November 30, 1910
My Dear Friend: -- I have received your letter, for the contents of which I am extremely grateful to you. I understand the aims of your movement, and hope that with the greatest spirituality and by the pursuit of truth, it will succeed in bringing about the unification of mankind.
My Dear Friend: -- I have received your letter, for the contents of which I am extremely grateful to you. I understand the aims of your movement, and hope that with the greatest spirituality and by the pursuit of truth, it will succeed in bringing about the unification of mankind.
Enclosed you will find some of the sayings of Baha’u’llah: insert them in The
Christian Commonwealth.
Be so kind as to accept for yourself and your honourable society my kindest
regards.
(Signed) ‘Abdu’l-Baha Abbas
(Star of the West, vol. 1, no. 18, February 7, 1911)
Some extracts from the Writings of Baha’u’llah enclosed with ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Tablet to The Christian Commonwealth:
"Today the universal religion of God, the great Church of God, is divided
into diverse faiths which are at enmity one with the other. All the powerful religions
have appeared in the East; their differences arise only from the necessities of
epoch, time, or century. O people of Baha, therefore fasten securely the girdle
of endeavour so that the discussions and strifes between the various sects of
the world may be destroyed. For the love of God, I call upon you, His servants,
to bestir yourselves, in this momentous matter!"
"Associate with all religions in reverence and with
tolerance."
"O peoples of the world! Ye are all leaves of the same branch and plants
in the same garden; live in love, concord, friendship and union. I declare by
the Sun of Truth that it is the light of fellowship which makes the heavens
full of brightness."
"If you possess a saying, a treasure, of which other peoples are deprived,
tell it to them with affection. . . . The message of the prophets, the
revelations of the sacred scriptures have no other aim but the knowledge of
God, and the unity of mankind."
"O peoples, do not spill blood and do not seize the
goods of others. By my life, the sword of good character and kindness is
sharper than a sword of iron. Those men are truly wise who are decorated with
the ornaments of science and character; these are the head of the body of
mankind. The ruling of man has always been in their hands. I ask God to assist
them to do what He wishes, what pleases Him. Truly He is the Master of
creation, the Lord of the beginning and of the end!"
