One of these means of unity and agreement is made possible
in this very meeting. The Nineteen Day Feast was inaugurated by the Báb and
ratified by Bahá’u’lláh, in His holy book, the Akdás, so that people may gather
together and outwardly show fellowship and love, that the divine mysteries may
be disclosed. The object is concord, that through this fellowship hearts may
become perfectly united, and reciprocity and mutual helpfulness be established.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Words
of ‘Abdu’l-Baha at a Nineteen-Day Feast in London, December 29, 1912; Baha’i
News no. 33, July 1929)
