Fire and Gold

<p><em>O Son of Being!</em></p><p><em>Busy not thyself with this world, for with fire We test the gold, and with gold We test Our servants.</em></p><p>Baha''u''llah</p><p><br></p><p>A thoughtfully selected compilation of quotations from the Baha''i scriptures and other Baha''i writings on the purpose and source of the tests that may come to us and to our society, and how we can overcome them.</p><p><br></p><p>Brian Kurzius has delved deeply into the literature of the Baha''i Faith, including works long out of print or difficult to come by, to find words that bring comfort, inner peace and spiritual upliftment to those facing the many challenges of life.</p>