Selections From the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
the day of the establishment of the Kingdom, they remain heedless and negligent.
231.5Erelong the power of the Kingdom will encompass all the world and then they will be awakened and will cry and lament over those who were oppressed and martyred, and will sigh and moan. Such is the nature of people.
232. 232.1As to President Wilson, the fourteen principles which he hath enunciated are mostly found in the teachings of
Bahá’u’lláh and I therefore hope that he will be confirmed and assisted. Now is the dawn of universal peace; my hope is that its morn will fully break, converting the gloom of war, of strife and of wrangling among men into the light of union, of harmony and of affection.
233. 233.1O ye faithful friends, O ye sincere servants of Bahá’u’lláh! Now, in the midwatches of the night, when eyes are closed in slumber and all have laid their heads upon the couch of rest and deep sleep,
‘Abdu’l-Bahá is wakeful within the precincts of the Hallowed
Shrine and, in the ardour of his invocation uttereth this, his prayer:
233.2O Thou kind and loving Providence! The east is astir and the west surgeth even as the eternal billows of the sea. The gentle breezes of holiness are diffused and, from the Unseen Kingdom, the rays of the Orb of Truth shine forth resplendent. The
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