...as to the meaning of the passage in the "Iqan" in which Baha'u'llah
refers to the renewal of the "City of God" once in about a thousand years;
this, as the word about implies, is simply an approximate date, and should
not therefore be taken literally.
The Administrative Order of the Cause, though first established in
America, copied as a model by other national Baha'i communities, is not an
American production, but is a universal system based on the teachings of
Baha'u'llah. It is not simply by coincidence however that it was first
initiated and perfected by the American believers.