Notwithstanding my bodily weakness and infirmity, I have
traveled East and West for the last three years. In every temple I cried out
and before every audience I raised my voice for the enlistment of their
sympathy. I declared the evils of war, and explained the benefits of Universal
Peace. I elucidated the causes which lead to the honor and glory of the world
of humanity, and told them of the ferocity and bloodthirstiness of the animal
kingdom. I showed the defects of the world of nature and made an exposition of
the means whereby the illumination of the world of humanity is fully realized.
I unfolded and caused the appearance of the foundation of the divine religions,
and proclaimed the teachings of His Holiness Baha’u’llah. I demonstrated the
existence of God by irrefutable, rational proofs, and proved the validity of
all the prophets of God. I gave utterance to my inmost conviction that the
reality of the religion of God is the cause of the life of the world of
humanity; it is divine civilization and pure enlightenment.
By the explanation of all these principles my object has
been no other than the promotion of Universal Peace. Praise be to God that I
found hearing ears, observed seeing eyes, and discovered informed hearts.
Therefore, I am well pleased with this journey.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet to
the Editor of the Christian Commonwealth, London, England, 1913; ‘Star of the
West’, vol. 5, no. 8, August 1, 1914)
