To a gentleman who was questioning him, he remarked “The beginnings of all great religions were pure; but priests, taking possession of the minds of the people, filled them with dogmas and superstitions, so that religion became gradually corrupt. I come to teach no new religion. ‘My only desire is, through the blessing of God, to show the road to the Great Light.” Touching the gentleman gently on his shoulder, as a loving father might touch a son, he went on to say, “I am no Prophet, only a man like yourself.” MESSAGE TO THE LONDON BAHÁ’ÍS FOR THE DAY OF ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ. SPECIALLY GIVEN TO MRS. ENTHOVEN. November 26th, 1911. GOOD NEWS! GOOD NEWS! The doors of the Kingdom of God are open! GOOD NEWS! GOOD NEWS! Armies of Angels are descending from Heaven! GOOD NEWS! GOOD NEWS! The Sun of Truth is rising! GOOD NEWS! GOOD NEWS! Heavenly food is being sent from above! GOOD NEWS! GOOD NEWS! The Trumpet is sounding! GOOD NEWS! GOOD NEWS! The Banner of the Great Peace is floating far and wide! GOOD NEWS! GOOD NEWS! The Light of the Lamp of the Oneness of Humanity is shining bright! GOOD NEWS! GOOD NEWS! The fire of the Love of God is blazing! GOOD NEWS! GOOD NEWS! The Holy Spirit is being outpoured! GOOD NEWS! GOOD NEWS! For Everlasting Life is here! O Ye that sleep, Awake! O ye heedless ones, Learn wisdom! O Blind, receive your sight! O Deaf, Hear! O Dumb, Speak! O Dead, Arise! Be Happy! Be Happy! Be full of Joy! This is the day of the Proclamation of the Báb! It is the Festival of the Forerunner of the Blessed Beauty (Bahá’u’lláh). It is the day of the dawning of the Morning of Guidance. FOOTNOTES 1 Compare:—“My Name is ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. My Reality is ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: and Service to all the human race is my perpetual Religion.... ‘Abdu’l-Bahá is the Banner of the Most Great Peace ...The Herald of the Kingdom is he, so that he may awaken the people of the East and the West. The Voice of Friendship, of Truth, and of Reconciliation is he, quickening all regions. No name, no title will he ever have, except ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. This is my longing. This is my Supreme height. O ye friends of God! ‘Abdu’l-Bahá is the manifestation of Service, and not Christ. The Servant of humanity is he, and not a chief. Summon ye the people to the station of Service of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and not his Christhood.” (From a letter sent to the friends in New York, January 1st, 1907.)