O ye sons and daughters of the Kingdom! Your letter, which
was surely inspired of heaven, hath been received. Its contents were most
pleasing, its sentiments arising out of luminous hearts.
The believers in London are indeed steadfast and true, they
are resolute, they are constant in service; when put to the test, they do not
falter, nor doth their fire abate with the passage of time; rather, they are
Bahá’ís. They are of heaven, they are filled with light, they are of God.
Without any doubt they will become the cause of raising high the Word of God,
and advancing the oneness of the world of man; of promoting the teachings of
God, and spreading far and near the equality of every member of the human race.
It is easy to approach the Kingdom of Heaven, but hard to
stand firm and staunch within it, for the tests are rigorous, and heavy to
bear. But the English remain steadfast under all conditions, neither at the
first sign of trouble do their footsteps slip. They are not changeable, playing
fast and loose with some project and soon giving it up. They do not, for some
trivial reason, fail in enthusiasm and zeal, their interest gone. No, in all
they do, they are stable, rock-solid and staunch.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections
from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
