How many the lands
that remained untilled and uncultivated; and how many the lands that were
tilled and cultivated, and yet remained without water; and how many the lands
which, when the harvest time arrived, no harvester came forth to reap! However,
through the wonders of God's favour and the revelations of His loving-kindness,
We cherish the hope that souls may appear who are the embodiments of heavenly
virtue and who will occupy themselves with teaching the Cause of God and
training all that dwell on earth.
- Baha’u’llah (Cited in a letter from the Universal
House of Justice to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors, 29
December 2015)
