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Baha'u'llah was preeminently the Revealer of the Word. His forty years imprisonment gave Him but limited opportunities of intercourse with His fellowmen. To 'Abdul-Baha, therefore, fell the important task of becoming the exponent of the Revelation, the Doer of the Word, the Great Exemplar of the Baha'i life.. He showed that it is still possible, amid the whirl and rush of modern life, amid the self-love and struggle for material prosperity.. to live the life of entire devotion to God and to the service of one's fellows.. Through trial and vicissitudes, calumnies, and treachery on the one hand, and through love and praise, devotion and veneration on the other, He stood like a lighthouse founded on a rock, around which wintry tempests rage.. His poise and serenity remaining ever steadfast and unshaken. He lived the life of faith, and calls on His followers to live it here and now. He raised amid a warring world the Banner of Unity and Peace.. and He assures those who rally to its support that they shall be inspired by the Spirit of the New Day. It is the same Holy Spirit which inspired the Prophets and Saints of old, but it is a new outpouring.. suited to the needs of the new time.
(69:3)
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