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Contents

Introduction

PART ONE

I. Aims and Purposes of the Bahá’í Faith

II. Survey of Current Bahá’í Activities in the East and West

III. Excerpts from Bahá’í Sacred Writings

IV. Commemoration of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Visit to America

PART TWO

I. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh

1. Present-day Administration of the Bahá’í Faith

   Introductory Statement

   Excerpts from the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   Excerpts from the Letters of Shoghi Effendi

   Certificate of Incorporation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada

   Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada

   Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Írán

   Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Germany and Austria

   Certificate of Incorporation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India and Burma

   Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of ‘Iráq

   Declaration of Trust of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Egypt

   Facsimile of Document related to the Incorporation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Egypt

   Certificate of Incorporation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Australia and New Zealand

   By-Laws of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of New York, N. Y., U. S. A.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of New York, N. Y., U. S. A.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Kenosha, Wisconsin, U. S. A.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Racine, Wisconsin, U. S. A.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Detroit, Michigan, U. S. A.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Los Angeles, California, U. S. A.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U. S. A.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Minneapolis, Minn., U. S. A.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Bombay, India

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Poona, India

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Adelaide, Australia

   Trade Mark Certificate obtained from the United States Government covering the "World Order Magazine”

   Bahá’í Marriage Certificate adopted and enforced by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Írán

   Bahá’í Marriage Certificate adopted and enforced by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Egypt

   Bahá’í Marriage Certificate adopted and enforced by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of ‘Iráq

   Certificate of Marriage issued by the Palestine Government and delivered to the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Haifa for official registration

   Bahá’í Divorce Certificate adopted and enforced by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Írán

   Bahá’í Divorce Certificate adopted and enforced by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Egypt

   Translation of the Record of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s voice

   Map of Bahá’í holdings showing extension of properties surrounding and dedicated to the shrine of the Báb on Mt. Carmel

2. The Institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár

   Foreword

   The Spiritual Significance of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár

   Progress of Temple Ornamentation

   Interesting Experiences with Temple Visitors

   References to Bahá’í House of Worship in U. S. Steel News

   When Bahá’ís Build a Temple

3. Bahá’í Calendar and Festivals

   Foreword

   Bahá’í Feasts, Anniversaries and Days of Fasting

   Bahá’í Holy Days on which Work should be Suspended

   Additional Material Gleaned from Nabíl’s Narrative (Volume II) regarding the Bahá’í Calendar

   Historical Data Gleaned from Nabíl’s Narrative (Volume II) regarding Bahá’u’lláh

4. Youth Activities Throughout the Bahá’í World

   The World Activities of Bahá’í Youth, 1936 to 1938

   Excerpts from “Bahá’í Youth,” 1937 to 1938

II. References to the Bahá’í Faith

1. Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania
2. Prof. E. G. Browne, M.A., M.B., Cambridge University
3. Dr. J. Estlin Carpenter, D.Litt., Manchester College, Oxford
4. Rev. T. K. Cheyne, D.Litt., D.D., Oxford University, Fellow of the British Academy
5. Prof. Arminius Vambéry, Hungarian Academy of Pesth
6. Harry Charles Lukach
7. Sir Valentine Chirol
8. Prof. Jowett, Oxford University
9. Alfred W. Martin, Society for Ethical Culture, New York
10. Prof. James Darmesteter, Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris
11. Charles Baudouin
12. Dr. Henry H. Jessup, D.D.
13. Right Hon. The Earl Curzon of Kedleston
14. Sir Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E.
15. “The Christian Commonwealth,” Anonymous
16. Rev. J. Tyssul Davis, B.A.
17. Herbert Putnam, Congressional Library, Washington, D. C.
18. Leo Tolstoy
19. Dr. Edmund Privat, University of Geneva
20. Dr. Auguste Forel, University of Zurich
21. General Renato Piola Caselli
22. Rev. Frederick W. Oakes
23. Renwick J. G. Millar, Editor of “John O’Groat Journal,” Wick, Scotland
24. Charles H. Prisk
25. Prof. Ialari Prasad Shastri, D.Litt.
26. Shri Purohit Swami
27. Prof. Plerbert A. Miller, Bryn Mawr College
28. Viscount Samuel, G.C.B., M.P.
29. Rev. K. T. Chung
30. Prof. Dimitry Kazarov, University of Sofia
31. Rev. Griflith J. Sparham
32. Ernest Renan
33. The Hon. Lilian Helen Montague, J.P., D.H.L.
34. Prof. Norman Bentwich, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
35. Émile Schreiber, Publicist
36. Dr. Rokuichiro Masujima, Doyen of Jurisprudence of Japan
37. Miss Helen Keller
38. Sir Flinders Petrie, Archaeologist
39. President Masaryk of Czechoslovakia
40. Archduchess Anton of Austria
41. Dr. Herbert Adams Gibbons
42. H.R.H. Princess Olga of Jugoslavia
43. Eugen Relgis
44. Arthur Henderson
45. Prof. Dr. V. Lesny
46. Princess Marie Antoinette de Broglie Aussenac
47. President David Starr Jordan, Leland Stanford University
48. Prof. Bogdan Popovitch, University of Belgrade, Jugoslavia
49. Ex-Governor William Sulzer of New York
50. Luther Burbank
51. Prof. Yone Noguchi
52. Prof. Raymond Frank Piper
53. Angela Morgan
54. Arthur Moore
55. Prof. Dr. Jan Rypka, Charles University, Praha, Czechoslovakia
56. A. L. M. Nicolas
57. President Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia

III. In Memoriam

1. Alfred E. Lunt
2. Dr. Zia Bagdádí
3. Mrs. Laurie C. Wilhelm
4. Mrs. Mary Hanford Ford
5. Elmore E. Duckett
6. Colonel Dr. I. Pírúzbakht
7. Mírzá Muḥammad Káẓim-Púr
8. Dr. Y. S. Tsao
9. Dr. Muḥammad Basshír
10. Miss Malakat Núshúgatí
11. Extracts from "Bahá’í News”

PART THREE

I. Bahá’í Directory, 1937-1938

1. Bahá’í National Spiritual Assemblies
2. Bahá’í Local Spiritual Assemblies and Groups Alphabetically listed according to Nations

   Abyssinia

   Albania

   Australia

   Austria

   Belgium

   Brazil

   Bulgaria

   Burma

   Canada

   Caucasus

   China

   Czechoslovakia

   Denmark

   Egypt

   France

   Germany

   Great Britain and Ireland

   Hawaiian Islands

   Holland

   Hungary

   Iceland

   India

   Írán

   ‘Iráq

   Islands (Society Islands)

   Italy

   Japan

   Jugoslavia

   New Zealand

   Norway

   Palestine and Transjordania

   Poland

   Rumania

   Russia

   South Africa

   Súdán

   Sweden

   Switzerland

   Syria

   Tunisia

   Turkey

   Turkistan

   United States of America

   West Indies (British)

3. Officers and Committees of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada
4. Local Bahá’í Spiritual Assemblies, Groups and Isolated Believers in the United States and Canada
5. Bahá’í Administrative Divisions in Írán
6. Addresses of Centers of Bahá’í Administrative Divisions in Írán
7. Alphabetical List of Bahá’u’lláh’s Best-Known Writings
8. List of the Báb’s Best-Known Works

II. Bahá’í Bibliography

1. Bahá’í Publications of America

   Books About the Bahá’í Faith

   Writings of the Báb

   Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

   Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   Writings of Shoghi Effendi

   Prayers

   Bahá’í Literature in Pamphlet Form

   Compilations

   Outlines and Guides for Bahá’í Study Classes

2. Bahá’í Publications of England
3. Bahá’í Publications in French
4. Bahá’í Publications in Italian
5. Bahá’í Publications in Dutch
6. Bahá’í Publications in Danish
7. Bahá’í Publications in Swedish
8. Bahá’í Publications in Portuguese
9. Bahá’í Publications in Albanian
10. Bahá’í Publications in Esperanto
11. Bahá’í Publications in Russian
12. Bahá’í Publications in German
13. Bahá’í Publications in Bulgarian
14. Bahá’í Publications in Rumanian
15. Bahá’í Publications in Czech
16. Bahá’í Publications in Serbian
17. Bahá’í Publications in Hungarian
18. Bahá’í Publications in Greek
19. Bahá’í Publications in Maori
20. Bahá’í Publications in Spanish
21. Bahá’í Publications in Norwegian
22. Bahá’í Publications in Croatian
23. Bahá’í Publications in Icelandic
24. Bahá’í Publications in Oriental Languages

    Íránian

    Urdu

    Arabic

    Turkish

    Burmese

    Chinese

    Hebrew

    Tatar

    Gujrati

    Japanese

    Armenian

    Tamil

    Kurdish

    Sindhi

    Bengali

    Hindi

    Abyssinian

25. Bahá’í Literature in Braille (for the Blind)
26. Bahá’í Periodicals
27. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Books and Pamphlets by non-Bahá’í Authors
28. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Magazines by non-Bahá’í Writers
29. References to the Bahá’í Faith by Bahá’ís in non-Bahá’í Publications

III. Transliteration of Oriental Words frequently used in Bahá’í Literature with Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation of Íránian Alphabet and Notes on the Pronunciation of Íránian Words

IV. Definitions of Oriental Terms used in Bahá’í Literature

PART FOUR

III. Articles and Reviews

1. The Seven Valleys by Bahá’u’lláh; A Meditation, by G. Townshend
2. The World of Heart and Spirit, by Horace Holley
3. A Session at the World Congress of Faiths, by Helen Bishop
4. Importance de l’Idée Spirituelle dans la Vie Actuelle, by Lucienne Migette
5. Racial Amity in America, by Louis G. Gregory
6. Aus dem Leben des Báb, by Erna Schmidt
7. Dawn over Mount Hira, by Mardiyyih Nabil Carpenter
8. The Bahá’í Faith and Eastern Scholars, by Martha L. Root
9. The Unity of Nations, by Stanwood Cobb
10. Changing Race Relations, by Maxwell Miller
11. Bahá’í, from “La Sagesse de l’Orient,” by Dr. Edmund Privat
12. Sources of Community Life, by Marion Holley
13. A Brief Account of Thomas Breakwell, by May Maxwell
14. Unity of Races, by Genevieve L. Coy
15. Mankind the Prodigal, by Alfred E. Lunt
16. The Fulfillment of Religion, by Bertha Hyde Kirkpatrick
17. A World Community, by George O. Latimer
18. The Call to Germany, by Alma Knobloch
19. The Manifestation, by Albert P. Entzminger
20. Hear, O Israel, by Dorothy K. Baker
21. The Rosary, by Nellie S. French
22. Marriage in the Bahá’í Faith, by Rosemary Sala
23. Learning to Live Together, by Martha L. Root
24. Bahá’í Radio Program, delivered over Station “WHN,” New York
25. The Bust of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, by Mrs. Stannard
26. African Experience, by Loulie A. Mathews
27. The Non-Political Nature of the Bahá’í Cause, by Emily M. Axford
28. Teaching the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh in Distant Lands, by Nellie S. French
29. Two Letters of Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst from "Persia by a Persian”
30. A Tribute from Iceland, by Hólmfrídur Arnadóttir

II. Song Offerings

III. Echoes from the Spheres

IV. Map of the United States and Canada Showing Bahá’í Centers