We stand now upon the threshold of the second epoch of
'Abdu'l-Baha's Divine Plan, with the outposts of the Cause established in the
remotest corners of the earth, and having already witnessed the beginnings of
that entry into the Faith by troops promised by the Master Himself. The foundation of the Kingdom has been
securely laid, the framework has been raised. The friends must now consolidate these achievements, safeguard their institutions
and gather the peoples and kindreds of the world into the Ark which the Hand of
God has built.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a message dated October
1963, addressed ‘To the Followers of Baha'u'llah throughout the World’;
‘Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986’)
