(quoted by Miss E.S.Stevens in Fortnightly Review, June 1911).
Meetings 'Abdu'l-Baha attaches the greatest important to regular meetings of the believers for united worship, for the exposition and study of the teachings and for consultation regarding the progress of the Movement.

In one of His Tablets He says:-- It hath been decided by the Desire of God that union and harmony may day by day increase among the friends of God and the handmaids of the Merciful.

Not until this is realized will the affairs advance by any means whatever! And the greatest means for the union and harmony of all are Spiritual Meetings.

This matter is very important and is as a magnet to attract divine confirmation.
In the spiritual meetings of Baha'is contentious argument and the discussion of political or worldly affairs must be avoided; the sole aim of the believers should be to teach and learn Divine Truth, to have their hearts filled with Divine Love, to attain more perfect obedience to the Divine Will, and to promote the coming of the Kingdom of God.

In an address given at New York in 1912, 'Abdu'l-Baha said:-- The Baha'i meeting must be the meeting of the Celestial Concourse.
It must be illumined by the lights of the Celestial Concourse.