ersity in the human
family should be the cause of love and harmony, as it is in music where
many different notes blend together in the making of a perfect chord. If
you meet those of different race and colour from yourself, do not mistrust
them and withdraw yourself into your shell of conventionality, but rather
be glad and show them kindness. Think of them as different coloured roses
growing in the beautiful garden of humanity, and rejoice to be among them.

Likewise, when you meet those whose opinions differ from your own, do not
turn away your face from them. All are seeking truth, and there are many
roads leading thereto. Truth has many aspects, but it remains always and
forever one.

Do not allow difference of opinion, or diversity of thought to separate
you from your fellow-men, or to be the cause of dispute, hatred and strife
in your hearts.

Rather, search diligently for the truth and make all men your friends.

Every edifice is made of many different stones, yet each depends on the
other to such an extent that if one were displaced the whole building
would suffer; if one is faulty the structure is imperfect.

Baha'u'llah has drawn the circle of unity, He has made a design for the
uniting of all the peoples, and for the gathering of them all under the
shelter of the tent of universal unity. This is the work of the Divine
Bounty, and we must all strive with heart and soul until we have the
reality of unity in our midst, and as we work, so will strength be given
unto us. Leave all thought of self, and strive only to be obedient and
submissive to the Will of God. In this way only shall we become citizens
of the Kingdom of God, and attain unto life everlasting.

THE TRUE MEANING OF THE PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE COMING OF CHRIST

October 30th

In the Bible there are prophecies of the coming of Christ. The Jews still
await the coming of the Messiah, and pray to God day and night to hasten
His advent.

When Christ came they denounced and slew Him, saying: 'This is not the One
for whom we wait. Behold when the Messiah shall come, signs and wonders
shall testify that He is in truth the Christ. We know the signs and
conditions, and they have not appeared. The Messiah will arise out of an
unknown city. He shall sit upon the throne of David, and behold, He shall
come with a sword of steel, and with a sceptre of iron shall He rule! He
shall fulfil the law of the Prophets, He shall conquer the East and the
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