O ye
real Bahá’ís of America:
Praise be to His Highness the Desired One that ye have
become confirmed in the promotion of divine teachings in that vast Continent,
raised the call of the Kingdom of God in that region and announced the glad
tidings of the manifestation of the Lord of Hosts and His Highness the Promised
One. Thanks be unto the Lord that ye have become assisted and confirmed in this
aim. This is purely through the confirmations of the Lord of Hosts and the
breaths of the Holy Spirit. The full measure of your success is as yet
unrevealed, its significance still unapprehended. Erelong ye will, with your
own eyes, witness how brilliantly every one of you, even as a shining star,
will radiate in the firmament of your country the light of divine Guidance, and
will bestow upon its people the glory of an everlasting life. (‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Tablets
of the Divine Plan’)
