Thou didst write of afflictive tests that have assailed
thee. To the loyal soul, a test is but God’s grace and favour; for the valiant
doth joyously press forward to furious battle on the field of anguish, when the
coward, whimpering with fright, will tremble and shake. So too, the proficient
student, who hath with great competence mastered his subjects and committed
them to memory, will happily exhibit his skills before his examiners on the day
of his tests. So too will solid gold wondrously gleam and shine out in the
assayer’s fire.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
