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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
Giving a fireside, devotional, or talk? Pick a theme, get a curated brief: relevant stories, key quotes, citations, and recommended sequencing.
Suggested sequencing: open with a powerful story, deepen with a reflective one, close with one of joyful resolution. Adjust to your audience.
Opening
The Súriy-i-Mulúk: A General Address to the KingsIn *The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh* Adib Taherzadeh recounts the revelation in Adrianople of the Súriy-i-Mulúk, the Súrih of the Kings — Bahá'u'lláh's first general address to the rulers of the world collectively, calling them to recognise the One Who had appeared in their midst and to lay down the arms with which they oppressed their peoples.
The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh (Vol. 2 — Adrianople 1863-68) · Adib Taherzadeh
Middle
Cast Behind Thy Back: Bahá'u'lláh's Second Tablet to Napoleon IIIIn *The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh* Adib Taherzadeh recounts the second of two Tablets that Bahá'u'lláh addressed to Napoleon III, Emperor of the French. The first had been received with disdain. The second, sent in 1869, contained the explicit prophecy that Napoleon's empire would be wrested from him by failure of arms. Within a year the prophecy was fulfilled.
The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh (Vol. 3 — 'Akká, the Early Years) · Adib Taherzadeh
Closing
A Letter to a Queen: Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to VictoriaIn *The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh* Adib Taherzadeh recounts the context of one of the great Tablets to the Kings: the Tablet addressed by Bahá'u'lláh from 'Akká to Queen Victoria of Britain in the early 1870s. The Tablet praised her abolition of slavery and her elective parliamentary system, and called upon all rulers to lay down their arms in favour of collective security.
The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh (Vol. 3 — 'Akká, the Early Years) · Adib Taherzadeh
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