with a
power whereby he penetrates and discovers the laws of nature, brings them
forth from the world of invisibility into the plane of visibility.
Electricity was once a latent force of nature. According to nature's laws
it should remain a hidden secret, but the spirit of man discovered it,
brought it forth from its secret depository and made its phenomena
visible. It is evident and manifest that man is capable of breaking
nature's laws. How does he accomplish it? Through a spirit with which God
has endowed him at creation. This is a proof that the spirit of man
differentiates and distinguishes him above all the lower kingdoms. It is
this spirit to which the verse in the Old Testament refers when it states
that man has been created "after the image and likeness of God". The
spirit of man alone penetrates the realities of God and partakes of the
divine bounties.

THE FOUNDATION OF RELIGION

God is one; the effulgence of God is one; and humanity constitutes the
servants of that one God. God is kind to all. He creates and provides for
all; and all are under His care and protection. The Sun of Truth, the Word
of God shines upon all mankind; the divine cloud pours down its precious
rain; the gentle zephyrs of His mercy blow and all humanity is submerged
in the ocean of His eternal justice and loving-kindness.

But we have acted contrary to the will and good-pleasure of God. We have
been the cause of enmity and disunion. We have separated from each other
and risen against each other in opposition and strife. How many have been
the wars between peoples and nations! What bloodshed! Numberless are the
cities and homes which have been laid waste. All of this has been contrary
to the good-pleasure of God for He hath willed love for humanity. He is
clement and merciful to all His creatures. He hath ordained amity and
fellowship amongst men.

Most regrettable of all is the state of difference and divergence we have
created between each other in the name of religion imagining that a
paramount duty in our religious belief is that of alienation and
estrangement, that we should shun each other and consider each other
contaminated with error and infidelity. In reality the foundations of the
divine religions are one and the same. The differences which have arisen
between us are due to blind imitations of dogmatic beliefs and adherence
to ancestral forms of worship. His Holiness Abraham was the founder of
reality. His Holin