The blessed letter indicating the election of the Spiritual
Meeting was received and proved a source of joy. Thank God, the beloved of that
city, in perfect unity, love and oneness, held the new election and were
confirmed and strengthened to elect such holy souls as are near the divine
Threshold and known by the republic of the beloved to be firm and steadfast in
the Covenant.
Now they (the members of Spiritual Meeting) must, in perfect
spirit and fragrance, in sincerity of heart, in attraction by the fragrances of
God and by the confirmations of the Holy Spirit, engage in service; in the
promotion of the Word of God; the diffusion of the fragrances of God; the
training of the souls; the promulgation of the most great peace. They must raise
the Banner of Guidance and become the host of the Supreme Concourse.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’, vol. 1)
