O how I long to see the believers shouldering the
responsibilities of the Cause! This is the time of the proclamation of the
Kingdom of Abha! This is the hour of Union and Accord! This is the day of the
spiritual harmony of the friends of God! All the resources of my physical
strength are exhausted and the spirit of my life is the news of the Unity of
the people of Baha. I am straining my ears toward the East and toward the West,
toward the North and toward the South, perchance I might hear the songs of love
and good fellowship raised from the meetings of the believers. My days are
numbered, and save this there is no joy left for me.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bha (From a talk, April 2, 1914, Holy Land, ‘Diary
of Ahmad Sohrab’; Star of the West, vol. 5, no. 7, July 13, 1914)
