ye must associate with
all the earth's peoples in extreme kindliness and love, and be to them the
signs and tokens of God's great mercy. Ye must become the very soul of the
world, the living spirit in the body of the children of men. In this
wondrous Age, at this time when the Ancient Beauty, the Most Great Name,
bearing unnumbered gifts, hath risen above the horizon of the world, the
Word of God hath infused such awesome power into the inmost essence of
humankind that He hath stripped men's human qualities of all effect, and
hath, with His all-conquering might, unified the peoples in a vast sea of
oneness.

Now is the time for the lovers of God to raise high the banners of unity,
to intone, in the assemblages of the world, the verses of friendship and
love and to demonstrate to all that the grace of God is one. Thus will the
tabernacles of holiness be upraised on the summits of the earth, gathering
all peoples into the protective shadow of the Word of Oneness. This great
bounty will dawn over the world at the time when the lovers of God shall
arise to carry out His Teachings, and to scatter far and wide the fresh,
sweet scents of universal love.

In every dispensation, there hath been the commandment of fellowship and
love, but it was a commandment limited to the community of those in mutual
agreement, not to the dissident foe. In this wondrous age, however,
praised be God, the commandments of God are not delimited, not restricted
to any one group of people, rather have all the friends been commanded to
show forth fellowship and love, consideration and generosity and
loving-kindness to every community on earth. Now must the lovers of God
arise to carry out these instructions of His: let them be kindly fathers
to the children of the human race, and compassionate brothers to the
youth, and self-denying offspring to those bent with years. The meaning of
this is that ye must show forth tenderness and love to every human being,
even to your enemies, and welcome them all with unalloyed friendship, good
cheer, and loving-kindness. When ye meet with cruelty and persecution at
another's hands, keep faith with him; when malevolence is directed your
way, respond with a friendly heart. To the spears and arrows rained upon
you, expose your breasts for a target mirror-bright; and in return for
curses, taunts and wounding words, show forth abounding love. Thus will
all peoples witness the power of the Most Great Name, and every nati