He [the Báb] withstood all persecutions and bore every
suffering and ordeal with unflinching strength. The more His enemies endeavored
to extinguish that flame, the brighter it became. Day by day His Cause spread
and strengthened. During the time when He was among the people He was
constantly heralding the coming of Bahá’u’lláh. In all His Books and Tablets He
mentioned Bahá’u’lláh and announced the glad tidings of His manifestation,
prophesying that He would reveal Himself in the ninth year. He said that in the
ninth year “you will attain to all happiness”; in the ninth year “you will be
blessed with the meeting of the Promised One of Whom I have spoken.” He
mentioned the Blessed Perfection, Bahá’u’lláh, by the title “Him Whom God shall
make manifest.”
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk, 23 May 1912, Cambridge,
Massachusetts; ‘The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by
‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912’)
