Bahá'u'lláh and the New EraEsslemont, J. E. (John Ebenezer)
Religion
Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era
Esslemont, J. E. (John Ebenezer)
Bahai Faith; Bahá'u'lláh, 1817-1892
The state of the world today surely affords ample evidence that, with rare
exceptions, people of all religions need to be reawakened to the real
meaning of their religion; and that reawakening is an important part of
the work of Bahá’u’lláh. He comes to make Christians better Christians, to
make Muslims real Muslims, to make all men true to the spirit that
inspired their Prophets. He also fulfills the promise made by all these
Prophets, of a more glorious Manifestation which was to appear in the
“Fullness of Time” to crown and consummate Their labors. He gives a fuller
unfolding of spiritual truths than His predecessors, and reveals the Will
of God with regard to all the problems of individual and social life that
confront us in the world today. He gives a universal teaching which
affords a firm foundation on which a new and better civilization can be
built up, a teaching adapted to the needs of the world in the new era
which is now commencing.
Need for New Revelation
The unification of the world of humanity, the welding together of the
world’s different religions, the reconciliation of Religion and Science,
the establishment of Universal Peace, of International Arbitration of an
International House of Justice, of an International Language, the
Emancipation of Women, Universal Education, the abolition not only of
Chattel Slavery, but of Industrial Slavery, the Organization of Humanity
as a single whole, with due regard to the rights and liberties of each
individual—these are problems of gigantic magnitude and stupendous
difficulty in relation to which Christians, Muḥammadans and adherents of
other religions have held and still hold the most diverse and often
violently opposed views, but Bahá’u’lláh has revealed clearly defined
principles, the general adoption of which would obviously make the world a
paradise. Truth Is for All
Many are quite ready to admit that the Bahá’í teachings would be a
splendid thing for Persia and for the East, but imagine that for the
nations of the West they are unnecessary or unsuitable. To one who
mentioned such a view, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá replied:—
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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