Beloved friends,
Praise be to the Almighty that you have gathered in that
beautiful spot in a spirit of love and harmony for the purpose of strengthening
the bonds of unity between yourselves and among all men.
The All-Wise Creator of earth and heaven has from the
beginning which has no beginning sent to His peoples Divine Messengers to guide
them to the Straight Path. These Wise Ones have come to establish the unity of
the Kingdom in human hearts. This great evolutionary process of building the
organic unity of the human race has entered a new stage with this mighty
message of Bahá'u'lláh. His voice is the voice of the Great Spirit. His love
for humankind is the force of the New Age.
He who sends the rain, who causes the sun and the stars to
shine, the rivers to flow, the winds to blow and the earth to give forth her
bounties has in this Great Day sent to all mankind Bahá'u'lláh. It is this
Great One who has opened the door of divine knowledge to every soul. It is His
teachings that will establish world unity and bring about universal peace.
The people of the world are the tools in His hand. They must strive to understand His message and to walk in the path of His divine guidance. Every human being is responsible in this day to seek the truth for himself and thereafter to live according to that wise counsel. The old ones have all longed for this sweet message. Praise God that you have found it.
Now awakened to new wisdom, now guided to the straight path,
now illumined with this mighty message, strive you day and night to guide and
assist the thirsty ones in all lands to the ever-flowing fountain, the
wandering ones to this fortress of certainty, the ignorant ones to this source
of knowledge and the seekers to that One for whom their hearts long.
May your consultation reach so high a level of endeavour and
purpose that the Great One will open before your faces the doors of the
paradise of wisdom and love and cause the light of the Abha Beauty to shine in
your midst.
With loving Bahá'í greetings,
The Universal House of Justice
(Messages from the Universal
House of Justice, 1963 to 1986)
