Through Mírzá Ahmad Sohráb, to his honor Mr. C. C. Philips,
the Secretary of the Mohonk Conference on' International Arbitration.
He is God!
O thou perfect man!
The Conference on International Arbitration and Peace is the greatest results of this great age. This brilliant century has no likeness and similitude in the history of man. From every standpoint it is distinguished above all other centuries. It is specialized with such excellencies that the shining star of the heavenly confirmations shall gleam from the horizon of this century upon all the future cycles and periods. One of the most extraordinary events of this time, which indeed is a miracle, is the founding of the oneness of this realm of humanity and its essential branches, such as Universal Peace and the unity of the different nations, in this arena of existence.
Persia was at one time the centre of religious difference,
antagonism and oppression, to such an extent that pen is unable to describe. The
adherents of different nations and religions considered it their religious duty
to shed the blood of their opponents; they pillaged and ransacked each other's
property and did not fall short of oppressing their own flesh and blood. The
hatred between the various religions attained to such a height that they considered
each other unclean. Should a Jew enter a Muslim home, he would be made to sit
upon the ground; if he drank water from a cup, that cup was destroyed or washed
again and again; for the Jew was considered unclean. Such was the hatred and
rancor among the different religions and nations in Persia.
