O concourse of priests! Leave the bells, and come forth,
then, from your churches. It behoveth you, in this day, to proclaim aloud the
Most Great Name among the nations. Prefer ye to be silent, whilst every stone
and every tree shouteth aloud: ‘The Lord is come in His great glory!’? Well is
it with the man who hasteneth unto Him. Verily, he is numbered among them whose
names will be eternally recorded and who will be mentioned by the Concourse on
High. Thus hath it been decreed by the Spirit in this wondrous Tablet. He that
summoneth men in My name is, verily, of Me, and he will show forth that which
is beyond the power of all that are on earth. Follow ye the Way of the Lord and
walk not in the footsteps of them that are sunk in heedlessness. Well is it
with the slumberer who is stirred by the Breeze of God and ariseth from amongst
the dead, directing his steps towards the Way of the Lord. Verily, such a man
is regarded, in the sight of God, the True One, as a jewel amongst men and is
reckoned with the blissful.
(Baha’u’llah, from Lawhpi-Aqdas (The Most Holy
Tablet) [Sometimes referred to as Tablet to the Christians]; ‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah
revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
