I declare
by the Bounty of the Blessed Perfection that nothing will produce results save
intense sincerity! Nothing will be productive of fruit save complete
advancement toward God! Everything is condemned save severance and every idea
is fruitless and unacceptable save supplication, communion, prayer and
obedience! We must entirely collect our
scattered thoughts, purify and sanctify the house of our existence from every
attachment and make the palace of our hearts the nest and shelter of the Dove
of Holiness. Then, and not till then will the significance of confirmation and
assistance become evident and known, the power of the Kingdom become apparent,
and the hosts of the Supreme Concourse run swiftly into the arena of heavenly
conquest, to gain victory over the East and the West of the hearts, and make
the North and South of the spirits of men the flowery regions of the Love of
God!
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet to the Spiritual Assembly of Baku, Russia;
Star of the West, vol. 2, no. 6, June 24, 1911)
