not an Angel or a superhuman being. In the
second place, we should open our eyes of wisdom and judg-
ment to see that he is not dispatched to prepare the way
before another Messenger called "Adon" and the "Messenger
of the Promise," but he is commissioned to establish a
straight, safe, and good Religion. He is commissioned
to remove all the obstacles in the way between God and His
creatures; and to fill up all the gaps and chasms in this grand
importance of the mission and the magnitude of the work
assigned to that messenger. He is not to be supposed as a
pioneer or even an engineer appointed to construct roads and
bridges for the passing of a royal procession. Let us there-
fore pore over this subject more deeply and in a courageous,
impartial, and dispassionate manner.
1. In the first place, we must well understand that the
Messenger is a man, a creature of human body and soul, and
that he is not an Angel or a superhuman being. In the
second place, we should open our eyes of wisdom and judg-
ment to see that he is not dispatched to prepare the way
before another Messenger called "Adon" and the "Messenger
of the Promise," but he is commissioned to establish a
straight, safe, and good Religion. He is commissioned
to remove all the obstacles in the way between God and His
creatures; and to fill up all the gaps and chasms in this grand