O ye [1] longing ones! O ye cheered ones! O ye attracted
ones! O ye who are beseeching the Kingdom of God! Blessed are ye, for ye have
removed the covering; witnessed the lights of the Sun of Truth which is shining
from the horizon of bestowal; are attracted by the fragrances sent forth from
the garden of the Kingdom; have arisen to praise the Lord of Grandeur and
Might, and have resolved to disseminate the teachings of God in those vast and
extensive regions!
Truly I say unto you! Verily, ye have cast away
superstitions; have partaken an abundant portion from that Reality which is
shining upon all regions; have perceived the manifest signs, have entered the
ark of salvation and attained unto eternal life, under the shadow of the Lord
of Hosts, gazing unto the Most Honorable Station, enkindled with the fire
ablaze in the tree of existence, in the spot of Sinai; responding to the call
of the Clement One, severed from the world, and yearning for the place of sacrifice
in the path of Baha’.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, vol, 2)
[1] The West Hoboken assembly
