, lest your hearts be attracted to the
worthless and passing pleasures of the world; let that Sun give you of His
strength, then will not the clouds of prejudice veil His illumination from
your eyes! Then will the Sun be without clouds for you.

Breathe the air of purity. May you each and all share in the Divine
Bounties of the Kingdom of Heaven. May the world be for you no obstacle
hiding the truth from your sight, as the human body of Christ hid His
Divinity from the people of His day. May you receive the clear vision of
the Holy Spirit, so that your hearts may be illumined and able to
recognize the Sun of Truth shining through all material clouds, His
splendour flooding the universe.

Let not the things of the body obscure the celestial light of the spirit,
so that, by the Divine Bounty, you may enter with the children of God into
His Eternal Kingdom.

This is my prayer for you all.

RELIGIOUS PREJUDICES

October 27th

The basis of the teaching of Baha'u'llah is the Unity of Mankind, and his
greatest desire was that love and goodwill should live in the heart of
men.

As He exhorted the people to do away with strife and discord, so I wish to
explain to you the principal reason of the unrest among nations. The chief
cause is the misrepresentation of religion by the religious leaders and
teachers. They teach their followers to believe that their own form of
religion is the only one pleasing to God, and that followers of any other
persuasion are condemned by the All-Loving Father and deprived of His
Mercy and Grace. Hence arise among the peoples, disapproval, contempt,
disputes and hatred. If these religious prejudices could be swept away,
the nations would soon enjoy peace and concord.

I was once at Tiberias where the Jews have a Temple. I was staying in a
house just opposite the Temple, and there I saw and heard a Rabbi speaking
to his congregation of Jews, and he spoke thus:

'O Jews, you are in truth the people of God! All other races and religions
are of the devil. God has created you the descendants of Abraham, and He
has showered His blessings upon you. Unto you God sent Moses, Jacob and
Joseph, and many other great prophets. These prophets, one and all, were
of your race.

'It was for you that God broke the power of Pharaoh and caused the Red Sea
to dry up; to you also He sent manna from above to be your food, and out
of the stony rock did He give you water to quench your thirst. You are
ind