There can be no doubt whatever that, in consequence of the
efforts which every man may consciously exert and as a result of the exertion
of his own spiritual faculties, this mirror can be so cleansed from the dross
of earthly defilements and purged from satanic fancies as to be able to draw
nigh unto the meads of eternal holiness and attain the courts of everlasting
fellowship. In pursuance, however, of the principle that for every thing a time
hath been fixed, and for every fruit a season hath been ordained, the latent
energies of such a bounty can best be released, and the vernal glory of such a
gift can only be manifested, in the Days of God. Invested though each day may
be with its pre-ordained share of God’s wondrous grace, the Days immediately
associated with the Manifestation of God possess a unique distinction and
occupy a station which no mind can ever comprehend. Such is the virtue infused
into them that if the hearts of all that dwell in the heavens and the earth
were, in those days of everlasting delight, to be brought face to face with
that Day Star of unfading glory and attuned to His Will, each would find itself
exalted above all earthly things, radiant with His light, and sanctified
through His grace. All hail to this grace which no blessing, however great, can
excel, and all honor to such a loving-kindness the like of which the eye of
creation hath not seen! Exalted is He above that which they attribute unto Him
or recount about Him!
- Baha’u’llah‘ (Gleanings from the Writings of
Baha’u’llah’)
