Consider how at the beginning of the Christian era the
Apostles were afflicted, and what torments they endured in the pathway of
Christ. Every day of their lives they were targets for the Pharisees’ darts of
mockery, vilification and abuse. They bore great hardship; they saw prison; and
most of them carried to their lips the sweet cup of martyrdom.Now ye, as well, must certainly become my partners to some slight degree, and accept your share of tests and sorrows. But these episodes shall pass away, while that abiding glory and eternal life shall remain unchanged forever. Moreover, these afflictions shall be the cause of great advancement.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
