May 5. On this date in 1953, Shoghi Effendi sent a cable
stating "The hour is ripe to disencumber themselves of worldly
vanities, to mount the steed of steadfastness, unfurl the banner of
renunciation, don the armor of utter consecration to God's Cause, gird
themselves with the girdle of a chaste and holy life, unsheathe the
sword of Bahá'u'lláh's utterance, buckle on the shield of His love,
carry as sole provision implicit trust in His promise, flee their
homelands, and scatter far and wide to capture the unsurrendered
territories of the entire planet."
"...The hour is ripe to disencumber themselves of worldly vanities, to mount the steed of steadfastness, unfurl the banner of renunciation, don the armor of utter consecration to God's Cause, gird themselves with the girdle of a chaste and holy life, unsheathe the sword of Bahá'u'lláh's utterance, buckle on the shield of His love, carry as sole provision implicit trust in His promise, flee their homelands, and scatter far and wide to capture the unsurrendered territories of the entire planet."
(From cablegram of the Guardian, May 5, 1953: Messages to the Bahá'í World, p. 49)
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