tive land, deprived of His
rights and oppressed on all sides--even though He were a king--could escape
extermination. But Abraham stood fast and showed forth extraordinary
firmness--and God made this exile to be to His eternal honor--until He
established the Unity of God in the midst of a polytheistic generation.
This exile became the cause of the progress of the descendants of Abraham,
and the Holy Land was given to them. As a result the teachings of Abraham
were spread abroad, a Jacob appeared among His posterity, and a Joseph who
became ruler in Egypt. In consequence of His exile a Moses and a being
like Christ were manifested from His posterity, and Hagar was found from
whom Ishmael was born, one of whose descendants was Muhammad. In
consequence of His exile the Bab appeared from His posterity,(5) and the
Prophets of Israel were numbered among the descendants of Abraham. And so
it will continue for ever and ever. Finally, in consequence of His exile
the whole of Europe and most of Asia came under the protecting shadow of
the God of Israel. See what a power it is that enabled a Man Who was a
fugitive from His country to found such a family, to establish such a
faith, and to promulgate such teachings. Can anyone say that all this
occurred accidentally? We must be just: was this Man an Educator or not?

Since the exile of Abraham from Ur to Aleppo in Syria produced this
result, we must consider what will be the effect of the exile of
Baha'u'llah in His several removes from Tihran to Ba_gh_dad, from thence
to Constantinople, to Rumelia and to the Holy Land.

See what a perfect Educator Abraham was!

5: MOSES

Moses was for a long time a shepherd in the wilderness. Regarded
outwardly, He was a Man brought up in a tyrannical household, and was
known among men as One Who had committed a murder and become a shepherd.
By the government and the people of Pharaoh He was much hated and
detested.

It was such a Man as this that freed a great nation from the chains of
captivity, made them contented, brought them out from Egypt, and led them
to the Holy Land.

This people from the depths of degradation were lifted up to the height of
glory. They were captive; they became free. They were the most ignorant of
peoples; they became the most wise. As the result of the institutions that
Moses gave them, they attained a position which entitled them to honor
among all nations, and their fame spread to all lands, to such a de