Bahá’í World/Volume 7/A Tribute from Iceland
A TRIBUTE FROM ICELAND
Miss Hólmfridur Arnadóttir, educator and author of Reykjavik, Iceland.
WHAT strikes me most forcefully in the Teachings of the Bahá’í Faith is the idea of the unity of all religions and the development of one universal religion within which every human being can develop his or her own individual character and capacities in complete harmony and accord with the environment.
The glad-tidings of the "awakening of spiritual susceptibilities in the hearts of mankind” are glorious predictions and will lighten the burden of a gloomy, materialistic world today which so much needs a new standard to fight for, not with swords, but with the divine power of the Holy Spirit.
The tidings of Bahá’u’lláh and His successors are not only spiritual but practical, as well for the world in which we live as for the life to come. He foretold the devastation of the material civilization which rules the world today and He foretold the coming of the Most Great Peace on earth even as Jesus, the Christ, had prophesied before Him.
How may we help God to establish the "Most Great Peace” on earth? we ask ourselves today. To this question each individual seems to get an answer in the Teachings of Bahá’u’lláh and His successors. May the Holy Spirit of God unite us in the Work for the uplifting of humanity and the promotion of His Kingdom on Earth!
- Hólmfridur Arnadóttir
1937
- Reykjavik, Iceland
Note: Miss Arnadóttir is a well known authoress of Iceland. She is now undertaking the translation of "Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era” into the Icelandic language.