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                     Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh 
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                     Pages 215-217 
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 CX: The Great Being saith:  O ye children of men!...
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     The Great Being saith:  O ye children of men! The fundamental purpose animating the Faith of 
God and His Religion is to safeguard the interests 
and promote the unity of the human race, and to 
foster the spirit of love and fellowship amongst men. 
Suffer it not to become a source of dissension and discord, 
of hate and enmity.  This is the straight Path, 
the fixed and immovable foundation.  Whatsoever is 
raised on this foundation, the changes and chances 
of the world can never impair its strength, nor will 
the revolution of countless centuries undermine its 
structure.  Our hope is that the world's religious leaders 
and the rulers thereof will unitedly arise for the 
reformation of this age and the rehabilitation of its 
fortunes.  Let them, after meditating on its needs, 
take counsel together and, through anxious and full 
deliberation, administer to a diseased and sorely-afflicted 
world the remedy it requireth....  It is 
incumbent upon them who are in authority to exercise 
moderation in all things.  Whatsoever passeth 
beyond the limits of moderation will cease to exert a 
beneficial influence.  Consider for instance such things 
as liberty, civilization and the like.  However much 
men of understanding may favorably regard them, 
they will, if carried to excess, exercise a pernicious influence 
upon men....  Please God, the peoples of the 
world may be led, as the result of the high endeavors 
exerted by their rulers and the wise and learned 
amongst men, to recognize their best interests.  How 
long will humanity persist in its waywardness?  How 
long will injustice continue?  How long is chaos 
and confusion to reign amongst men?  How long will 
discord agitate the face of society?...  The winds of 
despair are, alas, blowing from every direction, and 
the strife that divideth and afflicteth the human race 
is daily increasing.  The signs of impending convulsions 
and chaos can now be discerned, inasmuch as 
the prevailing order appeareth to be lamentably defective. 
I beseech God, exalted be His glory, that He 
may graciously awaken the peoples of the earth, may 
grant that the end of their conduct may be profitable 
unto them, and aid them to accomplish that which 
beseemeth their station. 
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