That the Cause of God should, in the days to come, witness many a
challenging hour and pass through critical stages in preparation for the
glories of its promised ascendancy in the new world has been, time and
again, undeniably affirmed by our departed Master, and is abundantly
proved to us all by its heroic past and turbulent history. And yet, if it
is the lot of the chosen ones of God, the people of Baha, to face
adversity and suffer tribulation before achieving ultimate victory, are we
to believe that whatever befalls us is divinely ordained, and in no wise
the result of our faint-heartedness and negligence?
Surely now, if ever, is the time to turn our eyes inwardly, to bestir
ourselves, to invoke the Most Great Name, and standing together, summon to
our aid and support all the faith, the strength, and the courage that we
shall need to meet our pressing obligations and discharge our trust.