The news of the attraction of the hearts of the believers of
God ignited the candle of happiness and created spiritual joy. 'Abdu'l-Bahá
travelled to the land of Joseph of Canaan and became well known in the
servitude of the Holy Threshold. Although the attack of the sects and the false
rumours and statements in the newspapers are intense, yet it is my hope that
this journey may become fruitful and the Voice and Summons of the Cause of God
may move these regions; some seeds may be sown and watered and be assisted by
the downpour of the rain of the Mercy of the Almighty. Assuredly they will grow
and become green and verdant.
Praise be to God! that through the Bounty and Favour of the
Most Great Name - May my life he a sacrifice to His believers - the Voice of
the Cause of God is raised in all countries and the Fame and Melody of the Word
of God is spread in every region. In these days the Cause of God is progressing
and advancing in America, and in Asia there is the clamour of Turk and Tajik.
The Bahá'ís have founded an English newspaper in the capital of Japan, which is
edited and circulated by his honour, the learned Professor Báriku'l-Alláh, of
India. Some of the American believers are expecting to make a trip to China and
Manchuria so that they may raise the Voice of the Kingdom in those parts, and
in Europe and Asia the Trumpet of the Supreme Concourse is heard.
God be praised! Notwithstanding this divine, Majestic Cause, the promotion of the Word of God and the diffusion of the Fragrances of God, a few impotent ones, who are less than the flies, desire to break the Covenant and violate the Testament. How fruitless and weak is their endeavour! The screech of the owl is discordant before the Melody of the Kingdom and the cawing of the crow is drowned before the harmony of the Nightingale of Significance; the weak bat with its shattered broken wing cannot soar with the white-winged Gabriel, and the darkness of humiliation and remorse cannot cover the rays of the Sun of Truth. Were there any justice they would all testify that this Pen is not moving the East and the West except through the Confirmation of the Blessed Perfection, and this Melody is not imparting rejoicing and delight to the world except through the assistance of the Most Great Name. When the blind souls deny the existence of the sun, they think they have accomplished a great feat, while heedless of the fact that they have proved more than anything else their own ignorance.
(Signed) 'Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas
(Star of the West, vol. 2, no. 3, April 28, 1911)
