O thou
maid-servant of God! Arouse ye the people and make them cheerful through the
glad-tidings of God, and quicken them through the spirit of gladness and
heavenly rejoicing. The essence and foundation of all is to advance toward the
Kingdom of Abhá and to be attracted by the Beauty of God. Whatever produces any
influence in the world of existence is on account of the Love of God, which is
the Spirit of Life and the cause of salvation.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet to
Ella Goodall Cooper; Star of the West, vol. 2, no. 15, December 12, 1911)
