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There emerge, in the chronicles of His life, certain overriding themes which reveal His hallowed nature. As a child and youth, He was much beloved and admired for His compassion and innate knowledge. The early years of His adulthood were characterized by philanthropic pursuits which demonstrated the abundance of His heart, and which earned Him the title "Father of the Poor". However, upon receiving the revelation from God to commence His holy mission, new themes emerged: among them, His sacrifice and suffering, and His unwavering fortitude in the Cause of God (108:6) Through all the affliction and hardship which governments and clergy relentlessly inflicted upon Him, in all the situations which presented to Him the real danger of His losing His life, Baha'u'llah never retreated, never sought to hide Himself, never halted. His fearless proclamation of the Message that He had come to deliver was constant
(108:7)
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