This is the Day in which God’s most excellent favours have been poured
out upon men, the Day in which His most mighty grace hath been infused into all
created things. It is incumbent upon all the peoples of the world to reconcile
their differences, and, with perfect unity and peace, abide beneath the shadow
of the Tree of His care and loving-kindness. It behoveth them to cleave to
whatsoever will, in this Day, be conducive to the exaltation of their stations,
and to the promotion of their best interests….
(“Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh”, rev. ed. (Wilmette:
Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1983), p. 6) [1]