PREFACE.

Over seven years ago, I began to preach the fulfillment of the truth which Christ and the prophets foretold; the message of the establishment of the Kingdom of God upon earth.

Since then, thousands of the people of this country have believed and accepted the glad tidings of the appearance of the Lord of Hosts, the Everlasting Father, the Incarnation of Deity, and this glorious message is rapidly spreading throughout the United States. I now consider it necessary to publish these teachings which have hitherto been restricted to oral delivery. In many cases, through failure to remember them correctly, they have been misrepresented and misquoted. This volume will, I hope, annul such error, restrict antagonism to facts, prevent further misunderstanding of the truth of God, and benefit souls who seek true salvation, by proving to them this great message of the Manifestation of the Father.

Concerning myself, be it said that I was born in Mount Lebanon, Syria, and am now a citizen of the United States. In Cairo, Egypt, where I lived twenty-one years, I met my friend, Abd-el-Karim Effendi Teharani, who delivered to me the message of this great truth and proved it from the Mohammedan standpoint, which is not sufficient to convince one grounded as I was in Christian doctrine

and belief. His earnestness however, commanded iny deepest attention and respect. After receiving from him the announcement of the Manifestation of God, I commenced studying this question from a scientific and biblical standpoint, at the same time praying fervently to God for enlightenment and guidance to the truth.

My prayers were answered and my researches proved fruitful, for I discovered that all Spiritual truths are reasonable and capable of clearer demonstration than material facts.

God is One. From Him, proceed all things which exist, and all His laws spiritual and material are in perfect harmony. Therefore, any proposition or principle not capable of proof by all the laws bearing upon it, or which in any way falsifies or sets aside known laws, cannot be accepted as truth which leads to a knowledge of God. For this reason, every point of these teachings, is proved step by step, from the ground of science, logic and common sense; by laws natural and spiritual and by utterances of the prophets throughout all ages. In discovering these proofs, I was convinced thoroughly that what I had been taught concerning the Manifestation of the Everlasting Father, was an evident reality. From this conviction of the truth, I began to teach it, utilizing the proofs and demonstrations which I had originated for my own enlightenment. These are the teachings I have brought to this country. The lessons are delivered according to the system followed in this book.

My purpose is to prove to the world, from a biblical as well as from a scientific standpoint, that spiritual facts can be demonstrated logically and scientifically and that the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace, has appeared in the human form as Behá 'U'lláh and established His Kingdom upon earth. Behá 'U'lláh, of whom I preach, is the One mentioned by an American missionary, the Rev. Henry H. Jessup, D. D. of Beyrout, Syria, in an address delivered before the "Parliament of Religions" in Chicago, 1893.

In "Parliament of Religions" page 640, he says: "In the palace of Behjeh, or Delight, just outside the fortress of Acre on the Syrian coast, there died a few months since, a famous Persian sage -the Babi Saint named Behá 'U'lláh, the 'Glory of God,' the head of that vast reform party of Persian Moslems who accept the New Testament as the word of God, and Christ as the deliverer of men; who regard all nations as one and all men as brothers. Three years ago he was visited by a Cambridge scholar, and gave utterance to sentiments so noble, so Christlike, that we repeat them as our closing words.

"That all nations should become one in faith, and all men as brothers; that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men should be strengthened; that diversity of religion should cease, and differences of race be annulled; what harm is there in this? Yet so it shall be; these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away and the 'most great peace' shall come. Do not

you in Europe need this also? Let not a man glory in this that he loves his country; let him rather glory in this, that he loves his kind.”

Each prophet of God brought to humanity a cup of the wine of Truth. The followers of the prophets however, did not consider the wine in the cup, but devoted their attention to the quality and color of the cup itself; that is to say, they respected the individuality of their particular prophet, rather than the Truth he brought them. For this reason, although God's messages to humanity have always been one and the same in their teaching, yet religious beliefs of mankind have differed on account of the color of the cup which held them.

The purpose of this new religion is to destroy these differences and put the wine of God's Truth into His cup; to spread the religion of God's teaching, in place of the teachings bearing the name of this or that prophet. By receiving this, all races of mankind will merge into one great human family, realizing that they are one people, one kindred, and united in religious belief.

Before presenting the evidences and arguments which follow, the attention of the reader is directed to an important point which demands careful consideration, and which, if followed to its legitimate conclusion, will reveal the truth. The point is this:-before attempting to consider this subject, all religious bias and prejudice should be set aside as completely as possible, in order that reason and judgment may have free exercise. Without a clear,

untrammeled and sincerely receptive condition of mind, it will be a waste of time to read this book. The reason is obvious. We seldom encounter a person who is ready to read or discuss a religious idea or doctrine, without prejudice, particularly if that idea or doctrine concerns a fundamental point of creed or Church. People often reject the truth, although it is as clearly proven to them as the light of the sun. This arises from the fact that they hold their religious ideas as truths beyond question, having either depended upon somebody else to think for them or treasured their beliefs from childhood. Beliefs implanted in childhood are particularly difficult to change or eradicate in later years. We must therefore be careful to lay aside everything which savors of pride of intellect, religious antagonism, intolerance and bigotry, in order that comprehension of the truth may not escape us. Comprehension is the door or gate by which Truth enters the soul and it frequently happens that pride nails the sign of "no admittance" over that gateway while the Truth, not comprehended, passes by without entering.

God the Almighty has made man higher than the brute creation, and endowed him with superior faculties collectively called Mind. These faculties enable us to judge between good and evil, distinguish truth from falsehood. Mind is therefore the lamp or light by which our walk in life must be guided. Man is created perfect in his limitation. Upon him alone, God has bestowed the godpower of independence, the will to choose good or