The light of Bahá'u'lláh has shone to
such a degree on the continent of America that in every city where a number of
believers reside, the call of `Yá Bahá'u'l-Abhá' has been raised. In great
churches and meetings ‘Abdu'l-Bahá cries out and proves the truth of the
Prophet of God [Muhammad] and of the Báb and of the rising sun of Bahá'u'lláh.
Most of the newspapers express praise in glowing articles. Where are the Persians,
that they may behold the splendors of the Luminary of the World [Bahá'u'lláh]
Whose light has shone forth from the horizon of Mount Awrang and now illumines
the mountains and plains of America? In spite of all this, the people of Núr
are still asleep and do not know what an honor has been showered upon that
region.
(Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, 21 September 1912, Omaha-Lincoln, USA;
‘Mahmud’s Diary’)
