Tablets of the Divine Plan
Tablet to the Bahá’ís of the Central States
6Second: A number of souls with the utmost firmness and steadfastness arose in that blessed spot in the promotion of the Word of God and even to the present moment, having purified and sanctified the heart from every thought, they are occupied with the promulgation of the teachings of God. Hence the call of praise is raised uninterruptedly from the
Supreme Concourse.
7Third: During the American journey
‘Abdu’l-Bahá several times passed through Chicago and associated with the friends of God. For some time he sojourned in that city. Day and night he was occupied with the mention of the True One and summoned the people to the Kingdom of God.
8Fourth: Up to the present time, every movement initiated in Chicago, its effect was spread to all parts and to all directions, just as everything that appears in and manifests from the heart influences all the organs and limbs of the body.
9Fifth: The first
Mashriqu’l-Adhkár in America was instituted in Chicago, and this honor and distinction is infinite in value. Out of
this Mashriqu’l-Adhkár, without doubt, thousands of Ma
shriqu’l-A
dhkár’s will be born.
10Likewise (were instituted in Chicago) the general
Annual Conventions, the foundation of the
Star of the West, the Publishing Society for the publication of books and
Tablets and their circulation in all parts of America, and the preparations now under way for the celebration of the Golden Centenary Anniversary of the Kingdom of God. I hope that this Jubilee and this Exhibition may be celebrated in the utmost perfection so
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