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…
That which the Lord hath ordained as the sovereign remedy
and mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all
its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith. This can in no wise be
achieved except through the power of a skilled, an all-powerful and inspired
Physician. This, verily, is the truth, and all else naught but error.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
