Alexander, Agnes B. (Agnes Baldwin), 1875-1970; Augur, George Jacob, 1853-1927; Bahais -- Japan; Bahais -- United States; Yamamoto, Kanichi, 1879-1961
Among the holy, divine Manifestations of God was His Holiness Moses. The
sending of prophets has ever been for the training of humanity. They are
the first educators and trainers. If Moses has developed the body-politic,
there is no doubt that he was a true teacher and educator. This will be
proof and evidence that he was a prophet. We shall consider how His
Holiness was sent to despair, in the lowest degree of ignorance, and
heedlessness, degraded and under conditions of bondage. His Holiness Moses
rescued these degraded people of Israel from that state of bondage. He
raised them from that condition of ignorance, saved them from barbarism
and led them into the Holy Land. He educated them, endowed them with
sagacious instincts, made them worthy and honorable. He civilized them,
raised them to a higher plane of existence until they were enabled to
establish a national sovereignty, the great kingdom of Solomon. This
proves that His Holiness Moses was a teacher and an educator. He had
neither army nor dominion, neither did he possess wealth. It was only
through an idealistic power that he cemented them together proving that he
was a prophet of God, an educator and trainer.
Likewise must we set aside prejudice in considering other divine
educators, by investigating reality. For instance, let us take His
Holiness Christ. He achieved results greater than Moses. He educated the
body-politic, trained mighty nations. There is no doubt whatever that such
souls were prophets, for the mission of prophethood is education, and
these wondrous souls trained and educated mankind.
His Holiness Christ was a unique personage without helper or assistant.
Single and solitary he arose to train great and mighty nations; the
Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Syrians, Chaldeans and Assyrians came under his
influence. He was able to bind together many nations, melting them
together as it were and pouring them into one mould, changing their enmity
into love, war into peace. Under his influence satanic souls became
veritable angels, tyrannical rulers became just, the human moral standard
was raised. This proves that His Holiness Christ was an educator, a
teacher and trainer of nations. If we deny this it is nought but
injustice.
Blessed souls whether Moses, Jesus, Zoroaster, Krishna, Buddha, Confucius,
or Muhammad were the cause of the illumination of the world of humanity.
How can we deny such irrefutable proof? How can we be blind to such light?
How can we dispute the validity of His Holiness Christ? This is injustice.
This is a denial of reality. Man must be just. We must set aside bias and
prejudice. We must abandon the imitations of ancestors and forefathers. We
ourselves must investigate reality and be fair in judgment.
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