October 5, 1912
San Francisco, California
I have the utmost joy to find in the distant West such an
established Baha’i center, where the friends of God have assembled associating
with each other in the utmost love. This affords me great joy and I ask God that
this revered assemblage may be made the cause of illumining the East and the
West. This is my wish, and with the utmost of happiness I am grateful on
account of the susceptibilities of your conscience.
Today the people in general are self-occupied. They are
engaged either in warfare, or in commercial, political, industrial, or
agricultural pursuits. Their interests are of a personal nature; they are
thinking of self-aggrandizement, having no desire, no purpose save the
acquisition of worldly possessions.
The assemblage in the world which today is thoughtful of
God, the assemblage which is occupied with the thought of illumining the world
of humanity, the assemblage which is occupied with the mentioning of the
Kingdom of God, the assemblage which has as its chief motive the good pleasure
of the Lord of Hosts, is verily the assemblage of Baha’is, for they have no
intention, aim, or purpose save the attainment of the good pleasure of God, and
entrance into the Kingdom of God, and of being the promulgators of the religion
of God. They are the spreaders of the fragrances of God. These are the desires
of the assemblage of the Baha’is.
