…O beloved of the Lord, strive ye with heart and soul to
receive a share of His holy attributes and take your portion of the bounties of
His sanctity—that ye may become the tokens of unity, the standards of
singleness, and seek out the meaning of oneness; that ye may, in this garden of
God, lift up your voices and sing the blissful anthems of the spirit. Become ye
as the birds who offer Him their thanks, and in the blossoming bowers of life
chant ye such melodies as will dazzle the minds of those who know. Raise ye a
banner on the highest peaks of the world, a flag of God’s favour to ripple and
wave in the winds of His grace; plant ye a tree in the field of life, amid the
roses of this visible world, that will yield a fruitage fresh and sweet. - ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
