Consider not the present state, for it is the time of sowing
seeds in that country (America) and, of course, great difficulties are met
with, differences and hindrances of the people being severe. Firmness must
uphold us. As the servants and the maid-servants of the Merciful stand firmly
and persevere, the good seed will soon grow and bear the fruit of blessing.
Then will spirit and fragrance prevail, and joy and rejoicing come from the
heavenly sphere; the sorrows and toils shall be forgotten and the eternal peace
and rest appear. I trust, through the bounty of Abha, that ye may be
strengthened to serve and to spread the Word of God.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of
‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol. 1’)
