A Mighty River/Text

MIGHTY

RIVER

Selections from the Baha‘t Writings

Arranged and Illustrated by Audrie Reynolds

BAHA‘I PUBLISHING TRUST Wilmette, Illinois 60091

Reprinted 1980 Illustrations on pages 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 27, 28, 29, 31, 34, and 35

are used by permission of the publisher, Dover Publications, Inc., from Dorothy Smith Side’s Decorative Art of the Southwestern Indians, first published in 1961.

Other illustrations are adapted from shards collected by the author and from Indian Art of the Americas. The cover design was adapted from a Navajo Rug.

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Printed in U.S.A. [Page 3]“The earth is in mofion and growth,

The mountains, hills and prairies

are green and pleasant, the bounty

is overflowing; the mercy universol,

the rain is descending from the clouds

of mercy, the brilliant Sun is shining... . Boundless Treasure is in the hand

of the King of Kings! Lift up The hem of thy garment

in order fo receive if.”

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“Blessed are your ears, for they have heard the Call! Blessed are your eyes, for they have beheld the signs of their Mighty Lord ! Blessed ore your Tongues, for they hove uttered the praise of my Lord, the Supreme!” [Page 4]"Minds are powerless

to comprehend God,

and the souls become bewildered in explaining Him.

“The eyes see Him nol,

but He seeth the eyes. .. bees

“Through Thy name, O my God,

all created Things were stirred up, and the heovens were spread,

and the earth was established,

and the clouds were raised

and made To rain upon the earth. [Page 5]“No man hoth ever known Him; no soul hath ever found

the pathway fe His Being.... The way is barred....”

"Thou, Truly, art the King of all men. There is no God but Thee,

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The Ever-Forgiving, The Most Generous.

“Thou, tr uly, art

the Lord of all mankind,

ond the Possessor of this world and of the next. No Ged is There save Thee, The All-Knowing,

the All-Wise.’

[Page 6]"How all-encompassing

are the wonders

of His boundless grace!

Behold how They have pervaded

the whole of creation.”

"Sanclified be the Lord of all mankind, at the mention of Whose name

all the atoms of the earth

have been made to vibrote....”

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. the mystery of eternal might

vibrates within The innermost being

of all created things.”

« . how vast the oceans of wisdom

thot surge within a drop!”

"O Son of Being!

With the hands of power | made thee and with the fingers of strength

| created thee; and within thee

hove | placed the essence of My light. Be thou conlent with if

and seek naught else, for My work is perfect and My command is_ binding.

Question iT nol, nor have a doubt thereof.

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" This period of time is the Promised Age,

The assembling of the human race To the Resurrection Day

and now is the great Day of Judgment. “Soon the whole world, as in springtime, will change its gorb, The turning and Falling

of the autumn leaves is past;

The bleakness of the winter Time is over. The new year

hoth ap pe ared and The spiritual springtime is of hand.”

> [Page 9]“Every Spring has an autumn and every autumn hos is spring.

The coming of a manifestation of God

is the season of spiritual spring.

For instance, the appearance of

His Holiness Christ was a divine springfime.... Then gradually Thot spring was followed by the autumn of death and decay. . -

At such a time as this

His Holiness Bahé'u'llah dawned... .”

"All men will adhere to one religion, will have one common faith, will be blended into one roce and become a single people.

All will dwell in one common fatherland , which is the planet itself.”

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_ in This brilliant age and olivine cycle,

the Noble Personoge, The Rediant Stor,

The Distingu ished One,

will manifest with virtues which will eventually amaze the peoples, for

He is in spiriTuol virlues and divine

perfections loftier than al) the Individuals;

nay, rother He is The Source of Divine Benediction and The Center

of the Radiont Circle,”

OS “Bahd’u'llah has drawn \@

The circle of unity,

He has made a design for the uniTing of all The peoples... .”

10 [Page 11]“The basis of the Teaching

eos of Bahd'u'llah is The Unity of Mankind

and his greatest desire was

Thot love ond goodwill should live

in the heart of men.”

“Bahé’wlléh spent His life Teaching This lesson of Love and Unity."

“Although Baohé*u'lléh was in prison

The greot Power of the | Holy Spirit was with Him!”

11 [Page 12]The Purpose of the one true God, exalfed be His glory,

in revealing Himself unlo men

is to lay bare Those gems

thot lie hidden within the mine

of their true and inmost selves.”

“Whenever My laws appear like the sun

in The heaven of Mine ulTerance,

They musl be faithfully obeyed by all....”

[Page 13]“A twofold — obli gation reslet h

upon him who hoth recognized

the Day Spring of the Unity of God, and acknowledged the ‘truth

of Him Who is the Manifestation

ot His oneness .

The first is steadfasiness in His Love... .

The second is strict

observance

ot the laws He hath

prescribed. See

“He Who is everlastingly hidden from the eyes of men

can never be known

except Through His Manifestation. ...”

[Page 14]“\n the estimation of God all men are equal. There is no distinction

33 or preference for any soul....

“As the compassionale God

hos placed such a wonderful crown upon The heod of man,

mon should sfrive

thot its brilliant jewels

may become visible in the world,”

[Page 15]

“O Children of Men!

Know ye not why We created you all from the same dust?

Thot no one should exalt himself

over the other. Ponder of all times

in your heorts how ye were erealed. Since We have created you all

from one same subslance if is incumbent on you to be even as one soul,

To walk with the same feel,

eat with the same mouth

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and dwell in the same land...

15 [Page 16]“How lofty

is the station which man,

if he but choose to fulfill his high destiny,

can altain!

“What a power God has given our spirils/ He has endowed us

with a power To penetrate

The realities of Things. oan [Page 17]rs

"Man has Two powers... . One power is connected with the molerial world

and by it he is capable

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of motlerial advancemenl,

“The other power is spiritual... . ‘These powers are like Two wings,

Beth must be developed, for flight is impossible. with one wing.

17 [Page 18]

“Bahd’ulléh hath said that the various races of human kind lend a composite

harmony and beauty of color To the whole. Let all associate, therefore, in this

greal human garden

even as flowers grow and

blend Together side by side without

discord or disagreement between them.’ [Page 19]"In the estimation of God

there is no distinction of color; all are one in the color and beouly

of servitude to Him.

Color is nol important, the hearl is all-important.”

“God doth not behold differences of hue and complexion. He looketh of the hearts... . he who is devoted to the

Kingdom is most beloved.

We ore all servanis of one Threshold,

atfendonis of one Court, waves of one sea, drops of one siream, the dus! before one door and plorits of one garden. There must orise

no Trouble ft deprive one from thot which is

the reol purpose.”

19 [Page 20]“He [Baha'u'llah] likened the world of existence to one tree and all the souls

to leaves, blossoms and fruits.

Therefore all the branches, leaves,

blossoms and fruits must be

in the ulmost of freshness,

and the bringing about of this delicacy and sweetness depends upon

union and Fellowship.”

20 [Page 21]” These days are swittly passing and this mortal life will remain fruitless and without result. Therefore ‘ while There is yet time

and ‘the arrow is in the bow, enter ye the chose and strike ye the game.

This gome is ‘the good-pleasure of God,

ond this chase is the merciful Providence,

thot is | living in accord with

the divine instructions:

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21 [Page 22]"All mankind are creatures and servants of the one God. The surface of the earth is one

home; humanity is one family and

household. Distinctions and boundories

ore artificial , human. ”

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over ancther;...no one should look upon ancther with scorn and contempt and no one should deprive or oppress a fellow-creature. All must be considered as submerged in The ocean of God's mercy. We must associate with all

humanity in gentleness and kindliness.

We must love all with love of the heart.”

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22 [Page 23]“Ye are the fruits of one Tree,

and The leaves of one branch.

Deal ye one with another with the utmost

love and har mony,

with friendliness and Fellowship. Si aes So powerful is the light of unity

that if can illuminate the whole earth.”

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“It “is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, buf

rather for him who loveth the whole world, The earth is buf one country,

and mankind ifs citizens. ”

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23 [Page 24]“... without pefience the wayforer on this journey will reach nowhere and attain

FY) no geal.

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“...tf There be no pain

this journey will never end.”

"In the ocean he findeth a drop, mia drop he beholdeth the secrets of the sea.”

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"Even in fire, he seeth

the face of the Beloved.”

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[Page 25]"O My friend, listen with heart and soul to the songs of the spirit and Treasure them

as thine own eyes.

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“Turn Thy sight unto thyself,

thot Thou moyest find Me slanding within Thee,

mighty, powerful and self-subsisting. ”

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“Trust in the favor of God. Look nof of your own capacities, for the divine bestowal can transform a drop info an ocean,

iT can make a tiny seed a lofty Tree.’

eet gee [Page 26]“how knowest, and seest, ond hearest, O my Lord, thot before every Tree l am moved to lift up

as

my voice to lhee....

“If iT be Thy pleasure,

make me To grow as a Tender herb in the meadows of Thy grace, thot the gentle winds of Thy will may slir me up and bend me

info conformity with Thy pleasure, in such wise thot my movement

and my stillness

may be wholly directed by Thee.”

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26 [Page 27]“Supplicate To God, pray To Him and inveke Him of midnight and al dawn.

Be humble and submissive fo God and chant the verses of thanksgiving

al morn and eve.... ”

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“Chant (or recite) the words of God every morning and evening.

The one who neglects This has nol been faithful to the Covenant

of God and His agreement, and he who turns away from if today is of those who have Turned away

from God e

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27 [Page 28]“Know thou that prayer is indis pensable

and obligatory. ae

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and mindfulness

and conducive to profection

and preservation from Tests. .

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[Page 29]"If thou be a man of communion ond prayer,

soar up on the wings of assisiance

from Holy Souls, thot thou mayest behold the mysteries of the Friend and attain To the lights of the Beloved.”

“) now assure thee, O servant of God, thal, if thy mind become empty

and pure from every mention

and thought and thy heart attracted wholly to The Kingdom of God, forget all else besides God

and come in communion

with the Spirit of God,

then the Holy Spirit will assist thee with a power which will enable thee To penetrate all things nasa

29 [Page 30]

“Ye dwell in one world, and have been created

through the operation of one Will. Blessed is he who mingleth

with all men in a spirit

of utmost kindliness and love.”

lick your acts be a guide unto all mankind. ...

ft is Through your deeds that ye can distinguish yourselves from others. Through them The brightness of your light can be shed upon the whole earth.”

30 [Page 31]“That one indeed

is a man who, today, dedicateth himself to the service of the entire human race. The Great Being sai th: Blessed and happy is he that ariseth to promole

The best interests of the peoples and kindreds of the earth,”

"Be ye as the Fingers of one hand , The members of one bedy.”

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31 [Page 32]“He (the seeker] musT never seek to exalt himself above any one, mus! wosh away from the tablet of his heart every Trace of pride

and vain-glory, must cling unlo patience

and resignation, observe silence

and refrain from idle Talk.”

“Men who suffer nef,

atfoin no perfection.

The plarit most pruned by the gardeners

is Thot one which, when the summer comes, will have the most beautiful blossoms

and the most abundant fruif, ”

The poor in your midst are My Trust, guard ye

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32 [Page 33]“O My Brother! A pure heart is as a mirror; cleanse it with the burnish of love

and severance from all save God,

that the True sun may shine within if

and the eternal morning dawn.”

“Love the creatures for the sake of God and nof for themselves. You will never

become angry or impotient if you love them for the sake of God."

“Truthfulness is The foundetion of all human virtues, Without Truthfulness progress and success, in all the worlds of God,

are im possible for any soul,”

“Beware lest ye prefer yourselves above

your neigh bors.”

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33 [Page 34]‘Out of the whole world He hoth chosen for Himself

the hearts of men....”

i Sth i myslery of inner meaning may be whispered only

from heort to heart,

confided only

from breast to breast.”

34 [Page 35]'O Man of Two Visions! Close one eye and open the cther Close one fo the world

and all thot is therein,

ond open the other to the hallowed beauly of the Beloved. ”

“The real meeting consisis in the

communication of heart... .hearls which

are spiritually related to each other,

their meetings ore efernol , beth in

this world and in the Universe of God. | hope thot thou mayest attain thereunto.

35 [Page 36]“An humble man without learning, but filled with the Holy Spirit,

is more powerful than the mosf nobly-bern profound scholar

without That inspiration.”

“Be happy and jeyous because the bestowals of God

Se are inlended for you

6 is breathing upon you.”

and the life of the Holy Spirit

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36 [Page 37]“Beware lest ye offend the feelings of anyone, or sadden the heart of any

person, or move the Tongue in reproach of and finding fault with anybedy,

whether he is friend or stranger... .”

Hf any differences arise amongst you,

behold Me standing before your face, and overlook the faults of one ancther

for My name's sake. Starenes

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for oa hundred - thousand Times

he may yel Turn his face To you, hopeful thot you will forgive his sins; for he must not become hopeless, neither grieved ner despondent.

This is the conduct and the manner of The people of Baha!”

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37 [Page 38]; Through his ignorance,

man fears death;

but the death he shrinks from

is imaginary. ee

"O Son of the Supreme! | have made deoth

a messenger of joy To thee. Wherefore dost thou grieve?

| made the light

to shed on Thee its splendor. Why dost thou veil thyself therefrom?”

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As to the question

that the holy and spiritual souls influence, help and guide

the creatures after they have cast off this elemental mould — this is an established truth

o the Bahdis.”

“And know thou for a cerlainty, That in the divine worlds,

the spiritual beloved ones...

will recognize each other,

and will seek union [with each other],

buf a spiritual union.”

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39 [Page 40]“Know Thou of o Truth that the soul, after ils separalion from the body, will continue

To progress until if oftaineth the presence of God...,”

..tn This world

he must prepore himself for the life beyond.

That which he needs

in the world of the kingdom must be obfained here.

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40 [Page 41]“Now there are many wisdoms To ponder

in the dream. ... First, what is this world,

where without eye and ear and hand

and Tongue, a man puls all of these to use? Second, how is if thot in the ouler world thou seest Today the effect of a dream, when thou didsf vision if in the world

ot sleep some Ten years past? . sc “God, the Exalfed, hath placed these signs in men, fo the end Thof philosophers may not deny The mysteries of the life beyond nor belittle thot which hath been promised them.

“,..reflec! upon the perfection of man’s creation, and that all these planes and

slates are folded up and hidden away

within him.”

4] [Page 42]“Lay nol on any soul

a load which ye would nol wish To be laid upon you, and desire not for any one

the things ye would not desire

for yourselves.

This is My best counsel unto you, did ye buf

observe if.”

42 [Page 43]"O Son of Spirit!

The best beloved of all Things in My sight is JusTice, turn nef away Therefrom

if Thou desires! Me....”

"Be vigilant, that ye may nol do injustice To anyone, be it fo The extent of a grain of mustard seed, Tread ye the path of justice,

for this, verily, is the sfraighT path, -

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43 [Page 44]“Observe My commandmenls,

for the love of My beauty.’. . . “Think not that We have

revealed unto you

a mere code of laws.

Nay, rather, We have unsealed the choice Wine with the fingers of might and power... . Whenever My laws appeor

like the sun in the heaven

of Mine utterance, they must be faithfully obeyed by elias

44 [Page 45]“Verily, God loveth those

who are working in His path in groups, for they are

a solid foundation.”

“Moy they drink from the same fountain. May they be refreshed by the same breezes. May they obtain illumination

” from the same source.

“What a greal blessing if is when the torrents, sTreams, currenls, Tides ond drops are all gathered in one place!

They will form a great ocean and

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the real harmony shall overcome and reign. sm

45 [Page 46]

The Spiritual Assembly

"In this day, assemblies of

consulfaTion are of the greatest

imporfance and a vital necessity,”

‘The first condition is absolute love and harmony

amongs! The members

of the assembly.”

"The members of the Spiritual Assembly

must day and night endeavor To create love and unity

among the believers,

To glorify the Cause of God and To pre pagale the Divine Faith.”

46 [Page 47]‘Obedience unto them [Spiritual Assemblies]

is essential and obligatory. The members thereof must

Take counsel Together in such wise

that no occasion for ill-feeling

or discord may arise.

This can be affained when

every member expresseth with absolute freedom his own opinion and selteth forth his argument. Should any one oppose, he must

on no account feel hurt

for nol until matters are fully discussed

can the right way be revealed.”

47 [Page 48]"God hath prescribed unto every one the duly of Teaching His Cause.”

"lf he be kindled with the fire of His love, if he foregoeth all creafed things,

the words he uffereth shall sef on fire them that hear him,

“These are the days of seed -sowing,

These are the days of Tree- planting. Reo

He who sows a seed in this day

will behold his reward in the fruits and harvest

of the heavenly kingdom. "

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48 [Page 49]"Know ye of a cerlainty that the powers of the Kingdom

of Abhé are with you.... Not for a moment

are ye alone, Not for a second

are ye left To yourselves.

The Beauly ef Abha

is with you. The Glorious God

is with you. The King of Kings

is with you.

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[Page 50]"We live upon this earth for a few days

and then rest beneath if forever... . Shall man fight for the tomb which devours him, for his eternal sepulchre? What ignorance could be greater than this? To Fight over his grave; To kill another

for his grave!”

“Today there is no greater glory for mon than That of service in the cause of the ‘Mest Greot Peace.’ Peace is light whereas war 1s darkness. Peace is life; war is deoth. Peace is guidance, war is error.

Peace is the foundation of God, war is satanic instituTion.

Peace is the illumination of the world of

humanity. tthe

50 [Page 51]“Under the leadership and training

of God the real shepherd,

all will be protected ond preserved. He will lead Them in green pastures of happiness and _ sustenance

and they will aftain fo the

real goal of existence.

This is The blessing and benefit of unity; this is the oufcome of love.

This is the sign of the ‘Most Greot Peace’;

this is the sfar of the oneness of The human world.

Consider how blessed This

condition will be.—

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‘Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas, Ill, 641. Ibid., I, 270. Hopi Pueblo.

Abdu'l-Baha, Some Answered Questions, p. 168. Baha'u'llah, Prayers and Meditations, p. 236. Sioux.

Baha'u'llah, The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys, p. 23. Baha'u'llah, in Baha’r Prayers, p. 12. lbid., p. 70.

Sioux.

NOTES

Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p.

62. ibid., p. 16. Pueblo.

The Bab, quoted in The Advent of Divine Justice, p. 39.

Baha‘u'llah, Gleanings, p. 177. Baha‘u'llah, The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah, p. 6. Acoma Pueblo.

“Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas, Il, 318. Ojibway.

‘Abdu'l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 52.

‘Abdu'l-Baha, quoted in The World Order of Baha'u'llah, p.

205. Ojibway.

‘Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas, Ill, 541. Abdu'l-Baha, Paris Talks, p. 54. Zuni.

Abdu'l-Baha, Paris Talks, p. 45. ibid., p. 49. lbid., p. 79.

Zuni.

Bahd’u'llah, Gleanings, p. 287. Ibid., p. 333. Papago. Canada.

Baha'u'llah, Gleanings, pp. 289-90. ibid., p. 49. Laguna Pueblo.

‘Abdu'l-Baha, quoted in Advent of Divine Justice, p. 31.

‘Abdu'l-Baha, Some Answered Questions, p. 91. Tesuque Pueblo.

Baha'u'llah, Hidden Words, p. 20. Pueblo. Maricopa.

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Baha'u'llah, Gleanings, p. 206. Abdu'l-Baha, Promulgation, p. 182. Sioux.

Abdu'l-Baha, Promulgation, p. 57. Sioux.

Abdu'l-Baha, quoted in Advent of Divine Justice, p. 31. East Canada.

Abdu'l-Baha, quoted in Advent of Divine Justice, p. 31.

Ibid.

‘Abdu'l-Bahd, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas, Il, 394. Pueblo.

Abdu'l-Baha, in Baha‘ World Faith, p. 215. Cochiti.

Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas, Ill, 574. Zuni.

‘Abdu'I-Baha, Promulgation, pp. 103-04. ibid., p. 60. Canada.

Baha‘u'llah, Gleanings, p. 288. Ibid., p. 250. Canada.

Baha'u'llah, Seven Valleys, p. 5. Ibid., p. 8. ibid., p. 12. Ibid., p. 31. Ojibway.

Baha‘u'llah, Seven Valleys, p. 37.

Baha'u'llah, Hidden Words, p. 7.

‘Abdu'l-Baha, Promulgation, p. 127. Ojibway.

Baha'u'llah, Prayers and Meditations, p. 271. Ibid., p. 240. Cochiti. Santo Domingo.

‘Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas, II, 259. Baha'u'llah, quoted in Baha'u'llah and the New Era, p. 92. Cochiti. Santo Domingo.

“Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas, Ill, 683. ‘Abdu'l-Baha, in Baha’ World Faith, p. 368. Hopi.

Baha'u'llah, Seven Valleys, p. 17. ‘Abdu'l-Baha, in Baha’i World Faith, p. 369. Hopi. [Page 53]30

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Bahd’u'lldh, Gleanings, p. 334. Ibid., p. 305. Tlingit.

Baha'u'llah, Gleanings, p. 250. Ibid., p. 140. Zuni. Santo Domingo.

Bahd'u'llah, Gleanings, pp. 264-65.

Abdu'l-Baha, Paris Talks, p. 51.

Baha'u'llah, Hidden Words, p. 41. Sioux.

Baha'u'llah, Seven Valleys, p. 21. ‘Abdu'l-Baha, Promulgation, p. 89.

‘Abdu'l-Baha, quoted in Advent of Divine Justice, p. 22.

Baha'u'llah, Gleanings, p, 315. Sioux.

Baha'u'llah, Gleanings, p. 279. Baha'u'llah, Seven Valleys, p. 30. Navajo.

Baha'u'llah, Hidden Words, p. 26.

Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas, III, 589-90.

Navajo.

Abdu'l-Baha, Paris Talks, p. 165. ‘Abdu'l-Baha, Promulgation, p. 209. Ojibway.

‘Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas, |, 45.

Baha'u'llah, Gleanings, p. 315.

Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas, |l, 436. Ojibway.

Abdu'l-Baha, Promulgation, p. 85. Baha'u'llah, Hidden Words, p. 11. Ojibway.

Abdu'l-Baha, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas, Ibid. 1, 206. Ojibway.

lll, 543.

Baha'u'llah, Gleanings, p. 155. Abdu'l-Baha, Promulgation, 221. Iroquois.

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Baha’u'llah, Seven Valleys, pp. 32-33, 34. Mohawk.

Bahd‘u'llah, Gleanings, p. 128. Blackfoot.

Baha'u'llah, Hidden Words, pp. 3-4. Baha'u'llah, quoted in The Promised Day Is Come, p. 21. Blackfoot.

Baha'u'llah, Gleanings, p. 332. Slavey. Athabascan.

Abdu'l-Baha, in Baha'r World Faith, p. 401.

‘Abdu'l-Baha, in Baha'i Prayers, pp. 43-44.

Abdu'l-Baha, in Baha’i World Faith, p. 402. Slavey. Athabascan.

‘Abdu'l-Baha, quoted in Baha’ Administration, p. 21. Ibid., p, 22. Shoghi Effendi, from a letter dated 1923 to the Eastern Baha'is, quoted in “Local Assemblies: Digest of Annual Teaching Reports,” Baha'i News, no. 135 (Apr. 1940), 3-4.

Arapaho.

Abdu'l-Baha, quoted in Baha‘ Administration, p. 21. Arapaho.

Baha'u'llah, Gleanings, p. 335.

Ibid.

Abdu'l-Baha, Promulgation, p. 6. Penobscot. Passamoquoddy.

Abdu'l-Baha, quoted in “Editorial: Join the Army of Peace!” Star of the West, 13, no. 5 (Aug. 1922), 11. Delaware. Penobscot.

Abdu'l-Baha, Promulgation, p. 349. Ibid., p. 119. Tlingit.

Abdu'l-Baha, Promulgation, p. 54. Tlingit.

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