O ye servants of the Sacred Threshold! The triumphant Hosts
of the Celestial Concourse, arrayed and marshalled in the Realms above, stand
ready and expectant to assist and assure victory to that valiant horseman who
with confidence spurs on his charger into the arena of service. Well is it with
that fearless warrior, who armed with the power of true Knowledge, hastens unto
the field, disperses the armies of ignorance, and scatters the hosts of error,
who holds aloft the Standard of Divine Guidance, and sounds the Clarion of
Victory. By the righteousness of the Lord! He hath achieved a glorious triumph
and obtained the true victory....
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, quoted by Shoghi Effendi in a
letter dated March 12, 1923; ‘Baha’i Administration’)
