Consider... the revelation of the light of the Name of God,
the Educator. Behold, how in all things the evidences of such a revelation are
manifest, how the betterment of all beings dependeth upon it. This education is
of two kinds. The one is universal. Its influence pervadeth all things and
sustaineth them. It is for this reason that God hath assumed the title,
"Lord of all worlds". The other is confined to them that have come
under the shadow of this Name, and sought the shelter of this most mighty
Revelation. They, however, that have failed to seek this shelter, have deprived
themselves of this privilege, and are powerless to benefit from the spiritual
sustenance that hath been sent down through the heavenly grace of this Most
Great Name. How great the gulf fixed between the one and the other!... - Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh’; The Compilation of
Compilations, vol. I, Baha’i Education)
