If a small number of people gather lovingly together, with
absolute purity and sanctity, with their hearts free of the world, experiencing
the emotions of the Kingdom and the powerful magnetic forces of the Divine, and
being at one in their happy fellowship, that gathering will exert its influence
over all the earth. The nature of that band of people, the words they speak,
the deeds they do, will unleash the bestowals of Heaven, and provide a
foretaste of eternal bliss. The hosts of the Company on high will defend them, and
the angels of the Abhá Paradise, in continuous succession, will come down to
their aid.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá’;
compilation: ‘Baha’i Meetings’, prepared by the Research Department of the
Universal House of Justice)
