its primal source in a hidden sea. Only
a few receive this grace and take their share of it. Wherefore, let us put
our hopes in whatever the strong arm of the Beloved can bring about.

We trust that in a time to come the slumberers will waken, and the
heedless will be made aware, and the excluded will become initiates in the
mysteries. Now must the friends work on with heart and soul and put forth
a mighty effort, until the ramparts of dissension are toppled down and the
glories of the oneness of humanity lead all to unity.

Today the one overriding need is unity and harmony among the beloved of
the Lord, for they should have among them but one heart and soul and
should, so far as in them lieth, unitedly withstand the hostility of all
the peoples of the world; they must bring to an end the benighted
prejudices of all nations and religions and must make known to every
member of the human race that all are the leaves of one branch, the fruits
of one bough.

Until such time, however, as the friends establish perfect unity among
themselves, how can they summon others to harmony and peace?

That soul which hath itself not come alive,

Can it then hope another to revive? Reflect ye as to other than human
forms of life and be ye

admonished thereby: those clouds that drift apart cannot produce the
bounty of the rain, and are soon lost; a flock of sheep, once scattered,
falleth prey to the wolf, and birds that fly alone will be caught fast in
the claws of the hawk. What greater demonstration could there be that
unity leadeth to flourishing life, while dissension and withdrawing from
the others, will lead only to misery; for these are the sure ways to
bitter disappointment and ruin.

The holy Manifestations of God were sent down to make visible the oneness
of humanity. For this did They endure unnumbered ills and tribulations,
that a community from amongst mankind's divergent peoples could gather
within the shadow of the Word of God and live as one, and could, with
delight and grace, demonstrate on earth the unity of humankind. Therefore
must the desire of the friends be this, to bring together and unify all
peoples, that all may receive a generous drink of this pure wine from this
cup that is 'tempered at the camphor fountain.'(74) Let them make the
differing populations to be as one and induce the hostile and murderous
kindreds of the earth to love one another instead. Let them loose from
their shackles the captives of