heart and soul to achieve this high ideal, to cement the unity
between all the nations of the earth. Every heart will then be refreshed,
all eyes will be opened, the most wonderful power will be given, the
happiness of humanity will be assured.

We must pray that by the Bounty of God, Persia will be enabled to receive
the material and mental civilization of the West, and by Divine Grace to
give in return her spiritual light. The devoted energetic work of the
united peoples, occidentals and orientals, will succeed in establishing
this result, for the force of the Holy Spirit will aid them.

The principles of the Teachings of Baha'u'llah should be carefully
studied, one by one, until they are realized and understood by mind and
heart--so will you become strong followers of the light, truly spiritual,
heavenly soldiers of God, acquiring and spreading the true civilization in
Persia, in Europe, and in the whole world.

This will be the paradise which is to come on earth, when all mankind will
be gathered together under the tent of unity in the Kingdom of Glory.

GOD COMPREHENDS ALL: HE CANNOT BE COMPREHENDED

Friday evening, October 20th

'Abdu'l-Baha said:

Numerous meetings are held in Paris every day for different purposes, to
discuss politics, commerce, education, art, science and many other
subjects.

All these meetings are good: but this assembly has met together to turn
their faces towards God, to learn how best to work for the good of
humanity, to seek how prejudices may be abolished, and the seed of love
and universal brotherhood sown in the heart of man.

God approves of the motive of our gathering together and gives us His
blessing.

In the Old Testament we read that God said, 'Let us make man in Our own
image'. In the Gospel, Christ said, 'I am in the Father, and the Father in
Me'.(1) In the Qur'an, God says, 'Man is my Mystery and I am his'.
Baha'u'llah writes that God says, 'Thy heart is My home; purify it for My
descent. Thy spirit is My place of revelation; cleanse it for My
manifestation'.

All these sacred words show us that man is made in God's image: yet the
Essence of God is incomprehensible to the human mind, for the finite
understanding cannot be applied to this infinite Mystery. God contains
all: He cannot be contained. That which contains is superior to that which
is contained. The whole is greater than its parts.

Things which are understood by men cannot be outside their cap