…strive ye that the Collective Center of the sacred
religions—for the inculcation of which all the Prophets were manifested and
which is no other than the spirit of the divine teachings—be spread in all
parts of America, so that each one of you may shine forth from the horizon of
reality like unto the morning star, divine illumination may overcome the
darkness of nature, and the world of humanity may become enlightened. This is
the most great work! Should you become confirmed therein, this world will
become another world, the surface of the earth will become the delectable
paradise, and eternal Institutions be founded.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of the
Divine Plan’)
