n, in whose
hearts prejudice has replaced loving kindness, and whose influence breeds
discord and strife.

To which race or to which colour belong these two divisions of men, to the
White, to the Yellow, to the Black, to the East or to the West, to the
North or to the South? If these are God's divisions, why should we invent
others? Political prejudice is equally mischievous, it is one of the
greatest causes of bitter strife amongst the children of men. There are
people who find pleasure in breeding discord, who constantly endeavour to
goad their country into making war upon other nations--and why? They think
to advantage their own country to the detriment of all others. They send
armies to harass and destroy the land, in order to become famous in the
world, for the joy of conquest. That it may be said: 'Such a country has
defeated another, and brought it under the yoke of their stronger, more
superior rule'. This victory, bought at the price of much bloodshed, is
not lasting! The conqueror shall one day be conquered; and the vanquished
ones victorious! Remember the history of the past: did not France conquer
Germany more than once--then did not the German nation overcome France?

We learn also that France conquered England; then was the English nation
victorious over France!

These glorious conquests are so ephemeral! Why attach so great importance
to them and to their fame, as to be willing to shed the blood of the
people for their attainment? Is any victory worth the inevitable train of
evils consequent upon human slaughter, the grief and sorrow and ruin which
must overwhelm so many homes of both nations? For it is not possible that
one country alone should suffer.

Oh! why will man, the disobedient child of God, who should be an example
of the power of the spiritual law, turn his face away from the Divine
Teaching and put all his effort into destruction and war?

My hope is that in this enlightened century the Divine Light of love will
shed its radiance over the whole world, seeking out the responsive heart's
intelligence of every human being; that the light of the Sun of Truth will
lead politicians to shake off all the claims of prejudice and
superstition, and with freed minds to follow the Policy of God: for Divine
Politics are mighty, man's politics are feeble! God has created all the
world, and bestows His Divine Bounty upon every creature.

Are we not the servants of God? Shall we neglect to follow our Mas