…thank ye God that ye have come into the plane of existence
in this radiant century wherein the bestowals of God are appearing from all
directions, when the doors of the Kingdom have been opened unto you, the call
of God is being raised, and the virtues of the human world are in the process
of unfoldment. The day has come when all darkness is to be dispelled, and the
Sun of Truth shall shine forth radiantly. This time of the world may be likened
to the equinoctial in the annual cycle. For, verily, this is the spring season
of God. In the Holy Books a promise is given that the springtime of God shall
make itself manifest; Jerusalem, the Holy City, shall descend from heaven; Zion
shall leap forth and dance; and the Holy Land shall be submerged in the ocean
of divine effulgence.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, from a talk, 21 April, 1912, Washington,
D.C., USA; ‘Promulgation of Universal Peace’)
