hich can now be discerned. The second
candle is unity of thought in world undertakings, the consummation of
which will erelong be witnessed. The third candle is unity in freedom
which will surely come to pass. The fourth candle is unity in religion
which is the cornerstone of the foundation itself, and which, by the power
of God, will be revealed in all its splendor. The fifth candle is the
unity of nations--a unity which, in this century, will be securely
established, causing all the peoples of the world to regard themselves as
citizens of one 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."

"One of the great events," 'Abdu'l-Baha has, in His "Some Answered
Questions," affirmed, "which is to occur in the Day of the manifestation
of that Incomparable Branch [Baha'u'llah] is the hoisting of the Standard
of God among all nations. By this is meant that all nations and kindreds
will be gathered together under the shadow of this Divine Banner, which is
no other than the Lordly Branch itself, and will become a single nation.
Religious and sectarian antagonism, the hostility of races and peoples,
and differences among nations, will be eliminated. All men will adhere to
one religion, will have one common faith, will be blended into one race,
and become a single people. All will dwell in one common fatherland, which
is the planet itself."

This is the stage which the world is now approaching, the stage of world
unity, which, as 'Abdu'l-Baha assures us, will, in this century, be
securely established. "The Tongue of Grandeur," Baha'u'llah Himself
affirms, "hath ... in the Day of His Manifestation proclaimed: 'It is not
his to boast who loveth his country, but it is his who loveth the world.'"
"Through the power," He adds, "released by these exalted words He hath
lent a fresh impulse, and set a new direction, to the birds of men's
hearts, and hath obliterated every trace of restriction and limitation
from God's Holy Book."

THE WIDER, INCLUSIVE LOYALTY

A word of warning should, however, be uttered in this connection. The love
of one's country, instilled and stressed by t