I praise God that after forty years of waiting I am
permitted at last to come and bring my message. This is an assembly full of
spirituality. Those who are present have turned their hearts towards God. They
are looking and longing for glad tidings. We have gathered here by the power of
the Spirit, therefore our hearts are stirred with thanksgiving. ‘Send out Thy
Light and Thy Truth O God: Let them lead us to the Holy Mountains!’ May we be
refreshed by the holy springs that are renewing the life of the world! As day
follows night, and after sunset comes the dawn, so Jesus Christ appeared on the
horizon of this world like a Sun of Truth; even so when the people—after
forgetting the teachings of Christ and His example of love to all humanity—had
again grown tired of material things, a heavenly Star shone once more in
Persia, a new illumination appeared and now a great light is spreading
throughout all lands.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk, September 24th, Clifton,
Bristol; ‘London Talks’)
