It behoveth whosoever willeth to journey for the sake of God, and whose
intention is to proclaim His Word and quicken the dead, to bathe himself with
the waters of detachment, and to adorn his temple with the ornaments of
resignation and submission. Let trust in God be his shield, and reliance on God
his provision, and the fear of God his raiment. Let patience be his helper, and
praise-worthy conduct his succorer, and goodly deeds his army. Then will the
concourse on high sustain him. Then will the denizens of the Kingdom of Names
march forth with him, and the banners of Divine guidance and inspiration be
unfurled on his right hand and before him.
(Baha’u’llah, quoted by Shoghi
Effendi in a letter dated July 4, 1939; ‘Messages to America’)
