common fatherland. The sixth
candle is unity of races, making of all that dwell on earth peoples and
kindreds of one race. The seventh candle is unity of language, i.e., the
choice of a universal tongue in which all peoples will be instructed and
converse. Each and every one of these will inevitably come to pass,
inasmuch as the power of the Kingdom of God will aid and assist in their
realization."

A World Super-State

Over sixty years ago, in His Tablet to Queen Victoria, Baha'u'llah,
addressing "the concourse of the rulers of the earth," revealed the
following:

"Take ye counsel together, and let your concern be only for that which
profiteth mankind and bettereth the condition thereof.... Regard the world
as the human body which, though created whole and perfect, has been
afflicted, through divers causes, with grave ills and maladies. Not for
one day did it rest, nay its sicknesses waxed more severe, as it fell
under the treatment of unskilled physicians who have spurred on the steed
of their worldly desires and have erred grievously. And if at one time,
through the care of an able physician, a member of that body was healed,
the rest remained afflicted as before. Thus informeth you the All-Knowing,
the All-Wise.... That which the Lord hath ordained as the sovereign remedy
and mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of
all its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith. This can in no
wise be achieved except through the power of a skilled, an all-powerful
and inspired Physician. This verily is the truth, and all else naught but
error."

In a further passage Baha'u'llah adds these words: "We see you adding
every year unto your expenditures and laying the burden thereof on the
people whom ye rule; this verily is naught but grievous injustice. Fear
the sighs and tears of this Wronged One, and burden not your peoples
beyond that which they can endure.... Be reconciled among yourselves, that
ye may need armaments no more save in a measure to safeguard your
territories and dominions. Be united, O concourse of the sovereigns of the
world, for thereby will the tempest of discord be stilled amongst you and
your peoples find rest. Should any one among you take up arms against
another, rise ye all against him, for this is naught but manifest
justice."

What else could these weighty words signify if they did not point to the
inevitable curtailment of unfettered national sovereignty