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Archival Collection of Talks on Various Bahá'í Subjects

Covenant

1987

Counsellor Harris says that Hand Dr. Muhajir said we shouldn’t wait to serve the Faith. “The Covenant is the dominate theme of the Six Year Plan.” The Universal House of Justice said, “A covenant is based on mutual assurances and obligations.” The ancient promise of Isaiah to translate the tools of war into the tools of peace is made possible by God’s Covenant as revealed by Bahá’u’lláh. He quotes the recent finding that “800 million people live in despair with no hope of improvement.” “Every day 40,000 children die” from hunger and disease. “By the time my talk is over 900 children will have died.” In 1967 the World Health Organization made a plan to eradicate smallpox. All the nations agreed to work on this goal. In something over ten years this goal was realized because of unity of purpose. Mr. Harris asked four questions about the listeners’ desire to serve the Cause. He makes the analogy of the boiled frog to us in present-day society.