The future of California, whether in regard to its material
affairs or its spiritual affairs, is very important. It is my hope that the
people of California may become the sons and daughters of the Kingdom and the
the means of promoting the religion of God.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet dated
July 12, 1911; Baha’i News, vol. 5, no. 17, January 19, 1915)