heavens and
on the earth, shall become one in God and rejoice eternally in Him.

Renewal of Religion

The state of the world today surely affords ample evidence that, with rare
exceptions, people of all religions need to be reawakened to the real
meaning of their religion; and that reawakening is an important part of
the work of Baha'u'llah. He comes to make Christians better Christians, to
make Muslims real Muslims, to make all men true to the spirit that
inspired their Prophets. He also fulfills the promise made by all these
Prophets, of a more glorious Manifestation which was to appear in the
"Fullness of Time" to crown and consummate Their labors. He gives a fuller
unfolding of spiritual truths than His predecessors, and reveals the Will
of God with regard to all the problems of individual and social life that
confront us in the world today. He gives a universal teaching which
affords a firm foundation on which a new and better civilization can be
built up, a teaching adapted to the needs of the world in the new era
which is now commencing.

Need for New Revelation

The unification of the world of humanity, the welding together of the
world's different religions, the reconciliation of Religion and Science,
the establishment of Universal Peace, of International Arbitration of an
International House of Justice, of an International Language, the
Emancipation of Women, Universal Education, the abolition not only of
Chattel Slavery, but of Industrial Slavery, the Organization of Humanity
as a single whole, with due regard to the rights and liberties of each
individual--these are problems of gigantic magnitude and stupendous
difficulty in relation to which Christians, Muhammadans and adherents of
other religions have held and still hold the most diverse and often
violently opposed views, but Baha'u'llah has revealed clearly defined
principles, the general adoption of which would obviously make the world a
paradise. Truth Is for All

Many are quite ready to admit that the Baha'i teachings would be a
splendid thing for Persia and for the East, but imagine that for the
nations of the West they are unnecessary or unsuitable. To one who
mentioned such a view, 'Abdu'l-Baha replied:--

As to the meaning of the Cause of Baha'u'llah, whatever has to do
with the universal good is divine, and whatever is divine is for
the universal good. If it be true, it is for all; if not, it is
for no one;