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BAHA’I NEWS

Published by
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís
of the United States and Canada
General Office: 130 Evergreen Place, West Englewood, New Jersey

No. 127

JULY, 1939

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“PROVE THEMSELVES ... WORTHY OF THAT PRICELESS HERITAGE”

Letter from Shoghi Effendi

Dearly-beloved friends:

The concerted activities of the followers of Bahá’u’lláh in the North American continent assume, as they multiply and develop, a dual aspect, and may be said to fall into two distinct categories, both equally vital and complementary to each other. The one aims at the safeguarding and consolidation of the work already achieved; the other is designed to enlarge the range of its operation. The former depends chiefly for its success upon the capacity, the experience and loyalty of wise, resourceful and judicious administrators, who, impelled by the very nature of their task, will be increasingly called upon to exercise the utmost care and vigilance in protecting the interests of the Faith, in resolving its problems, in regulating its life, in enriching its resources, and in preserving the pristine purity of its precepts. The latter is essentially pioneer in nature, demanding first and foremost those qualities of renunciation, tenacity, dauntlessness and passionate fervor that can alone brave the dangers and sweep away the obstacles with which an infant Faith, struggling against vested interests and face to face with the entrenched forces of prejudice, of ignorance, and fanaticism, must needs contend. In both of these spheres of Bahá’í activity the community of the American believers, it is becoming increasingly evident, is evincing those characteristics which must be regarded as the essential foundation for the success of their dual task.

As to those whose function is essentially of an administrative character it can hardly be doubted that they are steadily and indefatigably perfecting the structural machinery of their Faith, are multiplying its administrative agencies, and are legalizing the status of the newly established institutions. Slowly and patiently they are canalizing the spirit that at once directs, energizes and safeguards its operation. They are exploiting its potentialities, broadcasting its message, publicizing its literature, fostering the aspirations of its youth, devising ways and means for the training of its children, guarding the integrity of its teachings, and paving the way for the ultimate codification of its laws. Through all the resources at their disposal, they are promoting the growth and consolidation of that pioneer movement for which the entire machinery of their Administrative Order has been primarily designed and erected. They are visibly and progressively contributing to the enrichment of their unique community life, and are insuring, with magnificent courage and characteristic promptitude, the completion of their consecrated Edifice—the embodiment of their hopes and the supreme symbol of their ideals.

As to those into whose valiant and trusted hands—and no believer, however humble is to think himself debarred from joining their ranks—the standards of a forward marching Faith have been entrusted, they too with no less zest and thoroughness are pushing farther and farther its frontiers, breaking new soil, establishing fresh outposts, winning more recruits, and contributing to the greater diversification and more harmonious blending of the elements comprised in the world-wide society of its followers.

The Edifice of this New World Order, which the Báb has heralded, which the mind of Bahá’u’lláh has envisioned, and whose features ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, its Architect, has delineated, we, whatever our capacities, opportunities or position, are now, at so precarious a period in the world’s history, summoned to found and erect. The community of the Most Great Name in the Western Hemisphere is, through the nature of its corporate life and the scope of its exertions, assuming, beyond the shadow of a doubt, a preponderating share in the laying of such a foundation and the erection of such a structure. The eyes of its sister communities are fixed upon it. Their prayers ascend on its behalf. Their hands are outstretched to lend whatever aid lies within their power. I, for my part, am determined to reinforce the impulse that impels its members forward to meet their destiny. The Founders of their Faith survey from the Kingdom on high the range of their achievements, acclaim their progress, and are ever ready to speed their

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Far be it from me to underrate the gigantic proportions of their task, nor do I for one moment overlook the urgency and gravity of the times in which they are laboring. Nor do I wish to minimize the hazards and trials that surround or lie ahead of them. The grandeur of their task is indeed commensurate with the mortal perils by which their generation is hemmed in. As the dusk creeps over a steadily sinking society the radiant outlines of their redemptive mission become sharper every day. The present world unrest, symptom of a world-wide malady, their world religion has already affirmed must needs culminate in that world catastrophe out of which the consciousness of world citizenship will be born, a consciousness that can alone provide an adequate basis for the organization of world unity, on which a lasting world peace must necessarily depend, the peace itself inaugurating in turn that world civilization which will mark the coming of age of the entire human race.

Fortified by such reflections, the American believers, in whichever section of the Western hemisphere they find themselves laboring, whether at home or abroad, and however dire and distressing the processes involved in the disintegration of the structure of present-day civilization, will, I feel convinced, prove themselves, through their lives and deeds, worthy of that priceless heritage which it is their undoubted privilege to proclaim, preserve and perpetuate.

Your true and grateful brother.

SHOGHI.

May 22, 1939.

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The following passages are also from the Guardian’s letter of May 22:

In connection with the Bahá’í exhibition at the San Francisco Golden Gate Exposition, he feels deeply appreciative of the efforts exerted by the N. S. A. in conjunction with the San Francisco Assembly for the arrangement of such an attractive and impressive display, and has every reason to hope that the exhibit your Assembly is now holding at the World’s Fair in New York will prove equally successful, and result in giving the Faith a befitting and widespread publicity. He welcomes your offer to send him photographs of this last exhibit at New York, and would also appreciate your giving him a report on the public interest shown on both occasions.

“The National Spiritual Assembly prays, and urges the American believers to pray, that the American Bahá’í community will by its devotion, faithfulness and activity for the fulfillment of the Seven Year Plan, merit the blessing of the Guardian’s presence in North America. The Guardian is aware of the fact that our hearts and homes are his to command.” (A statement prepared and adopted by the National Assembly to transmit to Shoghi Effendi and publish for the information of the believers.)

He wishes me, in conclusion, to stress the paramount importance, now that the teaching campaign in the United States and Canada has been successfully extended to embrace every State and Province in these two countries, of insuring by all means available the systematic and vigorous penetration of the teaching force in the Latin Republics of Central America—the opening up of which he has, in his recent cabled message to the Annual Convention, set as the chief immediate teaching objective facing the Community of the American believers during this year. Since the nine hitherto unoccupied territories in the North American Continent have at last been definitely settled, and following the formation during this past year of the first local Spiritual Assembly in the heart of Mexico, this southward penetration of the teaching campaign is but a natural and logical step which should now be resolutely and unfailingly pursued.

That this new and crucial stage in the Inter-American teaching campaign is infinitely more difficult and challenging than any teaching attempt undertaken so far collectively by the American believers, fraught as it is with problems which they have never had the opportunity to tackle before, and might for this reason appear at first quite beyond their present-day resources and strength, the Guardian himself has readily admitted in his “Advent of Divine Justice.” But though fully alive to the existence of such obstacles and difficulties, whether religious, political. racial, or otherwise, he feels absolutely confident that these barriers, no matter how insuperable they may prove to purely human attempts and endeavors, cannot in the long run offer any effective resistance to the onward march of the invincible army of Bahá’u’lláh which, however insignificantly small and poorly equipped materially it may appear, is endowed nevertheless with such celestial strength as will undoubtedly enable it to break down one by one every barrier it may encounter in its spiritual conquest for the redemption and guidance of human souls.

It is the assurance of such divinely promised victory, stressed time and again and in language indeed unmistakable by Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, coupled with the ever-growing evidence of the incomparably glorious teaching achievements accomplished by the American believers in recent years, and in particular during the last two decades following the ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, that fill the Guardian with confidence and courage, and impel him to set up such an admittedly high goal before the American Bahá’í Community, thus leading it, resolutely and infallibly, ever onward towards the high spiritual destiny which has been, irrevocably and yet so deservedly, chosen for it by God in this glorious age and dispensation.

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The supreme objective of the American believers in the year just entered is to insure the uninterrupted prosecution of the Temple construction work and to accomplish the present and perhaps the most difficult stage in the inter-American teaching campaign recently and officially inaugurated. The scope of the dual task ahead is now clear and defined. It is now for the newly-elected Assembly to devise ways and means for its efficient, complete and speedy execution.

SHOGHI

May 14, 1939.

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THE BAHA’I WORLD VOLUME VII

The National Assembly expresses the hope that every believer will make effort to own a copy of this international record of the Faith for the period 1936-1938. Nothing gives us a more impressive view of the Bahá’í World Commonwealth in its crucial early days. The two Frontispiece illustrations, the maps and great variety of photographs, the special articles—all have their part in deepening in believers their sense of solidarity with Bahá’í communities in all lands.

The importance of this work has been stressed by the Guardian. “This unique record of world-wide Bahá’í activity attempts to present to the general public, as well as to the student and scholar, those historical facts and fundamental principles that constitute the distinguishing features of the Message of Bahá’u’lláh to this age. I have, ever since its inception, taken a keen and active interest in its development, have personally participated in the collection

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“I confidently and emphatically recommend it to every thoughtful and eager follower of the Faith, whether in the East or in the West, whose desire is to place in the hands of the critical and intelligent inquirer, of whatever class, creed or color, a work that can truly witness to the high purpose, the moving history, the enduring achievements, the resistless march and infinite prospects of the Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh.... It stands unexcelled and unapproached by any publication of its kind in the varied literature of our beloved Cause. It will, without the slightest doubt, if generously and vigorously supported, arouse unprecedented interest among all classes of civilized society.”

These words indicate what possibilities the volume has for local Assemblies to promote the Cause by placing copies in local Libraries and presenting them to influential persons or organizations.

UNDER DIVINE GUIDANCE

The thoughtful American Bahá’í can discern three successive stages in the evolution of the Bahá’í community since the Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.

The first stage represented the formation of the Administrative Institutions and the Administrative Order on a local and national scale. We learned how to establish Assemblies, conduct the Convention, coordinate the activities of Committees and individual believers, and realize our Bahá’í life in terms of a new, spiritual Society.

During the second stage, the Guardian, through his “World Order” letters, enlarged our conception of the Faith and created the vision of the Administrative Order as the fulfillment of the universal ideal of World Peace. We came to realize that the institutions formed during the first stage, and the community fostering them and protected by them, constituted the pattern and nucleus of the future World Commonwealth the creation of which is the unique mission of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh.

In “The Advent of Divine Justice” we are witness to a third stage, now coming to consciousness throughout the Bahá’í community, characterized by the spiritualization of our personal and collective will—the consecration of our lives, together with our Administrative Institutions, to the essential task of establishing the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh throughout the Americas and eventually throughout the world.

This present, third stage, now in its preliminary phases, is to gather the real fruit of all that has gone before. It represents the culmination of our intentions as declared believers. It challenges the capacity of our concentrated energies. It tests our sincerity. It claims the utmost from every Assembly and Committee. It promises the way of spiritual glory, but it demands a greater sacrifice than we have ever made before.

As new conditions become manifest in the successive seasons of the year, and in the successive stages of individual life, so new conditions have been created for our Bahá’í lives and activities which we must each make effort to realize, appreciate, and to which inwardly and outwardly we must learn how to respond.

The mighty aims laid down for us by the provisions of the Seven Year Plan are not a program nor schedule which we ourselves adopted and which, therefore, we might later choose to abandon. They were created by Bahá’u’lláh himself, and made implicit in His Tablet to the Americas; made explicit by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in His series of Tablets we now term “America’s Spiritual Mission,” and they were brought into the field of action by the Guardian in “The Advent of Divine Justice” and those preceding and later letters and cablegrams which unfold the Seven Year Plan.

The American Bahá’í community is therefore under Divine Guidance. Unlike other communities, groping their way through the wilderness of confusion and error, the believers tread the path illumined by the Sun of Truth. The end is known and assured. The means are at hand. It is for us to proceed steadily, and in perfect unity, along that blessed Path through all the days of life on earth.

Can we not, realizing the stupendous nature of this blessing, learn how to conduct our Bahá’í affairs in a profound spirit of awareness, live our Bahá’í lives in a more powerful station of assurance, and perceive the successive plans and budgets adopted by the National Spiritual Assembly as nothing else than those steps by which the entire community is to advance toward the ultimate goal? Without this awareness that there is no end without means, no collective action without instrumentalities, the plan and budget reported by the National Assembly in the May issue of BAHA’I NEWS have no likelihood of success. They must be viewed and felt in the light of the Divine Plan itself. They must be upheld as the only existing, the only possible, means of transforming faith and loyalty into visible achievement.

The capacity of local Assemblies to quicken the consciousness of the friends, ennoble the daily processes of Bahá’í community life, stand firm on the necessity of complete success in our collective undertaking — this is the foundation we are to lay if we be of those truly elected to serve the Cause of God. To teach in America and Latin America, and to complete the Temple—these are the twofold aims given us under Divine Guidance. When we undertake these aims with unity and consecration, success will be achieved.

NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY.

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BAHA’I TEXTS FOR THE NINE OUTER DOORS OF THE MASHRIQU’L-ADHKAR*

1. The earth is but one country; and mankind its citizens.
2. The best beloved of all things in My sight is Justice; turn not away therefrom if thou desirest Me.
3. My love is My stronghold; he that entereth therein is safe and secure.
4. Breathe not the sins of others so long as thou art thyself a sinner.
5. Thy heart is My home; sanctify it for My descent.
6. I have made death a messenger of joy to thee; wherefore dost thou grieve?
7. Make mention of Me on My earth that in My heaven I may remember thee.
8. O rich ones on earth! The poor in your midst are My trust; guard ye My trust.
9. The source of all learning is the knowledge of God, exalted be His glory.

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CHILD EDUCATION

OBEDIENCE

‘Abdu’l-Bahá once said: “The fathers and especially the mothers, must always think how they can best educate their children: not how to fondle and embrace them and thus spoil them. By every means at their disposal they must inculcate into their growing bodies, minds and spirits, the principles of sincerity,

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* Selected by Shoghi Effendi at the request of the National Spiritual Assembly.

[Page 4] love, trustfulness, obedience, true democracy, and kindness toward all races; thus hereafter the world of civilization may flow in one mighty current and the children of the next generation may make secure the foundations of human solidarity and good will.”

As we read these words of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, we note that in enumerating the various attributes He would have parents cultivate in their children, He includes obedience. It is well to consider, in this New Day, when enlightened parents are breaking away from the old idea of blind obedience on the part of the child and are attempting to set him free from too much adult dominance in order that he may develop his own personality and initiative, that parents do not make the mistake of too little restriction and become lax. The more obedient a child is, the more true freedom he may enjoy, for extreme liberty is licence. Of this Bahá’u’lláh wrote: “Know ye that the embodiment of liberty and its symbol is the animal. That which beseemeth man is submission unto such restraints as will protect him from his own ignorance, and guard him against the harm of the mischief-maker.”

Mrs. Amy Dwelly, formerly associated with the Merrill-Palmer Nursery School, writes for us: “From infancy on, obedience can and should be taught. This magnificent lesson, however, cannot be learned suddenly or without effort. One of the secrets of teaching a child to obey is to begin when he is very young by giving him a few important commands that he understands perfectly and seeing to it that he always obeys them. Too many don’ts; no’s and can’ts confuse and puzzle a small child with the result that he usually ignores them all. The few well chosen commands given to a child should be related to his health, safety and spiritual well being, but these should be always obeyed. The successful parent does not nag, but he is consistent.”

‘Abdu’l-Bahá said to the children one day, “Be obedient and kind to thy father and mother, caressing brother and sister, and day by day adding to thy faith and assurance.”

Elsewhere He says, “The integrity of the family bond must be constantly considered and the rights of the individual members must not be transgressed. The rights of the son, the rights of the father, the rights of the mother, none of them must be transgressed, none of them must be arbitrary.” This sort of mutual respect and understanding, such as one expects to find in every Bahá’í family, is the soil in which sincere obedience will flourish.

Spiritual Assembly of Helena, Montana, Newly Constituted, April 21, 1939.

Upon all Bahá’ís entrusted with the training of a child, is placed the divine responsibility of teaching him obedience to God’s Commands so that he will indeed be, “fully prepared to render instant, exact and complete obedience.” This is beneficial to himself.

Bahá’u’lláh wrote: “O ye peoples of the world! Know assuredly that My commandments are the lamps of My loving providence among My servants, and the keys of My mercy for My creatures.” “Observe My commandments, for the love of My beauty. Happy is the lover that hath inhaled the divine fragrance of his Best Beloved from these words, laden with the perfume of a grace which no tongue can describe.” “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.”

More important still, as your child grows older, he will take his place in the great army of Bahá’u’lláh in this Day of God. The victories of any army are commensurate with the obedience of its soldiers. Consider an army of a country. How impossible to capture a city if each soldier were occupied with his own concerns! Even when a man is sincerely sure that he is right, his disobedience can cause loss to the entire army.

Vahid at Yazd commanded his servant Hasan to convey the treatises of the Báb to a certain place on the road to Mihriz, warning him that in no wise must be change his course. Nabil tells us: “No sooner had Hasan mounted his horse and prepared to leave than the cries of the sentinels ... reached his ears. Fearing lest they capture him and seize the precious manuscripts in his possession, he decided to follow a different route from the one which his master had instructed him to take. As he was passing behind the fort, the sentinels recognized him, shot his horse, and captured him. Meanwhile Vahid ... chose the same route that he had advised his servant to take, and, arriving safely at that spot, was surprised to find that Hasan was missing. ‎Vehid Vahid‎ knew immediately that he had disregarded his directions and had been captured by the enemy.” And so the treatises penned by the hand of the martyred Báb were lost.

Obedience! To the words of Bahá’u’lláh, the Master, the Guardian! Obedience to the Administrative channels of their grace! A reverence for law; nay, a love and gratitude for law; this, parents, is the greatest protection, the most profound benefit, and the loudest heritage that you can bequeath to your child, the spiritual soldier of tomorrow.

CHILD EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

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WORLD ORDER MAGAZINE

With the intensification of teaching effort, the friends are urged to realize how World Order Magazine provides material adapted for the presentation of the Faith to special groups or persons with special interests and backgrounds.

NEW PLANS FOR PIONEER TEACHING The latest developments in ‎Pioner Pioneer‎ teaching and settlement in areas which require assistance:— Mr. Gerrard Sluter is proceeding to Guatamala, and Mr. Antonio Roca to Honduras. Mrs. Stewart is extending her stay in Buenos Aires, which the Guardian desired. Mr. Philip Marangella has gone to Cuba. Miss Nayan Hartfield is to establish herself in St. Louis, Mo. Miss Nan Reasoner will work among the Blackfoot Indians, near Calgary, Alberta. Miss Honor Kempton has transferred her residence to Anchorage, Alaska, from Juneau. Mr. Mathew Kazsab has settled in Panama, and is now working under the supervision of the Inter-America Committee. Other important plans for teaching in Latin America and North America are in progress, and further reports will be made from time to time. In the light of the Guardian’s recent message, the historic importance of these valiant efforts is manifest.

In the May issue, for example, “Transition in World Economy” by Emeric Sala and “The World of Tomorrow,” by Bertha Hyde Kirkpatrick are of distinct interest to those who follow international affairs. “The Destiny of America,” an excerpt from the Guardian’s “The Advent of Divine Justice,” in the June issue has unique value in clarifying one of the major issues of the day.

The June issue also presents “Rejoice, O Israel,” by Alice Simmons Cox, admirably suited for the enlightened Jew who feels overwhelmed by the tragic condition of his race in so many parts of the world. A series of Questions and Answers by Bertha Hyde Kirkpatrick began in June with a brief statement on “Is Pacifism the Answer to War?” In the July issue the questions answered is “How Can Capital and Labor Be Reconciled?”

Coinciding with the first pioneer work among the Indians is published “The Vanishing American,” by Pasupuleti Gopala Krishnaya in July, an article casting a new light on the social and religious consciousness of this indigenous race. “Mankind Is One,” by Doris McKay, also appearing in July, can be used effectively in connection with Race Unity teaching. This article concludes her series entitled “The Oneness of Religion” which (based upon the course given at Green Acre in 1938) has assembled important excerpts from many Holy Books in relation to the Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh, and clarified the unity and progressive character of religion.

For the student of psychology, “The Crisis of the World Psyche,” by Wilfrid Barton, in the July issue, offers material of extreme importance. A series on the Seven Valleys, ‎begnining beginning‎ in July with “The Valley of Search,” by Zoe Meyer, will successively present studies, by different Bahá’í authors, of the spiritual truths revealed by Bahá’u’lláh in ”Seven Valleys.” “Do We Believe in God,” by G. A. Shook, begins a series of philosophic essays dealing with fundamental concepts of thought and experience. “Islam,” by Ali-Kuli Khan represents the fullest exposition of the history of that Faith which has yet appeared through Bahá’í channels.

GENERAL SESSION

August 6-13, Inclusive

(Classes Begin Sunday, August 6, at 9 a. m.)

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Morning Program

Devotions (Before Breakfast)

1. The Administrative Order of Bahá’u’lláh, Mr. Curtis Kelsey.

   (Presentation and discussion of the spirit and procedure of Bahá’í administration)

2. The Culture of Islam, Mrs. Helen Bishop.

   (Arabia before Muhammad, the revelation of the Qur’am, institutions and culture of Islam)

3. The Art of Living, Mrs. Alice Bacon.

   (Bahá’í standards of conduct)

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‎Afternon Afternoon‎ Program

4. What is the Bahá’í Faith?

   (A series of talks on various phases of the Faith)

5. Recreation, sociability, study.

Evening Program

Talks on The Bahá’í Peace Program, Mrs. Marzieh Carpenter.

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Rates for General Session

(Including Meals)

Per day, per person, single room	$2.15
Per day, per person, double room	1.80
Per day, per person, dormitory	1.50

SECOND YOUTH SESSION

August 16-20, Inclusive

(Classes Begin at 9 a. m., Wednesday, August 16)

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Morning Program

Devotions (Before Breakfast)

1. Character Building, Mrs. Virginia Camelon

   (Bahá’í standards of conduct)

2. 1. The Promise of All Ages, Mr. Ed. Miessler

      (Bahá’í principles and history)

   2. The Prophet of Arabia, Mrs. Helen Bishop

      (Facts about Muhammad and His Teachings)

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Afternoon Program

3. Laws of Bahá’u’lláh, Mr. Carl Scheffler

   The present day application of the laws of Bahá’u’lláh and how they lead to the New World Order.

   The above courses to continue through four days, the fifth day to be given over to an all day forum conducted by Mr. Scheffler on the subject Building Community Life. This will introduce young people to Bahá’í Administration and to the privileges and responsibilities of Bahá’í citizenship.

4. Recreation, forum, conferences.

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Evening Program

5. World Order Letters of Shoghi Effendi, Mrs. Marzieh Carpenter.
6. Entertainment.

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Rates

(Including Meals)

Per day, per person, $1.20.

General Information

Please make reservations as soon as possible with Mrs. L. W. Eggleston, Louhelen Ranch, Davison, Michigan.

Louhelen Ranch is located on M-15 about 50 miles from Detroit, 10 miles from Flint, and 3 miles south of Davison.

Those coming by bus or train to Flint can be met at Flint if notice is sent to Mrs. Eggleston in advance.

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NATIONAL COMMITTEES

Appointed for the Year July 1, 1939—June 30, 1940

Accountant

Mr. A. F. Matthisen.

Archives and History

Edwin W. Mattoon, Chairman.

Mrs. Carl Scheffler, Secretary, 1821 Lincoln Street, Evanston, Ill.

Julia Sobel.

Sophie Loading.

Wm. S. Pulley.

Hasan Hassan.

(1933-1940)

Mrs. S. W. French, Chairman, 786 Chester Road, San Marino, Calif.

Mrs. Ruth Brandt.

Mrs. Marzieh Carpenter.

Kenneth Christian.

Mrs. Helen Bishop.

Louis G. Gregory.

Mrs. Mariam Haney.

Florence Mattoon.

Mrs. Victoria Bedikian, Photograph Editor.

Braille Transcriptions

Mrs. Samuel Rodman, Chairman, 24 Ross Street, Batavia, N. Y.

Ella G. Quant.

Hilda Stauss.

A. C. Engelder.

Mrs. Lothar Schurgast.

Mrs. H. C. Bolton.

Mrs. H. W. Pettibone.

Mrs. S. W. French.

Mrs. Amadée Gibson.

Contacts

Lucy Marshall, Chairman, 20 Broderick Street, San ‎Francsico Francisco‎, Calif.

Mrs. Emery Hall.

Mrs. Stanley Kemp.

Charlotte Lindenburg.

Mrs. Peggy True.

Mrs. Vera Eisenhart.

Mrs. Ethel Furbush.

Velma Vetter.

Ethel Revell.

Editorial

Mrs. Mabel Paine, Chairman, 605 W. Penn. Avenue, Urbana, Ill.

Elizabeth Hackley.

Mrs. Esther Harding.

Legal

George O. Latimer, Chairman, 1927 N. E. 40th Avenue, Portland, Ore.

Elsie Austin.

Horace Holley.

Library

Mrs. S. H. Sims, Chairman, Leroy Apts., Red Bank, N. J.

Florence King.

Beryl Edgecomb.

Inter-America

Mrs. E. R. Mathews, Chairman, Box 1064, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Mrs. Sarah Kenny, Secretary, Hotel Sir Francis Drake, San Francisco, Calif.

E. R. Mathews.

Myrtle Dodge.

Mrs. Amelia Collins.

Leroy Ioas.

Mrs. Helen Bishop.

Associate Members

Mrs. A. E. Stewart

Siegfried Schopflocher.

Pedro Espinosa.

Bahá’í News

Harlan Ober, Secretary.

Allen B. McDaniel.

Horace Holley.

International Auxiliary Language

Mrs. Della Quinlan, Chairman, 128 Remsen Street, Brooklyn. N. Y.

James Morton.

Roan Orloff.

Mrs. Luella Beecher.

C. Rouse.

Associate Members

Dr. C. R. Witt.

Mrs. Elsa Chaslon.

Lucy Marshall.

Mrs. Anna Kincaid.

A. E. Regal.

Mrs. Mabelle Davis.

Bahá’í News Service

Mrs. Virginia Camelon, Chairman, 125 Fourth Street, Wilmette, Ill.

Mrs. Edna Eastman.

Mrs. A. F. Matthisen.

Edna True.

Virginia Russell.

Gertrude Eisenberg.

Robert Theiss.

Bahá’í Exhibits

Allen B. McDaniel, Chairman, Waterford, Va.

Carl Scheffler.

Mary Collison.

R. C. Collison.

Index

Bishop Brown, Chairman, P. O. Box 9, Ingomar, Pa.

Alice N. Parker.

Mrs. Ruth Randall-Brown.

Kenneth Chapin.

Publishing

Horace Holley, Chairman.

Roy C. Wilhelm.

Bertha L. Herklotz.

William deForge.

George O. Latimer.

Publishing Staff

Mrs. Clara R. Wood, Manager, 135 East 50th Street, New York, N. Y.

T. R. Wood.

Mrs. Emma F. Smith, Western Division, 6732 Geary Blvd., San ‎Fransisco Francisco‎, Calif.

Radio

Mrs. Florence Morton, Chairman, 5 Wheeler Avenue, Worcester, Mass.

Mrs. Wendell E. Bacon.

Wendell E. Bacon.

Mrs. Shirley Warde.

Mrs. Nancy Bowditch.

Mrs. Olivia Kelsey.

Mrs. Marguerite Reimer Sears.

Reviewing

Genevieve L. Coy, Chairman, 107 West 10th Street, New York, N. Y.

Mrs. Doris Holley.

Mrs. Helen Lielnors.

Race Unity

Mrs. Dorothy Baker, Chairman, 615 West Elm Street, Lima, Ohio.

Louis G. Gregory.

Mrs. Fred Mortenson.

Margaret Kunz.

Clarence Niss.

Associate Members

Roan Orloff.

Gertrude Gewertz.

Mrs. Sarah Kenny.

Edmund Miessler.

Mrs. Annie K. Lewis.

A. Y. Seto.

Mrs. Sarah Witt.

George W. Henderson.

Study Outline

Mrs. Alice S. Cox, Chairman, 1109 W. Gift Avenue, Peoria, Ill.

Harry Jay.

Child Education

Mrs. Dorothy Baker, Chairman, 615 West Elm Street, Lima, Ohio.

Mrs. Violet Tuttle.

Mrs. Florida Sanford.

Elcore Georgenson.

Harry E. Ford.

Mrs. Robert Lewis.

June Miller.

Mrs. Amy Brady Dwelly.

Temple Program

Monroe Ioas, Chairman.

Mrs. Marguerite Ullrich, Secretary, 904 Hayes Avenue, Oak Park, Ill.

Mrs. W. Hilpert.

John McHenry.

Sophie Loeding.

R. D. Pettet.

John Haggard.

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Temple Guides

Mrs. Mary Haggard, Chairman, 2439 Beechwood Lane, Wilmette, Ill.

Edna True.

Carl Scheffler.

Temple Librarian and Sales

Harry E. Walrath, Chairman, 4639 Beacon Street, Chicago, Ill.

Mrs. Flora Ernst.

Gertrude Buikema.

World Order Magazine
Editorial Staff

Stanwood Cobb.

Mrs. Bertha Hyde Kirkpatrick.

Horace Holley, 119 Waverly Place, New York, N. Y.

Contributing Editors

Mrs. Alice Simmons Cox.

Genevieve L. Coy.

G. A. Shook.

Dale S. Cole.

Mrs. Marzieh Carpenter.

Mrs. Marcia Atwater.

Annamarie Kunz.

Hasan M. Balyuzi.

Mrs. Shirin Fozdar.

Mrs. Max Greeven.

Youth

Robert Gaines, Chairman.

Margaret Swengel, Secretary, 507 W. Illinois Street, Urbana, Ill.

Margaret Kunz, Editor, 714 W. Iowa Street, Urbana, Ill.

Florence Mattoon.

Peri Zia.

Betty Scheffler.

Associate Members

Clarence LaRocque.

Betty Shook.

Joseph Noyes.

John Eichenauer, Jr.

Fayrook Ioas.

Charles McAllister.

Taormina Irani.

Margaret Mosher.

Chester Davison.

Teaching

Leroy Ioas, Chairman.

Charlotte M. Linfoot, Secretary, 376 60th Street, Oakland, Calif.

George O. Latimer.

Mrs. Amelia Collins.

N. F. Ward.

Mrs. Loulie A. Mathews.

Mrs. Joyce Lyons Dahl.

Marion Holley.

Mrs. Isobel Belyea.

Associate Members

Mrs. Mamie L. Seto.

Charles Reimer.

Mrs. Marion Little.

Spiritual Assembly of East Cleveland, Ohio, Newly Constituted, April 21, 1939, with members of the Bahá’í Community

Mrs. Mary Collison.

Mrs. Lorol Schopflocher.

Miss Lydia J. Martin.

REGIONAL TEACHING

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island

Mrs. Amelia Bowman, Secretary, Salmon Falls, N. H.

Mrs. Florence Morton

Mrs. Elsa Isaacs

Mrs. H. Chamberlain

Charles Paul

Duncan MacAlear

Lou Keller

Marjorie Wheeler

Upper New York State

R. C. Collison, Secretary, 681 Castle Street, Geneva, N. Y.

Mrs. Marguerite Firoozi

A. D. Heist

Mrs. Morris M. Bush

Mrs. Minnie Setz

Ida Noyes

New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania

Curtis Kelsey, Secretary, 499 Grenville Avenue, West Englewood, N. J. Arthur Foster

Mrs. Dorothy Graf

Archie G. Tichenor

Mrs. Ida Huff

S. H. Sims

Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia

Mrs. F. Woodward Hipsley, Secretary, 14 Wyndcrest Drive, Catonsville, Md.

C. Mason Remey

Stanwood Cobb

Mrs. H. C. Langrall

Samuel Green

Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana

Nellie J. Roche, Secretary, 713 Nashville Trust Bldg., Nashville, Tenn.

Winston Evans

Mrs. Georgie Wiles

Dr. Marie Kershaw

Mrs. Tera Smith

Virginia Taylor

George W. Henderson

Mrs. Andrew J.Allison

Alabama, Florida

Mrs. Maxwell Buffin, Secretary, 49 S. E. 6th Street, Miami, Fla.

Mrs. Frances Guy

Winifred Richards

Frederick Babo

Mrs. F. L. Drye

Ohio, Indiana, Western Pennsylvania

Mrs. Florence Reeb, Secretary, 2512 Bryden Road, Bexley, Ohio.

Frank Warner

Mrs. Helen McCoy

Mrs. Mary Elmore

Lothar Schurgast

Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois

Mrs. Margery McCormick, Secretary, 503 Chestnut Street, Winnetka, Ill.

Charles Reimer

Pearle U. Easterbrook

Mrs. Ruth Cornell

Mrs. Bertha H. Kirkpatrick

Mrs. Oscar Ketels

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Kansas, Missouri

Opal Howell, Secretary, 1302 East 36th Street, Kansas City, Mo.

Mrs. W. S. Amos

Paul H. Brown

J. B. Becktel

J. J. Williams

California, Arizona, Nevada

Mrs. Valeria Thornton, Secretary, 301 North Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, Calif.

Mrs. Miriam Bugbee

Mrs. Shirley Warde

Mrs. Edna Johnson

Virginia Orbison

Gladys Linfoot

John Quinn

Oregon, Washington, Idaho, British Columbia

Doris Foye, Secretary, P. O. Box 228, Seattle, Wash.

Mrs. Louis Speno

Mrs. Alta Kruger

Mrs. Mae McKenna

Stanley Kemp

Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia

Emeric Sala, Secretary, 194 Riverside Drive, St. Lambert, P. Q.

Mrs. Grace Geary

Mrs. John De Mille

John De Mille

Ernest Harrison

Fred Ascah

ASSEMBLY ROLL

1939-1940

Glendale, Arizona, Miss Donna Braden, Box 172.

Phoenix, Arizona, Mrs. Marietta Wilson, Box 4053.

Berkeley, Miss Helen B. Rutledge, 2710 Regent Street.

Geyserville, California, Mrs. Edith Whitton.

Glendale, California, Mrs. Zuna S. Larson, 461 West Vine Street.

Huntington Park, California, Mrs. Hazel Jackson, R. F. D. 1, Box 762.

Los Angeles, California, Mrs. Margaret Campbell, 7058 Hawthorne Ave.

Oakland, California, Miss Gladys Linfoot, 376 60th Street.

Pasadena, California, Miss Emmalu Wever, 402 Waldo Avenue.

Sacramento, California, Miss Elizabeth L. Duffy, 1821 M Street.

San Francisco, California, Miss Myrtle Dodge, 2112 Jackson Street.

Montreal, P. Q., Canada, Miss Alberta Tims, 1472 MacRay St., Apt. 4.

Moncton, N. B., Canada, Mr. W. F. Byrne, 234 Dominion Street.

Toronto, Ont., Canada, Miss Elsie Beecroft, 44 Chestnut Park.

St. Lambert, P. Q., Canada, Mrs. Emeric Sala, 194 Riverside Drive.

Vancouver, B. C., Canada, Miss Mae McKenna, 1530 13th Ave, West.

Colorado Springs, Colorado, Mrs. Gladys Roberts, 915 North Hancock Avenue.

Denver, Colorado, Mr. Ned Meyer, 3441 West 34th Avenue.

New Haven, Connecticut, Mrs. Elsa Isaacs, 559 Whalley Avenue.

Washington, D. C., Mrs. Mariam Haney, 1763 Columbia Road.

Jacksonville, Florida, Miss Kathryn L. Vernon, 707 Post Street.

Miami, Florida, Mrs. Dorothy Logelin, 2020 S.W. 6th Street.

St. Augustine, Florida, Mrs. Frances A. Shaw, 139 Central Avenue.

Augusta, Ga., Mrs. C. T. Sego, Bransford Road.

Honolulu, Hawaii, Mrs. Elma Adolphson, 712 17th Avenue.

Maui, Hawaii, Mrs. Mary T. Fantom, Sprecklesville.

Chicago, Illinois, Mrs. H. E. Walrath, 4639 Beacon Street.

Evanston, Illinois, Miss Virginia Russell, 2622 Prairie Avenue.

Maywood, Illinois, Mrs. Gladys Amerson, 1413 Washington Blvd., Box 123.

Park Ridge, Illinois, Mrs. J. H. Redson, 612 South Washington Street.

Peoria, Illinois, Miss Zoe Meyer, 102 Alice Avenue.

Springfield, Illinois, Mrs. Anna K. Jurgens, 1136 North 4th Street.

Urbana, Illinois, Mr. H. J. Snider, 506 W. Penn. Avenue.

Wilmette, Illinois, Mrs. David Camelon, 125 Fourth Street.

Winnetka, Illinois, Mrs. Willis S. Hilpert, 455, Chestnut Street.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Mrs. Helen Patterson, 2725 Station Street.

South Bend, Indiana, Mrs. Sarah M. Russell, 1031 Lincoln Way West.

Topeka, Kansas, Miss Fern Latimer, 701 West 5th Street.

Eliot, Maine, Mrs. Georgia d’Garcie, P. O. Box 111, Portsmouth, N. H.

Baltimore, Maryland, Miss Mildred Elmer, 838 Park Avenue.

Cabin John, Maryland, Mrs. Margaret R. Patzer, Box 133.

Boston, Mass., Mrs. M. C. Oglesby, 30 Holyoke Street.

Springfield, Mass., Mrs. R. A. Bates, 99 Princeton Street.

Worcester, Mass., Miss Fanny M. Holmes, 103 Webster Street.

Detroit, Michigan, Mrs. George R. True, 104 Moran Road, Grosse Pointe, Mich.

Flint, Michigan, Miss Elizabeth J. Phelps, Box 355.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Miss Cora C. Edge, 1865 Plainfield Avenue.

Lansing, Michigan, Mr. George Angell, R. F. D. 3, Box 540.

Muskegon, Michigan, Mrs. Iva Smack, 132 Allen Avenue.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mrs. Helen W. Frink, 1216 Nicollet Avenue.

St. Paul, Minnesota, Julian Abas, 235 Fuller Avenue.

Kansas City, Missouri, Miss Velma Vetter, 2815 Forest Street, Apt. 1.

Helena, Montana, Mr. Charles Adams, 106 South Main Street.

Jersey City, New Jersey, Mr. Arthur Foster, 41 Tonnele Avenue.

Montclair, New Jersey, Miss Anna E. Van Blarcum, 19 Walnut Crescent.

Newark, New Jersey, Mrs. F. W. Clark, 21 Milford Avenue.

Teaneck, New Jersey, Mrs. Ethel Crane, 116 Cane Street, Bogota, N. J.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, Miss Mary L. Ewing, 3417 Campus Blvd.

Binghamton, New York, Miss Ida L. Noyes, 43 Davis Street.

Buffalo, New York, Mrs. Morris S. Bush, 406 West Utica Street.

Geneva, New York, Mrs. Marguerite Firoozi, 22 DeLancey Drive.

Jamestown, New York, Mr. John Stearns, 518 E. 6th Street.

New York City, New York, Miss Bertha Herklotz, Bahá’í Center, 119 W. 57th Street.

Rochester, New York, Mrs. P. R. Meinhard, 335 Wilmot Road.

Yonkers, New York, Miss Muriel Stilson, 10 Halcyon Place, Yonkers Bahá’í telephone address: Nepperhan 842 (Mrs. Weil).

Cincinnati, Ohio, Miss Hilda Stauss, 3640 Epworth Avenue, Westwood.

Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Dale S. Cole, 3174 Corydon Rd., Cleveland Heights.

Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. Margarete Acebo, Box 102, Galena, Ohio.

Dayton, Ohio, Miss Kathryn Alio, 259 Louie Street.

East Cleveland, Ohio, Prof. William Sandoz, 1770 Delmont Avenue.

Lima, Ohio, Mr. Floyd B. Spahr, 504 Orena Avenue.

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Toledo, Ohio, Mr. William Thiele, 402 Rockingham Street.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Mrs. A. P. Entzminger, 423 N. E. Tenth Street.

Portland, Oregon, Mr. J. W. Latimer, 1927 N.E. 40th Avenue.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Miss Jessie E. Revell, 2531 North 19th St.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Bishop Brown, Lindsay Lane, Ingomar, Pa.

Scranton, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Zenobia Dorsey, 1312 Linden Street.

Knoxville, Tennessee, Mrs. Lessie McMichael, Reid Hotel.

Nashville, Tennessee, Miss Nellie J. Roche, 713 Nashville Trust Building.

Monroe, Washington, Mrs. Levina Sprau, Box 277.

Richmond Highlands, Washington, Mr. B. W. Schneider, Box 15.

Seattle, Washington, Miss Doris Foye, Box 228.

Spokane, Washington, Mrs. Margaret Stange, 207 Mohawk Building.

Eagle River, Wisconsin, Mrs. Joyce Schiddel.

Kenosha, Wisconsin, Mr. Louis J. Voelz, 6108 Sheridan Road.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mrs. Jeanette Clark, 1814 A North Oakland Ave.

Racine, Wisconsin, Mr. Harold R. Olsen, 1332 Russet Street.

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Mr. Emil Gross, 7044 Maple Terrace.

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Local Bahá’í Groups

(The following list includes those local groups who have appointed a secretary. Additions and corrections will be made from time to time, and any errors or omissions should be reported.)

Alabama. Mrs. Fannie McEnge, care of Tuskegee Institute, Ala.

Arkansas. Miss Lydia J. Martin, Arkansas State College, Pine Bluffs, Ark.

California. Mrs. Flora M. Clark, P. O. Box 47, Clearlake Highlands, Calif.

Mrs. Helen R. Somerhalder, Knightsen, Calif.

Mr. Alexander Kisch, 701 East 3rd Street, Long Beach, Calif.

Mrs. Marie Lowell, 226 East Padre Street, Santa Barbara, Calif.

Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Oldsen, Atascadero, Calif.

Mrs. Frances L. Welles, Box 215, Pine Knot, Calif.

Connecticut. Miss G. Palmer, 148 Grove Street, Rockville, Conn.

Mrs. Alice R. Taylor, 10 Westford Avenue, Stafford Springs, Conn.

Florida. Mrs. C. Frank Newton, P. O. Box 1468, Orlando, Fla.

Georgia. Mrs. Tera C. Smith, 819 Clermont Drive, N. E., Atlanta, Ga.

Idaho. Mrs. Ethel Thompson, Route 1, Boise, Idaho.

Illinois. Edward L. Fernald, 607 Empire Bldg., Rockford, Ill.

Massachusetts, Diantha Crisp, Bradford Street, Provincetown, Mass.

Mrs. Harold A. Chamberlain, 11 Maple Terrace, Three Rivers, Mass.

Mrs. Wendell E. Bacon, Monson, Mass.

Michigan. Mrs. William M. Parker, 1601 Pontiac Street, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Mrs. Arthur Page, 18450 Hazelwood Avenue, Roseville, Mich.

Mrs. Oscar Ketels, Marysville, Mich.

Minnesota. Mrs. Annie Berridge, 923 West 9th Street, Duluth, Minn.

Nebraska. Mrs. Eunice M. Baker, 530 Medical Arts. Bldg., Omaha, Neb.

New Hampshire. Mrs. Lorne L. Kendrick, Northfield Street, Hinsdale, N. H.

Mr. Harold Bowman, Jr., Salmon Falls, N. H.

New Jersey. Jane Durant, 1305 Comstock Street, Asbury Park, N. J.

Mrs. Sara Terry Taylor, 25 N. Ohio Street, Atlantic City, N. J.

New York. Zeah Holden, 48 Terrace Avenue, Albany, N. Y.

Lois W. Clark, 714 James Street, Syracuse, N. Y.

Mrs. Clayton Crandall, 241 Cayuga Street, Ithaca, N. Y.

Ohio. Mrs. W. W. Robinson. 315 South Pickaway Street, Circleville, Ohio.

Charlotte Lindenberg, 2512 Bryden Road, Bexley, Ohio.

South Dakota. Mrs. Ethel C. Ayer, 826 West Main Street, Lead, S. Dak.

Virginia. Feny E. Paulson, 614 23rd Street, South, Arlington, Va.

Wisconsin. Mrs. Joel Stebbins, Observatory Hill, Madison, Wisc.

Florence Delamy, 1101 South Webster Avenue, Green Bay, Wisc.

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ENROLLMENTS AND TRANSFERS

Toronto, seven. New York, five. Vancouver, six. East Cleveland, two. St. Lambert, one. Los Angeles, four. Pasadena, four. Philadelphia, one. Urbana, one. Glendale, Calif., one. Lima, three. Cleveland, five. Phoenix, one and two youth. San Francisco, two. Milwaukee, one. Washington, one.

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IN MEMORIAM

It is clear and evident that when the veils that conceal the realities of the manifestations of the Names and Attributes of God, may of all created things visible or invisible, have been rent asunder, nothing except the Sign of God will remain—a sign which He, Himself, hath placed within these realities. This sign will endure as long as is the wish of the Lord thy God, the Lord of the heavens and of the earth. If such be the blessings conferred on all created things, how superior must be the destiny of the true believer, whose existence and life are to be regarded as the originating purpose of all creation.—BAHÁ’U’LLÁH.

Mrs. Marie B. Moore, New York.

Mr. Joseph G. Gray, San Francisco.

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SHAHNAZ WAITE

On June 2, the ‎Spirtiual Spiritual‎ Assembly of Los Angeles received the following cablegram from Shoghi Effendi:—

“Passing Shahnaz, beloved pioneer, deeply lamented. Record (of her) outstanding services imperishable. Reward assured. Ardent prayers.”

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ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE

Time will be saved if letters intended for the National Assembly or World Order Magazine will be addressed, during July and August, to Green Acre, Eliot, Maine.

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NEWS OF EAST AND WEST

Bahá’í News Letter No. 2, issued by the National Spiritual Assembly of Egypt, is devoted to an account of the remarkable events accompanying the Bahá’í burial of Mohammed Effendi Soliman at Ismailia, on December 9, 1938.

This believer has informed his friends and relatives that a Bahá’í funeral service should be performed after his departure. He also drew up a will stating that his heirs should submit to the jurisdiction of the Spiritual Assembly. Arrangements were made for the funeral ceremony, and the police department was informed. A non-Bahá’í brother of the deceased then attempted to persuade the believers that the Muslim ceremony should be performed. The dispute was taken to the police, who upheld the documents prepared by the deceased and turned over to the Assembly. The relative then became so infuriated and threatening that he was detained in the police headquarters, and the Bahá’í ceremony was duly carried out.

However, a crowd of some 3,000 persons gathered and despite police protection, the Bahá’ís could not carry the coffin into the cemetery. The police

[Page 10] then ordered it taken back to the deceased’s home. That night the coffin was removed to police headquarters amid such angry protests from the Muslim party that eight police were injured.

On the third day, at 12:30 A. M., the coffin was transported by the police on a motor truck to a place in the desert out of town, and interment was made.

The home of the deceased was bitterly attacked by the mob, and demonstrations were continued in the streets throughout the night. The upshot was that this incident served to demonstrate the spirit of the Faith to the entire city. “In short, this historic event ... will produce far-reaching results in the final stability of the Cause in Egypt.”

The Bahá’í Journal of the National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles reports the formation of two new Spiritual Assemblies on April 21, at Torquay and at Bradford. The first pioneer undertaking in England has been the settling of Mr. and Mrs. Lee in Brighton with the intention of establishing a Bahá’í Center.

The NSA of the British Isles have published five issues of the new monthly The New World Order, of which the Guardian has written: “He also wishes me to express his feelings of deep satisfaction at the efforts of your Assembly in connection with the publication of New World Order, which paper, he hopes, will prove of increasing value as a medium for the spread of the Cause throughout England.”

A preliminary announcement of the Fourth Annual Bahá’í Summer School in England lists a program to run from July 22 to August 12, at High Leigh, Hoddeston, Herts. Study classes will be conducted on “The Book of Certitude,” “The Dispensation of ‎Bahá’ulláh Bahá’u’lláh‎,” and “ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá—The Exemplar of the Bahá’í Faith.” Morning and evening lectures will be given by Lady Blomfield, David Hofman, Florence Pinchon, H. M. Balyuzi, George Townshend, Marguerite Wellby, Ursula Newman, Arthur Norton, S. H. Ali, Alfred Sugar, Mary Basil Hall, Bernard Leach, Richard St. Barbe Baker, Captain Basil Hall, Patrick Synge, Louise Soelberg, Marjorie Clayton.

The Spiritual Assembly of Paris has issued a circular letter from which the following passages are gleaned:

“Cette année, qui suit celle de l’Exposition, a amené moins d’Amis à Paris. Nous avons pourtant eu la visite, non seulement de plusieurs Amis iraniens, mais aussi du Dr. Mac Cormick, de Mr. et Mrs. Greeven, de Miss Story, de Mrs. Lynch et tout dernièrement de Mrs. Dary, de Wisconsin, revenant d’Haïffa.

“Le groupe de Lyon continue son action et déploie toujours le même ardeur pour obtenir des adhérents. Mademoiselle Migette est allée à Genève pour assister à la Semaine de la Paix où l’ontraitait des religions christianiques; Mrs. Lynch et elle-même y parlèrent de la Cause, la faisant ainsi connaître en un nouveau milieu.

“Le petit cercle de Marseille est toujours ardent pour son avancement; des Amis travaillent à Orléans et sur la Côte d’Azur où nous espérons bientôt avoir un groupe très intéressant avec, à sa tête, un homme éminent.

“Nous continuons notre oeuvre d’édition de nos précieux livres. Les Entretiens d’ Abdu’l-Bahá à Paris en 1911 et 1912 viennent d’être publiés en langue française, traduits de l’anglais par Madame Hesse et ronéographiés par Mrs. Lynch. Le prix de cet ouvrage, qui forme un fort volume, est de 15 francs plus le port.

“Nous venons de faire paraître la Dispensation de Bahá’u’lláh, écrite par le Gardien Shoghi Effendi et traduite en français par M. Karakaya. Cet ouvrage, ronéographié, comprend quatre parties: le Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, et l’Ordre Administratif. Le prix en est de 5 francs plus le port.

“Monsieur Fernandez, un de nos grands sympathisants, vient d’écrire un article documenté sur la Cause qui paraîtra prochainement dans une importante encyclopédie des Religions.

“Un livre qui remporte un grand succès, Islam, par l’orientaliste universellement connu Henri Massé, donne un aperçu fort réussi sur le Bahá’ísme.

“La Conference de la Jeunesse bahá’íe qui devait se tenir pendant les vacances de Noël, a été remise à la Pentecôte, en Mai, sur la demande de groupes et Amis habitant la province ou l’étranger. Nous ne doutons pas qu’il aura le même succès que les années précédentes et nous invitons tous les Amis qui pourront se déplacer à ce moment, à nous faire la grande faveur d’y assister et de nous aider de leur précieux concours.”

The Spiritual Assembly of Mexico City has taken steps to secure legal recognition from the government. “The study of the laws has been terminated according to the instructions received from the Guardian through the medium of Mr. and Mrs. Mathews, and they have been presented to the Mexican Government. We had an interview with the chief of the Department so as to render the usual declarations, and we are only waiting for their resolutions. We also inaugurated the winter courses for the Bahá’í teachers on the 6th of February and these will end on April 15, so we will soon have expert and excellent teachers.”

The Spiritual Assembly of Cincinnati dedicated its new public Bahá’í Center, 206 East University Avenue, on May 23. “The Assemblies in this region have been asked to send a representative to assist in the service and we also wrote to Shoghi Effendi asking for his special prayers.” The Cincinnati Assembly was incorporated on November 22, 1938.

While in ‎Bedmuda Bermuda‎ this spring, Mrs. Louise Erickson succeeded in having the local newspaper, Royal Gazette, publish the text of “Treasured Memories,” by Lilian McNeill, which appeared in the January issue of World Order Magazine. This article was an intimate account of the late Queen Marie’s acceptance of the Bahá’í Faith.

With the cooperation of the Boston Assembly and the National Library Committee, Duncan McAlear has accomplished a remarkable service in placing Bahá’í literature in Libraries of Massachusetts. “During the past few months I have interviewed the Librarians of 21 Libraries in Eastern Massachusetts and placed ... a total of 49 books. There are now Bahá’í books in 32 Libraries in 26 cities and towns in Massachusetts.... I find most of the Librarians very receptive to the Bahá’í Message and willing to cooperate with us in the placing of the books.”