O handmaid of God! Thy
letter hath been received, bringing its news that an Assembly hath been
established in that city.
Look ye not upon the
fewness of thy numbers, rather, seek ye out hearts that
are pure. One consecrated soul is preferable to a thousand other souls. If a
small number of people gather lovingly together, with absolute purity and
sanctity, with their hearts free of the world, experiencing the emotions of the
Kingdom and the powerful magnetic forces of the Divine, and being at one in
their happy fellowship, that gathering will exert its influence over all the
earth. The nature of that band of people, the words they speak, the deeds they
do, will unleash the bestowals of Heaven, and provide a foretaste of eternal
bliss. The hosts of the Company on high will defend them, and the angels of the
Abhá Paradise, in continuous succession, will come down to their aid.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Selections from the Writings of
‘Abdu’l-Baha)
