O ye steadfast loved ones! The grace of God is beating down
upon mankind, even as the rains in spring, and the rays of the manifest Light
have made this earth to be the envy of heaven. But alas, the blind are deprived
of this bounty, the heedless are closed off from it, the withered despair of
it, the faded are dying away—so that even as flooding waters, this endless
stream of grace passeth back into its primal source in a hidden sea. Only a few
receive this grace and take their share of it. Wherefore, let us put our hopes
in whatever the strong arm of the Beloved can bring about.
We trust that in a time to come the slumberers will waken,
and the heedless will be made aware, and the excluded will become initiates in
the mysteries. Now must the friends work on with heart and soul and put forth a
mighty effort, until the ramparts of dissension are toppled down and the
glories of the oneness of humanity lead all to unity.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
