He [Baha’u’llah] was in the heyday of His life when the call
from Shiraz reached Him. At the age of twenty-seven, He arose to consecrate His
life to its service, fearlessly identified Himself with its teachings, and
distinguished Himself by the exemplary part He played in its diffusion. No
effort was too great for the energy with which He was endowed, and no sacrifice
too woeful for the devotion with which His faith had inspired Him. He flung
aside every consideration of fame, of wealth, and position, for the prosecution
of the task He had set His heart to achieve. Neither the taunts of His friends
nor the threats of His enemies could induce Him to cease championing a Cause
which they alike regarded as that of an obscure and proscribed sect.
(‘The
Dawn-Breakers’)
