storm that cleanse and purify the earth. So is it also
in the spiritual world. The spiritual sunshine causes similar commotion
and change. Thus the Day of Resurrection is also the Day of Judgment, in
which corruptions and imitations of the truth and outworn ideas and
customs are discarded and destroyed, in which the ice and snow of
prejudice and superstition, which accumulated during the season of winter,
are melted and transformed, and energies long frozen and pent up are
released to flood and renovate the world.

The Mission of Baha'u'llah

Baha'u'llah declared, plainly and repeatedly, that He was the
long-expected educator and teacher of all peoples, the channel of a
wondrous Grace that would transcend all previous outpourings, in which all
previous forms of religion would become merged, as rivers merge in the
ocean. He laid a foundation which affords a firm basis for Unity
throughout the whole world and the inauguration of that glorious age of
peace on earth, goodwill among men, of which prophets have told and poets
sung.

Search after truth, the oneness of mankind, unity of religions, of races,
of nations, of East and West, the reconciliation of religion and science,
the eradication of prejudices and superstitions, the equality of men and
women, the establishment of justice and righteousness, the setting up of a
supreme international tribunal, the unification of languages, the
compulsory diffusion of knowledge--these, and many other teachings like
these, were revealed by the pen of Baha'u'llah during the latter half of
the nineteenth century in innumerable books and epistles several of which
were addressed to the Kings and Rulers of the world.

His message, unique in its comprehensiveness and scope, is wonderfully in
accord with the signs and needs of the times. Never were the new problems
confronting men so gigantic and complex as now. Never were the proposed
solutions so numerous and conflicting. Never was the need of a great world
teacher so urgent or so widely felt. Never, perhaps, was the expectancy of
such a teacher so confident or so general.

Fulfillment of Prophecies

'Abdu'l-Baha writes:--

When Christ appeared, twenty centuries ago, although the Jews were
eagerly awaiting His Coming, and prayed ever day, with tears,
saying: "O God, hasten the Revelation of the Messiah," yet when
the Sun of Truth dawned, they denied Him and rose against Him with
the greatest e