ople to its leaves, buds and fruits.

His mission was to change ignorant fanaticism into Universal love, to
establish in the minds of His followers the basis of the unity of humanity
and to bring about in practice the equality of mankind. He declared that
all men were equal under the mercy and bounty of God.

Then was the door of the Kingdom set wide and the light of a new heaven on
earth revealed unto seeing eyes.

Yet the whole Baha'u'llah's life was spent in the midst of great trial and
cruel tyranny. In Persia He was thrown into prison, put into chains, and
lived constantly under the menace of the sword. He was scorned and
scourged.

When He was about thirty years old He was exiled to Ba_gh_dad, and from
Ba_gh_dad to Constantinople, and from there to Adrianople and lastly to
the prison of Akka.

Yet under chains and from His cell He succeeded in spreading His cause,
and uplifting the banner of the oneness of humanity.

Now, God be praised, we see the light of Love shining in the East and in
the West; and the tent of fellowship is raised in the midst of all the
peoples for the drawing together of all hearts and souls.

The call of the Kingdom has been sounded, and the annunciation of the
world's need for Universal Peace has enlightened the world's conscience.

My hope is that through the zeal and ardour of the pure of heart, the
darkness of hatred and difference will be entirely abolished, and the
light of love and unity shall shine; this world shall become a new world;
things material shall become the mirror of the divine; human hearts shall
meet and embrace each other; the whole world become as a man's native
country and the different races be counted as one race.

Then disputes and differences will vanish, and the Divine Beloved be
revealed on this earth.

As the East and the West are illumined by one sun, so all races, nations,
and creeds shall be seen as the servants of the One God. The whole earth
is one home, and all peoples, did they but know it, are bathed in the
oneness of God's mercy. God created all. He gives sustenance to all. He
guides and trains all under the shadow of his bounty. We must follow the
example God Himself gives us, and do away with all disputations and
quarrels.

Praise be to God! the signs of friendship are appearing, and as a proof of
this I, today, coming from the East, have met in this London of the West
with extreme kindness, regard and love, and I am deeply thankful and