ishers as your well-wishers
and treat them accordingly. Act in such a way that your heart may be free
from hatred. Let not your heart be offended with anyone. If some one
commits an error and wrong toward you, you must instantly forgive him. Do
not complain of others. Refrain from reprimanding them, and if you wish to
give admonition or advice, let it be offered in such a way that it will
not burden the bearer. Turn all your thoughts toward bringing joy to
hearts. Beware! Beware! lest ye offend any heart. Assist the world of
humanity as much as possible. Be the source of consolation to every sad
one, assist every weak one, be helpful to every indigent one, care for
every sick one, be the cause of glorification to every lowly one, and
shelter those who are overshadowed by fear.

In brief, let each one of you be as a lamp shining forth with the light of
the virtues of the world of humanity. Be trustworthy, sincere,
affectionate and replete with chastity. Be illumined, be spiritual, be
divine, be glorious, be quickened of God, be a Baha'i.

2 December 1912
Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Kinney
780 West End Avenue, New York

Notes by Esther Foster

You are all welcome. This is a goodly assemblage. Praise be to God! The
hearts are directed to the Kingdom of Abha, and souls are rejoiced by the
glad tidings of God.

I will speak to you concerning the special teachings of Baha'u'llah. All
the divine principles announced by the tongue of the Prophets of the past
are to be found in the words of Baha'u'llah; but in addition to these He
has revealed certain new teachings which are not found in any of the
sacred Books of former times. I shall mention some of them; the others,
which are many in number, may be found in the Books, Tablets and Epistles
written by Baha'u'llah--such as the Hidden Words, the Glad Tidings, the
Words of Paradise, Tajalliyat, Tarazat and others. Likewise, in the
Kitab-i-Aqdas there are new teachings which cannot be found in any of the
past Books or Epistles of the Prophets.

A fundamental teaching of Baha'u'llah is the oneness of the world of
humanity. Addressing mankind, He says, "Ye are all leaves of one tree and
the fruits of one branch." By this it is meant that the world of humanity
is like a tree, the nations or peoples are the different limbs or branches
of that tree, and the individual human creatures are as the fruits and
blossoms thereof. In this way Baha'u'llah expressed the