I hope the noble leaders of the world of humanity who are
the divine bestowals among the people, and the means of pacification among the
nations, will arise with the utmost of effort and whole hearted resolution to
extinguish this world raging conflagration… Thus through the endeavors of these
guardians of the rights of mankind the world of creation may enjoy the repose
of conciliation, the banner of Universal Peace be unfurled, the tabernacle of
the oneness of the world of humanity be pitched, all mankind be gathered under
its protecting shade, and the shining star of the eternal falcon and happiness
of the world of humanity may dawn with the utmost of brilliancy from the
horizon of international comity, and the luminous orb of the spiritual
brotherhood of all races and tongues may illumine that united gathering of
humanity with the ineffable lights of God throughout countless ages and cycles.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet to the Editor of the Christian Commonwealth,
London, England, 1913; ‘Star of the West’, vol. 5, no. 8, August 1, 1914)
