Baha'u'llah, significantly addressing that holy
mountain, has written, "for lo, the light of the Countenance of God ...
hath been lifted upon thee... Rejoice, for God hath, in this Day,
established upon thee His throne, hath made thee the dawning-place of His
signs and the dayspring of the evidences of His Revelation. Well is it
with him that circleth around thee, that proclaimeth the revelation of thy
glory, and recounteth that which the bounty of the Lord thy God hath
showered upon thee." "Call out to Zion, O Carmel!" He, furthermore, has
revealed in that same Tablet, "and announce the joyful tidings: He that
was hidden from mortal eyes is come! His all-conquering sovereignty is
manifest; His all-encompassing splendor is revealed. Beware lest thou
hesitate or halt. Hasten forth and circumambulate the City of God that
hath descended from heaven, the celestial Kaaba round which have circled
in adoration the favored of God, the pure in heart, and the company of the
most exalted angels."

Chapter XIX: 'Abdu'l-Baha's Travels in Europe and America

The establishment of the Faith of Baha'u'llah in the Western
Hemisphere--the most outstanding achievement that will forever be
associated with 'Abdu'l-Baha's ministry--had, as observed in the preceding
pages, set in motion such tremendous forces, and been productive of such
far-reaching results, as to warrant the active and personal participation
of the Center of the Covenant Himself in those epoch-making activities
which His Western disciples had, through the propelling power of that
Covenant, boldly initiated and were vigorously prosecuting.

The crisis which the blindness and perversity of the Covenant-breakers had
precipitated, and which, for several years, had so tragically interfered
with the execution of 'Abdu'l-Baha's purpose, was now providentially
resolved. An unsurmountable barrier had been suddenly lifted from His
path, His fetters were unlocked, and God's avenging wrath had taken the
chains from His neck and placed them upon that of 'Abdu'l-Hamid, His royal
adversary and the dupe of His most implacable enemy. The sacred remains of
the Bab, entrusted to His hands by His departed Father, had, moreover,
with immense difficulty been transferred from their hiding-place in
far-off Tihran to the Holy Land, and deposited ceremoniously and
reverently by Him in the bosom of Mt. Carmel.

'Abdu'l-Baha was at this time broken in health. He suffered from several
maladie