"Prefer ye to be silent, whilst every stone and every tree shouteth aloud: ‘The Lord is come in His great glory!’"

"O CONCOURSE of priests! Leave the bells, and come forth, then, from your churches. It behoveth you, in this day, to proclaim aloud the Most Great Name among the nations. Prefer ye to be silent, whilst every stone and every tree shouteth aloud: ‘The Lord is come in His great glory!’ …He that summoneth men in My name is, verily, of Me, and he will show forth that which is beyond the power of all that are on earth… Let the Breeze of God awaken you. Verily, it hath wafted over the world. Well is it with him that hath discovered the fragrance thereof and been accounted among the well-assured…."

_Bahá'u'lláh, Proclamation of Bahá’u’lláh, pp. 94

"Thy might, in truth, is equal to all things."

"Many a chilled heart, O my God, hath been set ablaze with the fire of Thy Cause, and many a slumberer hath been wakened by the sweetness of Thy voice. How many are the strangers who have sought shelter beneath the shadow of the tree of Thy oneness, and how numerous the thirsty ones who have panted after the fountain of Thy living waters in Thy days!

Blessed is he that hath set himself towards Thee, and hasted to attain the Day-Spring of the lights of Thy face. Blessed is he who with all his affections hath turned to the Dawning-Place of Thy Revelation and the Fountain-Head of Thine inspiration. Blessed is he that hath expended in Thy path what Thou didst bestow upon him through Thy bounty and favor. Blessed is he who, in his sore longing after Thee, hath cast away all else except Thyself. Blessed is he who hath enjoyed intimate communion with Thee, and rid himself of all attachment to any one save Thee.

I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Him Who is Thy Name, Who, through the power of Thy sovereignty and might, hath risen above the horizon of His prison, to ordain for every one what becometh Thee and beseemeth Thine exaltation.

Thy might, in truth, is equal to all things."

-Bahá'u'lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, XXIX, pp. 33-34

"O SON OF BEING!"

"O SON OF BEING! Walk in My statutes for love of Me and deny thyself that which thou desirest if thou seekest My pleasure."

Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh, No. 38 Arabic

Asheboro Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Jan. 17

Asheboro's Martin Luther King, Jr. Activities
Monday January 17, 2011


"Of one tree are all ye the fruit, and of one bough the leaves. Let not man glory in this that he loveth his country, let him rather glory in this that he loveth his kind. "
-Bahá'u'lláh

“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

8 a.m., Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast, Central School Gym, 621 Franks St., Asheboro. Musical entertainment from the Gospel Gents and a speaker, the Rev. John Gullett.

10 a.m., Annual Symbolic March walking about 10 neighborhood blocks, which begins and ends at the Central School Gym. For those physically unable to make the walk transportation provided by Hodges Funeral Services, St. Luke Church and Wesley Chapel Church.

Noon, Youth Speeches at Central School Gym

2 p.m., Youth Tree planting at Central School Gym. Owen George, with Trees Asheboro, said the environmental group plans to help the youth plant fruit trees.

6 p.m., Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Worship Service at Wesley Chapel AME Zion Church, 1017 Brewer St., Asheboro. The event will be sponsored by St. Luke United Methodist Church. Guest speaker will be the Rev. David Miller of Christ Fellowship.

From reports in the Courier Tribune 1/16/11

"Nothing whatever can, in this Day, inflict a greater harm upon this Cause than dissension and strife, contention, estrangement and apathy, among the loved ones of God."

"Show forbearance and benevolence and love to one another. Should any one among you be incapable of grasping a certain truth, or be striving to comprehend it, show forth, when conversing with him, a spirit of extreme kindliness and good-will. Help him to see and recognize the truth, without esteeming yourself to be, in the least, superior to him, or to be possessed of greater endowments.

The whole duty of man in this Day is to attain that share of the flood of grace which God poureth forth for him. Let none, therefore, consider the largeness or smallness of the receptacle. The portion of some might lie in the palm of a man’s hand, the portion of others might fill a cup, and of others even a gallon-measure.

Every eye, in this Day, should seek what will best promote the Cause of God. He, Who is the Eternal Truth, beareth Me witness! Nothing whatever can, in this Day, inflict a greater harm upon this Cause than dissension and strife, contention, estrangement and apathy, among the loved ones of God. Flee them, through the power of God and His sovereign aid, and strive ye to knit together the hearts of men, in His Name, the Unifier, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise."

-Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, V, pp. 8-9

“On the day when the earth shall be changed into another earth.”

"Would that the hearts of men could be cleansed from these man-made limitations and obscure thoughts imposed upon them! haply they may be illumined by the light of the Sun of true knowledge, and comprehend the mysteries of divine wisdom. Consider now, were the parched and barren soil of these hearts to remain unchanged, how could they ever become the Recipients of the revelation of the mysteries of God, and the Revealers of the divine Essence? Thus hath He said: “On the day when the earth shall be changed into another earth.” 6"

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitáb-i-Íqán, p. 47, paragraph 49

6. Qur’án 14:48.


Alberto Giacometti (detail)

" What injustice have they committed? Whom have they betrayed? Whose blood have they spilled, and whose property have they plundered?”

"Lauded be Thy name, O Thou Who beholdest all things and art hidden from all things! From every land Thou hearest the lamentations of them that love Thee, and from every direction Thou hearkenest unto the cries of such as have recognized Thy sovereignty. Were their oppressors to be asked: “Wherefore have ye oppressed them and held them in bondage in Baghdád and elsewhere? What injustice have they committed? Whom have they betrayed? Whose blood have they spilled, and whose property have they plundered?” they would know not what to answer.

Thou knowest full well, O my God, that their only crime is to have loved Thee. For this reason have their oppressors laid hold on them, and scattered them abroad. Aware as I am, O my God, that Thou wilt send down upon Thy servants only what is good for them, I nevertheless beseech Thee, by Thy name which overshadoweth all things, to raise up, for their assistance and as a sign of Thy grace and as an evidence of Thy power, those who will keep them safe from all their adversaries.

Potent art Thou to do Thy pleasure. Thou art, verily, the Supreme Ruler, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting."

-Bahá'u'lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, XX, p. 23

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