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Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
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Pages 270-272
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CXXVI: To whatever place We may be banished,...
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To whatever place We may be banished, however great the tribulation We may suffer, they
who are the people of God must, with fixed resolve
and perfect confidence, keep their eyes directed
towards the Day Spring of Glory, and be busied in
whatever may be conducive to the betterment of the
world and the education of its peoples. All that hath
befallen Us in the past hath advanced the interests
of Our Revelation and blazoned its fame; and all
that may befall Us in the future will have a like result.
Cling ye, with your inmost hearts, to the Cause of
God, a Cause that hath been sent down by Him Who
is the Ordainer, the All-Wise. We have, with the
utmost kindliness and mercy, summoned and directed
all peoples and nations to that which shall truly
profit them.
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The Day Star of Truth that shineth in its meridian
splendor beareth Us witness! They who are the people
of God have no ambition except to revive the
world, to ennoble its life, and regenerate its peoples.
Truthfulness and good-will have, at all times, marked
their relations with all men. Their outward conduct
is but a reflection of their inward life, and their inward
life a mirror of their outward conduct. No veil
hideth or obscureth the verities on which their Faith
is established. Before the eyes of all men these verities
have been laid bare, and can be unmistakably
recognized. Their very acts attest the truth of these
words.
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Every discerning eye can, in this Day, perceive the
dawning light of God's Revelation, and every attentive
ear can recognize the Voice that was heard from
the Burning Bush. Such is the rushing of the waters
of Divine mercy, that He Who is the Day Spring of
the signs of God and the Revealer of the evidences
of His glory is without veil or concealment associating
and conversing with the peoples of the earth and
its kindreds. How numerous are those who, with
hearts intent upon malice, have sought Our Presence,
and departed from it loyal and loving friends! The
portals of grace are wide open before the face of all
men. In Our outward dealings with them We have
treated alike the righteous and the sinner, that perchance
the evil-doer may attain the limitless ocean of
Divine forgiveness. Our name "the Concealer" hath
shed such a light upon men that the froward hath
imagined himself to be numbered with the pious. No
man that seeketh Us will We ever disappoint, neither
shall he that hath set his face towards Us be denied
access unto Our court....
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O friends! Help ye the one true God, exalted be
His glory, by your goodly deeds, by such conduct
and character as shall be acceptable in His sight. He
that seeketh to be a helper of God in this Day, let
him close his eyes to whatever he may possess, and
open them to the things of God. Let him cease to
occupy himself with that which profiteth him, and
concern himself with that which shall exalt the all-compelling
name of the Almighty. He should cleanse
his heart from all evil passions and corrupt desires,
for the fear of God is the weapon that can render
him victorious, the primary instrument whereby he
can achieve his purpose. The fear of God is the shield
that defendeth His Cause, the buckler that enableth
His people to attain to victory. It is a standard that
no man can abase, a force that no power can rival.
By its aid, and by the leave of Him Who is the Lord
of Hosts, they that have drawn nigh unto God have
been able to subdue and conquer the citadels of the
hearts of men.
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