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"Every nation is holding to its traditional religious forms. The light of reality is obscured. Were the various nations to investigate the reality, there is no doubt they would attain to it. As reality is one, all nations would then become as one nation." (Pup 216) (98:1) "The corrosion of ungodliness is eating into the vitals of human society; what else but the Elixir of His potent Revelation can cleanse and revive it?... Perplexing and difficult as this may appear, the... task of converting satanic strength into heavenly power is one that We have been empowered to accomplish. The Force capable of such a transformation transcendeth the potency of the Elixir itself. The Word of God, alone, can claim the distinction of being endowed with the capacity required for so great and far- reaching a change." (Bwf 113) (98:2) "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, one common Faith." "The divine teachings are the heavenly grace and the showers of the mercy of God, which purify the hearts of men." (Bwf 58; Bwf 333) (98:3) "It is our duty in this radiant century to investigate the essentials of divine religion, seek the realities underlying the oneness of the world." (Bwf 229) (98:4) "Just as in the world of politics there is need for free thought, likewise in the world of religion there should be the right of unrestricted individual belief." (Pup 192) (98:5) Baha'u'llah 1863 A.D.. "all truth" |