There is no difference between countries…The future of the
Dominion of Canada, however, is very great, and the events connected with it
infinitely glorious. It shall become the object of the glance of Providence,
and shall show forth the bounties of the All-Glorious… Again I repeat that the
future of Canada is very great, whether from a material or a spiritual
standpoint.... The clouds of the Kingdom will water the seeds of guidance which
have been sown there.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, quoted by Shoghi
Effendi in ‘Citadel of Faith’)