I have brought the message of
Bahá'u'lláh to this country in order to teach people to investigate truth, to
render service to humanity, to endeavor to bring about international peace, to
exert every effort to guide humanity, to show kindness to all creatures and to
raise the Call of the Kingdom. Man must be endowed with divine attributes and
must enter the concourse of the exalted ones. These teachings are only a drop
from the sea concealed in the Hidden Words. We must pray for each other. If we
act according to the divine teachings, by God besides Whom there is none other
God, we shall shine like lamps. But woe betide those people who are aware of
the teachings of Bahá'u'lláh and know them to be the cause of eternal salvation
and divine nearness but still do not bring their actions into conformity with
them. Such is a source of great distress. Thus it is incumbent upon us to
endeavor day and night to follow the teachings of God. This is the cause of
eternal esteem, this is divine favor, this is the honor of mankind and this is
everlasting life.
-'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, 24 September 1912, Denver, USA;
‘Mahmud’s Diary’)
