Remember what Christ said; you have taken the gifts of God without money and without price; so also you must freely give. This command shows too that all these gifts
are sent to you by the free generosity of your God and not on account of any merit on your part, and you must rejoice greatly in the
loving mercy of your God upon you and all. For all will taste of these free gifts before long. They will come from the East and from the
West to the Kingdom of God; and even as Christ has foretold this also has come
to pass, that some of those who are nearest are cut off, whilst those from a
far distance receive these great gifts. (‘Abdu’l-Baha, from an address, quoted
by May Maxwell in ‘An Early Pilgrimage’)
