improve the character of all men and to be, at all
times and under all conditions, sanctified and detached from
earthly things. They must manifest the fear of God in their
conduct, their manners, their deeds and their words.

This body of the Hands of the Cause of God is under the direction
of the Guardian of the Cause of God. He must continually urge them
to strive and endeavor to the utmost of their ability to diffuse
the sweet savors of God, and to guide all the peoples of the
world, for it is the light of Divine Guidance that causeth all the
universe to be illumined.(45)

The Administrative Order(46)

It has been the general characteristic of religion that organization marks
the interruption of the true spiritual influence and serves to prevent the
original impulse from being carried into the world. The organization has
invariably become a substitute for religion rather than a method or an
instrument used to give the religion effect. The separation of peoples
into different traditions unbridged by any peaceful or constructive
intercourse has made this inevitable. Up to the present time, in fact, no
Founder of a revealed religion has explicitly laid down the principles
that should guide the administrative machinery of the Faith He has
established.

In the Baha'i Cause, the principles of world administration were expressed
by Baha'u'llah, and these principles were developed in the writings of
'Abdu'l-Baha, more especially in His Will and Testament.

The purpose of this organization is to make possible a true and lasting
unity among peoples of different races, classes, interests, characters,
and inherited creeds. A close and sympathetic study of this aspect of the
Baha'i Cause will show that the purpose and method of Baha'i
administration is so perfectly adapted to the fundamental spirit of the
Revelation that it bears to it the same relationship as body to soul. In
character, the principles of Baha'i administration represent the science
of cooperation; in application, they provide for a new and higher type of
morality worldwide in scope....

A Baha'i community differs from other voluntary gatherings in that its
foundation is so deeply laid and broadly extended that it can include any
sincere soul. Whereas other associations are exclusive, in effect if not
in intention, and from method if not from ideal, Baha'i association is
inclusive, shutting the gates of fellowsh