ions--a unity which in
this century will be securely established, causing all the peoples of the
world to regard themselves as citizens of one common fatherland. The sixth
candle is unity of races, making of all that dwell on earth peoples and
kindreds of one race. The seventh candle is unity of language, i.e., the
choice of a universal tongue in which all peoples will be instructed and
converse. Each and every one of these will inevitably come to pass,
inasmuch as the power of the Kingdom of God will aid and assist in their
realization.

16: O YE ILLUMINED LOVED ONES AND YE HANDMAIDS OF THE ...

O ye illumined loved ones and ye handmaids of the Merciful! At a time when
the sombre night of ignorance, of neglect of the divine world, of being
veiled from God, had overspread the earth, a bright morning dawned and a
rising light lit up the eastern sky. Then rose the Sun of Truth and the
splendours of the Kingdom were shed over east and west. Those who had eyes
to see rejoiced at the glad tidings and cried out: 'O blessed, blessed are
we!', and they witnessed the inner reality of all things, and uncovered
the mysteries of the Kingdom. Delivered then from their fancies and their
doubts, they beheld the light of truth, and so exhilarated did they become
from draining the chalice of God's love, that they utterly forgot the
world and their own selves. Dancing for joy they hastened to the place of
their own martyrdom and there, where men die for love, they flung away
their heads and hearts.

But those with unseeing eyes were astonished at this tumult, and they
cried, 'Where is the light?' and again, 'We see no light! We see no rising
sun! Here is no truth. This is but fantasy and nothing more.' Bat-like
they fled into the underground dark, and there, to their way of thinking,
they found a measure of security and peace.

This, however, is but the beginning of the dawn, and the heat of the
rising Orb of Truth is not yet at the fullness of its power. Once the sun
hath mounted to high noon, its fires will burn so hot as to stir even the
creeping things beneath the earth; and although it is not for them to
behold the light, yet will they all be set in frenzied motion by the
impact of the heat.

Wherefore, O ye beloved of God, offer up thanks that ye have, in the day
of the dawning, turned your faces unto the Light of the World and beheld
its splendours. Ye have received a share of the light of truth, ye have
enjoyed a p