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O Ye The Elected Representatives Of The People

Sources: Gleanings From The Writings Of Baha'u'llah

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
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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.



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.



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