The news of the Battle across the globe is so sad that a lot of people grieved. I keep wondering at the height of human savagery that exists in the world.

It's difficult to understand why men keep on fighting and killing each other from morning till evening.

For what objective do men shed the blood of one another? To gain possession of the earth. It's interesting to know that the animals fight for an immediate and more reasonable cause for their attacks!

How terrible it is that men, who are of the higher kingdom, can descend to slaying and bringing misery to their fellow beings, for the possession of a tract of land.

It's so surprising to see the highest of created beings fighting to obtain the lowest form of matter, earth! The land belongs not to one people, but all people. This earth is not man's home, but his tomb. It is for their tombs these men are fighting. There is nothing so horrible in this world as the tomb, the abode of decaying bodies of men.

However great the conqueror, however many countries he may reduce to slavery, he is unable to retain any part of these devastated lands but one tiny portion of his tomb! If more land is required for the spread of civilization surely it would be possible to acquire peaceably the necessary extension of territory.

But war is made for the satisfaction of men's ambition, for the sake of worldly gain to the few, terrible misery is brought to numberless homes, breaking the hearts of hundreds of men and women.

How many widows mourn their husbands, how many stories of savage cruelty do we hear! How many little orphaned children are crying for their dead father, how many women are weeping for their slain sons!

There is nothing so heartbreaking and terrible as an outburst of human savagery.

The Beloveth Master charge all in that keynote addresses given to the multitude in Paris:

"I charge you all that each one of you concentrates all the thoughts of your heart on love and unity".

" When a thought of war comes, oppose it by a stronger thought of peace".

A thought of hatred must be destroyed by a more powerful thought of love.

Thoughts of war bring destruction to all harmony, well-being restfulness, and content.

Thoughts of love are constructive of brotherhood, peace, friendship, and happiness.

The above counsels of Master Abdul Baha appear in my mind as the scenario of the sermon on the mountain by our Lord Jesus Christ as mentioned in the Bible.

When soldiers of the world draw their swords to kill, soldiers of God clasp each other hands! So may all savagery of man disappear by the Mercy of God, working through the pure in heart and the sincerity of soul.

Do not think the peace of the world an ideal impossible to attain!

Nothing is impossible to the Divine Benevolence of God.

In the following quotations of Master Abdul Baha, the center of the covenant of the Baha'i Faith sheds more light on how everyone can contribute to the ever-advancing civilization and strive to create a peaceful society.

"If you desire with all your heart, friendship with every race on earth, your thoughts, spiritual and positive, will spread, it will become the desire of others, growing stronger and stronger, until it reaches the minds of all men".

" Do not despair, work steadily. Sincerity and love will conquer hate. How many seemingly impossible events are coming to pass these days! Set your faces steadily towards the Light of the world. Show love to all".