Consider! The station and the confirmation of the apostles
in the time of Christ was not known, and no one looked on them with the feeling
of importance—nay, rather, they persecuted and ridiculed them. Later on it
became evident what crowns studded with the brilliant jewels
of guidance were placed on the heads of the apostles, Mary Magdalene and Mary
the mother of John.
The range of your future achievements still remains
undisclosed. I fervently hope that in the near future the whole earth may be
stirred and shaken by the results of your achievements. The hope, therefore,
which ‘Abdu’l-Bahá cherishes for you is that the same success which has
attended your efforts in America may crown your endeavors in other parts of the
world, that through you the fame of the Cause of God may be diffused throughout
the East and the West and the advent of the Kingdom of the Lord of Hosts be
proclaimed in all the five continents of the globe. (‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Tablets of
Divine Plan’)
