It is about twenty-three years that the fragrances of God
have been diffused in America, but no adequate and befitting motion has been
realized, and no great acclamation and acceleration has been witnessed. Now it
is my hope that through the heavenly power, the fragrances of the Merciful, the
attraction of consciousness, the celestial outpourings, the heavenly cohorts
and the gushing forth of the fountain of divine love, the believers of God may
arise and in a short time the greatest good may unveil her countenance, the Sun
of Reality may shine forth with such intensity that the darkness of the world
of nature may become entirely dispelled and driven away; from every corner a
most wonderful melody may be raised, the morning birds may break into such a
song that the world of humanity may be quickened and moved, the solid bodies
may become liquefied, and the souls who are like unto adamantine rocks may open
their wings and through the heat of the love of God fly heavenward.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of the Divine Plan’)
