Note thou carefully
that in this world of being, all things must ever be made new. Look at the
material world about thee, see how it hath now been renewed. The thoughts have
changed, the ways of life have been revised, the sciences and arts show a new
vigour, discoveries and inventions are new, perceptions are new. How then could
such a vital power as religion—the guarantor of mankind’s great advances, the
very means of attaining everlasting life, the fosterer of infinite excellence,
the light of both worlds—not be made new? This would be incompatible with the
grace and loving-kindness of the Lord.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the
Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
