O ye friends and maid servants of the Merciful! It is easy
to advance toward the Kingdom, but it is difficult to remain firm and
steadfast. Therefore, endeavor ye as much as ye can to make your faith firm
like unto a well rooted tree and produce blossoms and fruits. Neither be ye
agitated on account of the blowing winds of tests and trials. The firmer the
roots of the tree the greater its blossoms and fruits. Because the Apostles of
Christ remained firm and steadfast they became assisted in the most great
services and the confirmations of the Holy Spirit descended upon them
uninterruptedly.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a
Tablet; Star of the West, vol. 5, no. 6, June 24, 1914)
