newal of the
fundamental reality of religion constitute the true and outworking spirit
of modernism, the unmistakable light of the world, the manifest effulgence
of the Word of God, the divine remedy for all human ailment and the bounty
of eternal life to all mankind.

Baha'u'llah, the Sun of Truth, has dawned from the horizon of the Orient,
flooding all regions with the light and life which will never pass away.
His teachings, which embody the divine spirit of the age and are
applicable to this period of maturity in the life of the human world, are:

The oneness of the world of humanity

The protection and guidance of the Holy Spirit

The foundation of all religion is one

Religion must be the cause of unity

Religion must accord with science and reason

Independent investigation of truth

Equality between men and women

The abandoning of all prejudices among mankind

Universal peace

Universal education

A universal language

Solution of the economic problem

An international tribunal.

Everyone who truly seeks and justly reflects will admit that the teachings
of the present day emanating from mere human sources and authority are the
cause of difficulty and disagreement amongst mankind, the very destroyers
of humanity, whereas the teachings of Baha'u'llah are the very healing of
the sick world, the remedy for every need and condition. In them may be
found the realization of every desire and aspiration, the cause of the
happiness of the world of humanity, the stimulus and illumination of
mentality, the impulse for advancement and uplift, the basis of unity for
all nations, the fountain source of love amongst mankind, the center of
agreement, the means of peace and harmony, the one bond which will unite
the East and the West.

After every night there is a morn. In the supreme wisdom of God it is
decreed that when the gross darkness of religious hatred and hostility,
the obscurity of religious ignorance, superstition and blind imitations
cover the world, the Sun of Truth shall arise and the spirit of reality
become manifest and reflected in human hearts. At such a time as this
Baha'u'llah appeared upon the horizon of the Orient. For fifty years He
endured the greatest hardships and ordeals, ever striving to dispel the
darkness of religious conditions, to remove the cause of enmity and
rancor, to awaken the world of humanity from the beds of negligence and
heedlessness by the flashing light of the glo