Baha'u'llah & the New Era
by
J. Esslemont
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"..Those men who, having amassed the vanities and ornaments of the earth, have turned away disdainfully from God-- these have lost both this world and the world to come. Ere long, will God, with the Hand of Power, strip them of their possessions, and divest them of the robe of His bounty."" We have a fixed time for you, O peoples. If ye fail, at the appointed hour, to turn towards God, He, verily, will lay violent hold on you, and will cause grievous afflictions to assail you from every direction.""The signs of impending convulsions and chaos can now be discerned, inasmuch as the prevailing order appeareth to be lamentably defective.""We have pledged Ourselves to secure Thy triumph upon earth and to exalt Our Cause above all men, though no king be found who would turn his face towards Thee." (Baha'u'llah - Gleanings) (136:1)

"..The time must come when the imperative necessity for the holding of a vast, and all-embracing assemblage of men will be universally realized. The rulers and kings of the earth must needs attend it, and participating in its deliberations, must consider such ways and means as will lay the foundations of the worlds Great Peace amongst men. Such a peace demandeth that the Great Powers should resolve, for the sake of the tranquillity of the peoples of the earth, to be fully reconciled among themselves. Should any king take up arms against another, all should unitedly arise and prevent him." (136:2)

"..Now that ye have refused the Most Great Peace, hold ye fast to the this, the Lesser Peace, that haply ye may in some degree better your own condition and that of your dependents.""That which the Lord hath ordained as the sovereign remedy and mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all its peoples in one universal Cause, on common Faith. This can in no wise be achieved except through the power of a skilled, and all-powerful and inspired Physician." (Baha'u'llah - Gleanings) (137:1)

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