O People! The doors of the Kingdom are opened; the Sun of Truth is shining upon the world; the Fountains of Life are flowing; the Dayspring of Mercy hath appeared; the Greatest and Most Glorious Light is now manifest to illuminate the hearts of men.
Wake up and hear the Voice of God calling from all parts of the Supreme World: "Come unto Me, O ye children of men; come unto Me, O ye who are thirsty, and drink from this sweet Water which is descending in torrents upon all parts of the globe."
Now is the time! Now is the accepted time!
Look ye at the time of Christ:- had the people realized that the Holy Spirit of God was speaking to them through His Divine Mouth, they would not have waited three centuries before accepting Him.
And now is it meet for you that you are sleeping upon the beds of idleness and neglect, while the Father, whose coming Christ foretold, has come among us, and opened the Greatest Door of Bounteous Gifts and Divine Favors?
Let us not be like those in past centuries, who were deaf to His Call, and blind to His Beauty; but let us try and open our eyes, that we may see Him; and open our ears that we may hear Him; and cleanse our hearts that He may come and abide in our temples.
These days are the days of Faith and deeds-not the days of words and lip service: Let us arise from the sleep of negligence, and realize what a great feast is prepared for us; first eating thereof ourselves, then giving unto others who are thirsting for the Water of Knowledge, and hungering for the Bread of Life.
These Great Days ore swiftly passing; and once gone they can never be recalled. So while the Rays of the Sun of Truth are still shining and the Center of the Covenant of God is manifest, let us go forth to work.
‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet; Star of the West, vol. 4, no.
15, December 12, 1913)
