Today the pulsating power in the arteries of the body of the world is the spirit of the Covenant ~ the spirit which is the cause of life. Whosoever is vivified with this spirit, the freshness and beauty of life become manifest in him, he is baptized with the Holy Spirit, he is born again, is freed from oppression and tyranny, from heedlessness and harshness which deaden the spirit, and attains to everlasting life. Praise thou God that thou art firm in the Covenant and the Testament and art turning thy face to the Luminary of the world, His Highness Bahá'u'lláh.
~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

Source: cited in "Star of the West, vol. 14, No. 7 (October 1923), p. 225) #40, A Compilation on the Covenant. © Bahá'í International Community. Photo © Glenn Franco Simmons/Bahá'í Writings As Art.