Today the pulsating power in the arteries of the body of the
world is the spirit of the Covenant - the spirit which is the cause of life.
Whosoever is vivified with this spirit, the freshness and beauty of life become
manifest in him, he is baptized with the Holy Spirit, he is born again, is
freed from oppression and tyranny, from heedlessness and harshness which deaden
the spirit, and attains to everlasting life. Praise thou God that thou art firm
in the Covenant and the Testament and art turning thy face to the Luminary of
the world, His Highness Bahá'u'lláh.
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá (Cited in "Star of the
West, vol. 14, No. 7, October 1923; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I,
The Covenant)
