Consider how the Báb endured difficulties and tribulations;
how He gave His life in the Cause of God; how He was attracted to the love of
the Blessed Beauty, Bahá'u'lláh; and how He announced the glad tidings of His
manifestation. We must follow His heavenly example; we must be self-sacrificing
and aglow with the fire of the love of God. We must partake of the bounty and
grace of the Lord, for the Báb has admonished us to arise in service to the
Cause of God, to be absolutely severed from all else save God during the day of
the Blessed Perfection, Bahá'u'lláh, to be completely attracted by the love of
Bahá'u'lláh, to love all humanity for His sake, to be lenient and merciful to
all for Him and to upbuild the oneness of the world of humanity. Therefore,
this day, 23 May, is the anniversary of a blessed event.
-' Abdu'l-Baha (From a talk by
‘Abdu’l-Baha, 23 May 1912, Cambridge, Massachusetts; ‘The Promulgation of
Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by 'Abdu'l-Bahá during His Visit to the United
States and Canada in 1912’)
