Society! It would indeed be no

And rulers of the world, and in particular the Trustees of God's House

of Justice, to endeavour to the utmost
of their power to safeguard its position, promote its
interests and exalt its station in
the eyes of the world. In like manner it is incumbent upon them to
enquire into the conditions of their

subjects and to acquaint themselves with the affairs and activities of

the divers communities in their dominions. We call upon the
manifestations

of the power of God--the sovereigns and rulers on earth--to bestir
themselves and do all in their power that haply they may banish
discord
from this world and illumine it with the light

of concord. ("Tablets of Baha'u'llah revealed after the
Kitab-i-Aqdas", pp. 129-130) [14] 15: Our hope is that
the world's religious leaders and the rulers thereof will... Our hope

is that the world's religious leaders and the rulers thereof will
unitedly arise for the reformation of this

age and the rehabilitation
of its fortunes.
Let them, after meditating on its needs, take counsel together and,
through anxious and full deliberation, administer to
a diseased and sorely- afflicted world the remedy it requireth. The
Great Being saith: The heaven of divine wisdom is illumined with the
two luminaries of consultation
and compassion. Take ye counsel together in all matters, inasmuch as
consultation is the lamp of guidance which leadeth the way, and is the
bestower of understanding. ("Tablets of Baha'u'llah reveal