“The full
measure of your success,” He, [‘Abdu’l-Baha] in another Tablet, addressed to
the entire company of His followers in the North American continent these
prophetic words: “is as yet unrevealed, its significance unapprehended. Erelong
ye will with your own eyes witness how brilliantly every one of you, even as a
shining star, will radiate in the firmament of your country the light of divine
guidance, and will bestow upon its people the glory of an everlasting life... I
fervently hope that in the near future the whole earth may be stirred and
shaken by the results of your achievements. The hope which ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
cherishes for you is that the same success which has attended your efforts in
America may crown your endeavors in other parts of the world, that through you the
fame of the Cause of God may be diffused throughout the East and the West, and
the advent of the Kingdom of the Lord of Hosts be proclaimed in all the five
continents of the globe.
(‘Abdu’l-Baha,
from a Tablet quoted by Shoghi Effendi in a letter dated June 5, 1947; ‘Citadel
of Faith’)
