therefore, Christ, Muhammad,
Baha'u'llah, for man needs from time to time a voice upon earth to bring
God to him, to sharpen the realization of the existence of the true God.
Those voices sent to us had to become flesh, so that with our earthly ears
we should be able to hear and understand."

What greater proof, it may be pertinently asked, can the divines of either
Persia or Turkey require wherewith to demonstrate the recognition by the
followers of Baha'u'llah of the exalted position occupied by the Prophet
Muhammad among the entire company of the Messengers of God? What greater
service do these divines expect us to render the Cause of Islam? What
greater evidence of our competence can they demand than that we should
kindle, in quarters so far beyond their reach, the spark of an ardent and
sincere conversion to the truth voiced by the Apostle of God, and obtain
from the pen of royalty this public, and indeed historic, confession of
His God-given Mission?

As to the position of Christianity, let it be stated without any
hesitation or equivocation that its divine origin is unconditionally
acknowledged, that the Sonship and Divinity of Jesus Christ are fearlessly
asserted, that the divine inspiration of the Gospel is fully recognized,
that the reality of the mystery of the Immaculacy of the Virgin Mary is
confessed, and the primacy of Peter, the Prince of the Apostles, is upheld
and defended. The Founder of the Christian Faith is designated by
Baha'u'llah as the "Spirit of God," is proclaimed as the One Who "appeared
out of the breath of the Holy Ghost," and is even extolled as the "Essence
of the Spirit." His mother is described as "that veiled and immortal, that
most beauteous, countenance," and the station of her Son eulogized as a
"station which hath been exalted above the imaginings of all that dwell on
earth," whilst Peter is recognized as one whom God has caused "the
mysteries of wisdom and of utterance to flow out of his mouth." "Know
thou," Baha'u'llah has moreover testified, "that when the Son of Man
yielded up His breath to God, the whole creation wept with a great
weeping. By sacrificing Himself, however, a fresh capacity was infused
into all created things. Its evidences, as witnessed in all the peoples of
the earth, are now manifest before thee. The deepest wisdom which the
sages have uttered, the profoundest learning which any mind hath unfolded,
the arts which the ablest hands have produced, the influenc