O Ye Seeming Fair Yet Inwardly Foul! - O My Friend In Word!

from The Crimson Sea by Peter Curtis Mateer

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From The Hidden Words Of Bahá'u'lláh, Persian:

25. O YE SEEMING FAIR YET INWARDLY FOUL!

Ye are like clear but bitter water, which to outward seeming is crystal pure but of which, when tested by the divine Assayer, not a drop is accepted. Yea, the sun beam falls alike upon the dust and the mirror, yet differ they in reflection even as doth the star from the earth: nay, immeasurable is the difference!

26. O MY FRIEND IN WORD!

Ponder awhile. Hast thou ever heard that friend and foe should abide in one heart? Cast out then the stranger, that the Friend may enter His home.

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from The Crimson Sea, released April 8, 2015
Peter Mateer: Vocal, acoustic guitar

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Peter Curtis Mateer Australia

World citizen, singer, songwriter, guitar player, member of the Baha'i Faith, husband, father...Anything else?

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