Devotion to God implies a life of service to our fellow-
creatures. We can be of service to God in no other way. If we
turn our backs on our fellowmen, we are turning our backs
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upon God. Christ said, “Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the
least of these, ye did it not to Me.” So Bahá’u’lláh says:—“O son
of man! If thine eyes be turned towards mercy, forsake the things
that profit thee, and cleave unto that which will profit mankind.
And if thine eyes be turned towards justice, choose thou for thy
neighbor that which thou choosest for thyself.”—Words of
Paradise.