Today the pulsating
power in the arteries of the body of the world is the spirit of the Covenant -
the spirit which is the cause of life. Whosoever is vivified with this spirit,
the freshness and beauty of life become manifest in him, he is baptized with
the Holy Spirit, he is born again, is freed from oppression and tyranny, from
heedlessness and harshness which deaden the spirit, and attains to everlasting
life. Praise thou God that thou art firm in the Covenant and the Testament and
art turning thy face to the Luminary of the world, His Highness Bahá'u'lláh.
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá (Cited in "Star of the West, vol. 14, No. 7, October 1923;
The Compilation of Compilations, vol. 1, The Covenant)
