How true are these words of Baha'ullah today.
O ye the elected representatives of the people in every land! Take ye counsel together, and let
your concern be only for that which profiteth mankind,
and bettereth the condition thereof, if ye be
of them that scan heedfully. Regard the world as the
human body which, though at its creation whole and
perfect, hath been afflicted, through various causes,
with grave disorders and maladies. Not for one day
did it gain ease, nay its sickness waxed more severe,
as it fell under the treatment of ignorant physicians,
who gave full rein to their personal desires, and have
erred grievously. And if, at one time, through the
care of an able physician, a member of that body was
healed, the rest remained afflicted as before. Thus informeth
you the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
We behold it, in this day, at the mercy of rulers so drunk with pride that they cannot discern clearly their own best advantage, much less recognize a Revelation so bewildering and challenging as this. And whenever any one of them hath striven to improve its condition, his motive hath been his own gain, whether confessedly so or not; and the unworthiness of this motive hath limited his power to heal or cure.
Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh
O ye the elected representatives of the people in every land! Take ye counsel together, and let
your concern be only for that which profiteth mankind,
and bettereth the condition thereof, if ye be
of them that scan heedfully. Regard the world as the
human body which, though at its creation whole and
perfect, hath been afflicted, through various causes,
with grave disorders and maladies. Not for one day
did it gain ease, nay its sickness waxed more severe,
as it fell under the treatment of ignorant physicians,
who gave full rein to their personal desires, and have
erred grievously. And if, at one time, through the
care of an able physician, a member of that body was
healed, the rest remained afflicted as before. Thus informeth
you the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. We behold it, in this day, at the mercy of rulers so drunk with pride that they cannot discern clearly their own best advantage, much less recognize a Revelation so bewildering and challenging as this. And whenever any one of them hath striven to improve its condition, his motive hath been his own gain, whether confessedly so or not; and the unworthiness of this motive hath limited his power to heal or cure.
Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh
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