from the
Lord of the Covenant.

Even at the present time, the Baha'is in all parts of the world maintain
an intimate and cordial association by means of regular correspondence and
individual visits. This contact of members of different races,
nationalities and religious traditions is concrete proof that the burden
of prejudice and the historical factors of division can be entirely
overcome through the spirit of oneness established by Baha'u'llah.

The World Order of Baha'u'llah

The larger implications of this order are explained by Shoghi Effendi in
successive communications addressed to the Baha'i community since
February, 1929:--

I cannot refrain from appealing to them who stand identified with
the Faith to disregard the prevailing notions and the fleeting
fashions of the day, and to realize as never before that the
exploded theories and the tottering institutions of present-day
civilization must needs appear in sharp contrast with those
God-given institutions which are destined to arise upon their
ruin....

For Baha'u'llah ... has not only imbued mankind with a new and
regenerating Spirit. He has not merely enunciated certain
universal principles, or propounded a particular philosophy,
however potent, sound and universal these may be. In addition to
these He, as well as 'Abdu'l-Baha after Him, has, unlike the
Dispensations of the past, clearly and specifically laid down a
set of Laws, established definite institutions, and provided for
the essentials of a Divine Economy. These are destined to be a
pattern for future society, a supreme instrument for the
establishment of the Most Great Peace, and the one agency for the
unification of the world, and the proclamation of the reign of
righteousness and justice upon the earth....

Unlike the Dispensation of Christ, unlike the Dispensation of
Muhammad, unlike all the Dispensations of the past, the apostles
of Baha'u'llah in every land, wherever they labor and toil, have
before them in clear, in unequivocal and emphatic language, all
the laws, the regulations, the principles, the institutions, the
guidance, they require for the prosecution and consummation of
their task.... Therein lies the distinguishing feature of the
Baha'i Revelation. Therein lies the strength of the unity of the
Faith, of the validity of a Revelation that claims