ational welfare
will be proclaimed and consummated so that the darkness which now
encompasses the world shall pass away....

The powers of earth cannot withstand the privileges and bestowals which
God has ordained for this great and glorious century. It is a need and
exigency of the time. Man can withstand anything except that which is
divinely intended and indicated for the age and its requirements. Now,
Praise be to God! in all countries of the world, lovers of peace are to be
found and these principles are being spread among mankind, especially in
this country. Praise be to God! this thought is prevailing and souls are
continually arising as defenders of the oneness of humanity, endeavoring
to assist and establish international peace. There is no doubt that this
wonderful democracy will be able to realize it and the banner of
international agreement will be unfurled here to spread onward and outward
among all the nations of the world. I give thanks to God that I find you
imbued with such susceptibilities and lofty aspirations and I hope that
you will be the means of spreading this light to all men. Thus may the Sun
of Reality shine upon the East and West. The enveloping clouds shall pass
away and the heat of the divine rays will dispel the mist. The reality of
man shall develop and come forth as the image of God his creator. The
thoughts of man shall take such upward flight that former accomplishments
shall appear as the play of children;--for the ideas and beliefs of the
past and the prejudices regarding race and religion have ever been
lowering and destructive to human evolution. I am most hopeful that in
this century these lofty thoughts shall be conducive to human welfare. Let
this century be the sun of previous centuries the effulgences of which
shall last forever, so that in times to come they shall glorify the
twentieth century, saying the twentieth century was the century of lights,
the twentieth century was the century of life, the twentieth century was
the century of international peace, the twentieth century was the century
of divine bestowals and the twentieth century has left traces which shall
last forever.

THE PROPHETS AND WAR

When we review history from the beginning down to the present day we find
that strife and warfare have prevailed throughout the human world. Wars,
religious, racial or political, have arisen from human ignorance,
misunderstanding and lack of education. We will first