Bahai Faith -- North America; Shoghi, Effendi, 1897-1957 -- Correspondence
“Hearken ye, O rulers of America and the Presidents of the Republics
therein!” is His summons sounded in that mighty Charter of the future
world civilization, “unto that which the Dove is warbling on the Branch of
Eternity: There is none other God but Me, the Ever-Abiding, the Forgiving,
the All-Bountiful. Adorn ye the temple of dominion with the ornament of
justice and of the fear of God, and its head with the crown of the
remembrance of your Lord, the Creator of the heavens. Thus counselleth you
He Who is the Dayspring of Names, as bidden by Him Who is the All-Knowing,
the All-Wise. The Promised One hath appeared in this glorified Station,
whereat all beings, both seen and unseen, have rejoiced. Take ye advantage
of the Day of God. Verily, to meet Him is better for you than all that
whereon the sun shineth, could ye but know it. O concourse of rulers! Give
ear unto that which hath been raised from the Dayspring of Grandeur:
Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Lord of Utterance, the
All-Knowing. Bind ye the broken with the hands of justice, and crush the
oppressor who flourisheth with the rod of the commandments of your Lord,
the Ordainer, the All-Wise.”
Let them ponder the honor which the Author of the Revelation Himself has
chosen to confer upon their countries, the obligations which that honor
automatically brings in its wake, the opportunities it offers, the power
it releases for the removal of all obstacles, however formidable, which
may be encountered in their path, and the promise of guidance it implies
for the attainment of the objectives alluded to in these memorable
passages.
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