Hath thine outward splendor made thee vainglorious?
By Him Who is the Lord of mankind! It shall soon perish, and thy daughters and thy widows and all the kindreds that dwell within thee shall lament.

Thus informeth thee the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
The successive calamities which have befallen this once great empire since the publication of these warnings have furnished an eloquent commentary on their prophetic significance.
America In the Book of Aqdas, revealed in Akka in 1873, Baha'u'llah appealed to America as follows:-- O Rulers of America and the Presidents of the Republics therein ...

Give ear unto that which hath been raised from the Dayspring of Grandeur: Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Lord of Utterance, the All-Knowing.

Bind ye the broken with the hands of justice, and crush the oppressor who flourisheth with the rod of the commandments of your Lord, the Ordainer, the All-Wise .-- Kitab-i-Aqdas.
'Abdu'l-Baha in His addresses in America and elsewhere frequently expressed the hope, the prayer and the assurance that the banner of international peace would be first raised in America.

At Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 5, 1912, He said:-- America is a noble nation, a standard-bearer of peace throughout the world, shedding her light to all regions.