You are men of intellect and thought, men with spiritual ideals, and it is a great pleasure for me to be among you. Let us thank God who has drawn us together this evening. It gives me great joy, for I see that you are seekers after truth. You are not held in bondage by the chains of prejudice, and your greatest longing is to know the truth. As the sun gives life to the body of humanity so does truth give life to their souls.
Truth is a sun that rises from different points on the horizon.
In like manner truth is one, although its manifestations may be very different. Some men have eyes and see. Others there are who worship only the spot from which the sun arose, and when it arises in its glory from another place they remain in contemplation before the spot of its former rising. Those who in truth adore the sun itself will recognize it from whatsoever dawning-place it may appear, and will straightway turn their faces towards its radiance. We must adore the sun itself and not merely the place of its appearance.