It was the Love of God that led Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
that strengthened Joseph in Egypt and gave to Moses courage and patience.
Through the Love of God, Christ was sent into the world with
His inspiring example of a perfect life of self-sacrifice and devotion,
bringing to men the message of Eternal Life.
It was the Love of God that gave Muhammad power to bring the
Arabs from a state of animal degradation to a loftier state of existence.
God’s Love it was that sustained the Báb and brought him to
his supreme sacrifice, and made his bosom the willing target for a thousand
bullets.
Finally, it was the Love of God that gave to the East
Bahá’u’lláh, and is now sending the light of His teaching far into the West,
and from Pole to Pole.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk, Nov. 9, 1911, ‘Paris Talks’)
