God leaves not His children comfortless, but, when the
darkness of winter overshadows them, then again He sends His Messengers, the
Prophets, with a renewal of the blessed spring. The Sun of Truth appears again
on the horizon of the world shining into the eyes of those who sleep, awaking
them to behold the glory of a new dawn. Then again will the tree of humanity
blossom and bring forth the fruit of righteousness for the healing of the
nations. Because man has stopped his ears to the Voice of Truth and shut his
eyes to the Sacred Light, neglecting the Law of God, for this reason has the
darkness of war and tumult, unrest and misery, desolated the earth. I pray that
you will all strive to bring each child of God into the radiance of the Sun of
Truth, that the darkness may be dissipated by the penetrating rays of its
glory, and the winter’s hardness and cold may be melted away by the merciful
warmth of its shining.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, from a talk, Paris, October 22, 1911,
‘Paris Talks’)
