If the friends and the maid-servants of the Merciful long
for the visit of 'Abdu'l-Baha, they must immediately remove from their midst
differences of opinion and be engaged in the practice of infinite love and
unity . . . If ye are yearning for my meeting, and if in reality ye are seeking
my visit, ye must close the doors of difference and open the gates of
affection, love and friendship . . .Verily, verily, I say unto you, were it not
for this difference amongst you, the inhabitants of America. . . would have, by
now, been attracted to the Kingdom of God . . . Is it meet that you sacrifice
this most glorious Bounty for worthless imaginations?
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Excerpt
from a Tablet addressed to the American believers in 1911; printed in ‘Abdu’l-Baha in
Their Midst’, by Earl Redman; and in 'Star of the West', vol.2, no. 4, May 17,
1911)
