d, its peace and security, are
unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established. This unity
can never be achieved so long as the counsels which the Pen of the Most
High hath revealed are suffered to pass unheeded.

Through the power of the words He hath uttered the whole of the human race
can be illumined with the light of unity, and the remembrance of His Name
is able to set on fire the hearts of all men, and burn away the veils that
intervene between them and His glory. One righteous act is endowed with a
potency that can so elevate the dust as to cause it to pass beyond the
heaven of heavens. It can tear every bond asunder, and hath the power to
restore the force that hath spent itself and vanished....

Be pure, O people of God, be pure; be righteous, be righteous.... Say: O
people of God! That which can ensure the victory of Him Who is the Eternal
Truth, His hosts and helpers on earth, have been set down in the sacred
Books and Scriptures, and are as clear and manifest as the sun. These
hosts are such righteous deeds, such conduct and character, as are
acceptable in His sight. Whoso ariseth, in this Day, to aid Our Cause, and
summoneth to his assistance the hosts of a praiseworthy character and
upright conduct, the influence flowing from such an action will, most
certainly, be diffused throughout the whole world.

CXXXII: THE PURPOSE OF THE ONE TRUE GOD, EXALTED...

The Purpose of the one true God, exalted be His glory, in revealing
Himself unto men is to lay bare those gems that lie hidden within the mine
of their true and inmost selves. That the divers communions of the earth,
and the manifold systems of religious belief, should never be allowed to
foster the feelings of animosity among men, is, in this Day, of the
essence of the Faith of God and His Religion. These principles and laws,
these firmly-established and mighty systems, have proceeded from one
Source, and are the rays of one Light. That they differ one from another
is to be attributed to the varying requirements of the ages in which they
were promulgated.

Gird up the loins of your endeavor, O people of Baha, that haply the
tumult of religious dissension and strife that agitateth the peoples of
the earth may be stilled, that every trace of it may be completely
obliterated. For the love of God, and them that serve Him, arise to aid
this most sublime and momentous Revelation. Religious fanaticism and
hatred are a world-devouring