When the masses of mankind are awakened and enter the Faith
of God, a new process is set in motion and the growth of a new civilization
begins. Witness the emergence of Christianity and of Islam. These masses are
the rank and file, steeped in traditions of their own, but receptive to the new
Word of God, by which, when they truly respond to it, they become so influenced
as to transform those who come in contact with them. - The Universal House of
Justice (From a message dated 13 July 1964 to all National Spiritual Assemblies, ‘Messages from the
Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986’; The Compilation of Compilations, vol.
III, Cultural Diversity in the Age of Maturity)
