rious glad tidings and
trumpet tone of the heavenly call and summons. For the spread of this
message He offered His life and bore every vicissitude.... He was always
under the threat and menace of the sword, yet He uplifted the standard of
divine teachings and flooded the world of the East with illumination. In
the Orient today the light of the heavenly glad tidings is visible
everywhere, the divine call is heard, the effulgence of the Sun of Reality
is shining, the precious rain is pouring down from the clouds of mercy,
and the breaths of the Holy Spirit are bestowing fresh life upon the
hearts of men. Erelong the darkness will pass away entirely, and the
regions of the East will become completely illumined; enmity, hatred,
ignorance and bigotry will no longer remain; the satanic powers which
destroy human equality and religious unity will be dethroned, and the
nations will dwell in peace and harmony under the overspreading banner of
the oneness of humanity. Therefore, we supplicate the Lord our God with
sincere and contrite hearts, asking aid and assistance in the
accomplishment of this mighty end: that the nations shall be unified in
the Word of God; that war, enmity and hatred between races, religions,
native lands and denominations shall disappear and be forever unknown; and
that peoples and nations shall spiritually embrace each other in the
indissoluble bond and power of the love of God. Then will the world of
humanity become radiant and the human race enjoy to the fullest capacity
the graces of divine bestowal. So long as religious discord and enmity
continue among mankind, the world of humanity will find neither happiness,
rest nor composure.

Pray that God may assist in this heavenly undertaking, that the world of
mankind shall be saved from the ordeals of ignorance, blindness and
spiritual death. Then will you behold light upon light, joy upon joy,
absolute happiness reigning everywhere, the people of the religions
consorting together in fragrance and felicity, this world in its maturity
becoming the reflection of the eternal Kingdom and this terrestrial abode
of man the very paradise of God. Pray for this! Pray for this!

O my God! O my God! Verily, Thou dost perceive those who are present here
turning unto Thee, relying upon Thee. O my Lord! O my Lord! Illumine their
eyes by the light of love, and enkindle their hearts by the rays streaming
from the heaven of the Supreme Concourse. Suffer them to become the