One Source Alone the Editor of the "Nonmit-Cutxa Dasty News" telter of November 28. He says Sin—I have read L, V. Gis second
Impossible for him to agree that a ow religion can be created by man. This is my fault, for in trying io'shorten my loller so as not to faye more space in your esteemed paper, I did mot explain the points Please permit me to add some further explanation. As the Holy Koran says! "And if he had fabric~ ated against us some of the sayings we would certainly have seized him cly the right hand then we would certainly have cui off his serta. (chap. 69 vs 34). In my Teller of November 26, T only pointed out that the origin of religion comes from God Himself and {s imparted to man-Kind through his various prophets, from time to time, to sult different generations and different. conditions.
mere mortal has the power to Create religion. Let_me quote, from the Baha'u'llah Revelations: "With tone accord these prophets declare that the words they utter are not from themselves, but axe a Revela-ion through them, a Divine message which they ave' only the bearer: (but man, under cover of religion col, shows his selfishness, by dividing religion into'a great number of the Bible. T beg to quote from, this Holy Book: "He saith unto them, Moses for, your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wiv but from the beginning it hath not been 30. And I say unto you, Whom soever shall put away his wife, except for formication and. shall marry nother, committeth adultery." (fat~ thew. Chap. 19, Vs 89). The above clearly proves that before the time fof Moses, there existed another re-Higion, Moses came and changed it suit his people's hearts. And hinin, Jess came and rechanged it Also in the Old Testament: "C will false them up a prophet from among their brethren like unto thee: and I Will put my: words in his mouth and shall speake unto them all that shall "command him." (Deuteronomy, Chap. 18, V. 18). And again in Jerefulah, Chap, 32, Vs 33, 34: "But this the covenant that T will make with the house of Tsracl after those days, saith Jehovah. T will put my law in their Inward parts, and in their hearts will T write it-and Twill be their God, and they shall be my people, And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour and every "man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all kehow me irom the Toast of them unto the greatest of them. saith Jehovah: for 1 will for-live their' Inlquity, and their sin will T remember no more." And in Talah (Chap, 2, Vs 3, 4): "And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, find Tet us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will wall in his paths for out of Zion shall go. forth the Jaw, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem, "And he wilt judge. between the nations and will decide concerning many peoples "and they shall beat their swords into. ploughshares, and their spears into pruning: hooks; nation shall not Uft up sword against nation, neither shall they learn wat any" more." And. lastly from the Holy Gospel: "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot hear them now. Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you unto the truth for he shall not speak from himself Dut what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come. Ho shall glorify me: for hie shall take of mine, and shall declare it unto you." Gohn, Chap. 16, Vs 1214). Ail the above quotations, both from the Old and New Testa: ments, clearly prophesy that God will send His prophet to mankind, also that there will be a new religion in the New Era, i. the Baha'u'llah religion. He wil, by this teaching, end wars, ete. All 'His word is religion. What He' can or will say new other than religion?
As T wrote in my letter, religion not new in the world: but inven tions, engineering progress and shapes are new. For example: Man Used bricks, mortar, stone, wood, te. to build "houses in the olden days: at present, we still use bricks, stone, wood, ete, but engineering pro" fess and modern trends are different. This is in accordance with. the March of time. In the same way believe the Baba! religion is not new Dut with other religions all its prine ciples are new.
T recommend to any interested party to read Dr. J.B. Esslemonts works: Baha'u'llah and the New Era T believe changes in shape of "re: ligion with accordance to time and.
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