September 1,
1912
Montreal
God the Almighty has created all humanity from dust, from
the same elements. All are descended from one race and all are created to live
on the same earth, under the canopy of the same heaven. As members of humanity
He created them sharing the same susceptibilities. As created by Him all are
one, without discrimination. He provides for all; He trains all; He protects
all; He is kind to all. He has left no difference in His bounties and favors to
men. He raised prophets and sent divine teachings. These teachings unite all
and generate love in human hearts. He has proclaimed the unity of the world of
man. He deprecates all obstacles to unity and commends everything that is
conducive to harmony and unity. He admonishes all to establish unity at all
levels. All the Prophets of God were raised up to deliver the message of love
and unity to the sons of men. All the Books of God were revealed to establish
fellowship and union. All the Prophets of God were the servants of truth. All
their teachings were the essence of truth. Truth is one; it does not accept
multiplicity. Therefore, the foundation of truth of all the religions of God is
one.
Yet, alas, blind imitations, which have nothing to do with
this truth, have crept in. As these vain practices vary, contention, warfare
and bloodshed became rampant and strife prevailed. These are the destroyers of
the divine foundation. Men kill one another like beasts and bring desolation to
one another's families. God has created man for love. He made love the
illumination of the world of man. Love is the cause of the unity of creation.
All the prophets were promulgators of love. Man, however, arose against the
decree of God and acted contrary to the divine will. For this reason, since the
beginning of present history, man has never experienced harmony. Bloodshed and
massacre have been rampant among them. The hearts have been suspicious of one
another. Man has acted against God's good pleasure. All the wars and massacres
of the past have been induced either by religious or racial prejudices or by
political and patriotic bias which have made this world a place of constant
agony for the sons of man.These prejudices were intense in the Orient, for there was
no freedom.
