O my friend! The undying Fire which the Lord of the Kingdom
hath kindled in the midst of the holy Tree is burning fiercely in the midmost
heart of the world. The conflagration it will provoke will envelop the whole
earth. Its blazing flames will illuminate its peoples and kindreds. All the
signs have been revealed; every prophetic allusion hath been manifested.
Whatever hath been enshrined in all the Scriptures of the past hath been made
evident. To doubt or hesitate is no more possible... Time is pressing. The
Divine Charger is impatient, and can tarry no longer. Ours is the duty to rush
forward and, ere it is too late, win the victory.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Quoted by
Shoghi Effendi, in a message dated 8 February 1934, printed as ‘The
Dispensation of Baha'u'llah’ in ‘The World Order of Baha'u'llah’)
