WORDS SPOKEN BY ABDU'L- BAHA IN PASTOR WAGNER'S CHURCH (FOYER DE L'AME) IN PARIS - November 26th
I am deeply touched by the sympathetic words which have been addressed to me, and I hope that day by day true love and affection may grow among us. God has willed that love should be a vital force in the world, and you all know how I rejoice to speak of love. (119:1)

All down the ages the prophets of God have been sent into the world to serve the cause of truth-- Moses brought the law of truth, and all the prophets of Israel after him sought to spread it. (119:2)

When Jesus came He lighted the flaming torch of truth, and carried it aloft so that the whole world might be illumined thereby. After Him came His chosen apostles, and they went far and wide, carrying the light of their Master's teaching into a dark world-- and, in their turn, passed on. (119:3)

Then came Muhammad, who in His time and way spread the knowledge of truth among a savage people; for this has always been the mission of God's elect. (119:4)

So, at last, when Baha'u'llah arose in Persia, this was His most ardent desire, to rekindle the waning light of truth in all lands. All the holy ones of God have tried with heart and soul to spread the light of love and unity throughout the world, so that the darkness of materiality might disappear and the light of spirituality might shine forth among the children of men. Then would hate, slander and murder disappear, and in their stead love, unity and peace would reign. (119:5)

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