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| No. 192 | FEBRUARY, 1947 | YEAR 103 | BAHA’I ERA |
Four More Pioneers Leave for Europe[edit]
The European Teaching Committee is happy to report the imminent departure for Europe of the following pioneers: Miss Madeline Humbert of the New York community, to Brussels, Belgium, January 29; Mrs. Alice Dudley of the San Francisco community, to Stockholm, Sweden, February 19; Mr. and Mrs. Ugo Giachery of the New York community, to Rome, Italy, February 9. Miss Honor Kempton was requested by the Guardian to remain one month in England to assist with the British teaching campaign before taking up her post in Luxembourg. This Miss Kempton has done and she will be at her post in Luxembourg on February 1. The committee feels sure that all the believers will join them in their prayers for the success and confirmation of the arduous task these dedicated pioneers are undertaking.
Frequent letters are being received from Mrs. Graeffe reporting on the consolidation of the work of the Geneva office of the European Teaching Committee. The close cooperation between the E.T.C. office and the International Bahá’í Bureau under Mrs. Anne Lynch is proving of great benefit and value to the overall European teaching work.
Pioneers already in the field in Europe send us very encouraging reports concerning their work. Mrs. Corbit in Oslo, Norway, writes that her fireside groups are proceeding satisfactorily and she is especially happy that such a large percentage of those attending are young people.
In accordance with the Guardian’s directions, this committee is now in the process of preparing to send itinerant teachers to Europe to assist our pioneers. One of the first to go in this capacity will be Mrs. Marion Little of the New Orleans community. Mrs. Little is eminently qualified by reason of much teaching experience, together with an ability to speak French fluently, to undertake this important mission. Others equally well qualified will follow her in the near future.
If any of the believers have family, friends or acquaintances residing in any of the goal countries who they think would be good Bahá’í contacts,
Panama Conference to Open[edit]
Word has arrived that delegates from Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colon and the Dominican Republic are now arriving in the City of Panama for the first official conference of the northern Latin American countries, that are to elect the second National Spiritual Assembly of Latin America in April, 1951. It is hoped that delegates from the other islands of the West Indies will arrive when the conference opens on January 19th. Charles Mason Remey is the distinguished visitor from North America to the Conference.
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(signed) SHOGHI
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The traveling pioneers are represented by Mrs. Marcia Steward, who is doing a special project in the Central Americas; Artemus Lamb, who is bringing the inspiration of the Buenos Aires conference from the south, and Mrs. Gayle Woolson, who comes from a trip to Caracas, Venezuela, where she will return after the conference and after a visit to Miss Lotus Peterson of Duluth, Minn., who has just arrived in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Miss Peterson’s arrival is one of those small and great miracles of Bahá’u’lláh, which are constantly seen and experienced by the believers who have had courage to give up their all and to hurl themselves upon His mercy and guidance in full service to Him. Lotus arrived in Chicago recently en route to take her boat at New Orleans for Maracaibo. She found unexpectedly that there are a thousand and one red tape details which usually impede the obtaining
Ten Groups Reach Assembly Status[edit]
In a cable sent June 12, 1946, the Guardian pleaded for the speedy conversion of thirty groups to Assembly status and added, “Devoutly hoping, fervently praying number Assemblies functioning North America reach seventy-five ere expiry second year second stage Divine Plan.” That means that thirty groups should be ready for Assembly status as soon as possible and forty by April 21st, 1948.
Of this number, ten groups are assured of Assembly status by April, 1947, owing to the diligent work of Regional Teaching Committees and the Extension Teaching Committees of various Assemblies. Thirty-eight groups hold promise, and on these the concentrated attention of the National Teaching Committee is being focused.
These groups, each having six or more members are: West Haven, Conn.; Buffalo, New York; Montclair, Bergenfield, Englewood, Jersey City, and Red Bank, New Jersey; Columbia and North Augusta, South Carolina; Knoxville, Tennessee; San Antonio, Texas; Toledo, Findlay, Granger Township, Hinckley Township, Urbana, and Lakewood, Ohio; Kalamazoo and Dearborn Township, Michigan; Champaign, Park Ridge, Limestone Township, and Winnetka, Illinois; Green Bay, Shorewood, and Somers Township (Kenosha), Wisconsin;
Ten Groups Reach Assembly Status[edit]
Glenfield, North Dakota; North Albuquerque, New Mexico; Inglewood, El Monte Township, Arcadia, Monrovia Township, Monrovia, Pasadena Township, Southgate, and San Mateo, California; Monroe, and Kirkland, Washington.
Seventeen Settlers Urgently Needed[edit]
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Nine Assemblies need reinforcement by April 21st or they will revert to group status. In order to prevent this seventeen settlers are needed. If you are free to move to one of these goal cities, please write to Mrs. Sarah S. Walrath, secretary of the National Teaching Committee, 4639 Beacon Street, Chicago.
The first objective mentioned in the Guardian’s outline of the Second Seven Year Plan to the 1946 Convention was “consolidation of victories already won throughout the Americas, involving multiplication of Bahá’í centers, bolder proclamation of the Faith to the masses.” In order to hold on to the victories won under the first Seven Year Plan, these seventeen settlers must be found.
Berkeley Holds Successful Public Meetings[edit]
| To Reach the Goal
135 LSA’s now established North America. 40 LSA’s to be established by 1948. 38 Groups hold promise of LSA status. 10 Groups now assured of LSA status April. 9 LSA’s in need of reinforcement by April. 17 Settlers needed to maintain present LSA’s. |
The Berkeley Bahá’ís have held a series of three public meetings in order to present to the thinking people of the town and the University the broad scope of the Bahá’í Faith. The first two meetings were held three weeks apart with excellent audiences and great interest.
On September 23 the Patio Room of the Women’s City Club was packed to overflowing with 125 people. Marilyn Zahl played selections from Chopin. Exceptionally fine talks were given by Marzieh Gail on “Headlines Tomorrow” and by Leroy Ioas on “The Basis of World Order.” The meeting was publicized by a good newspaper article with a photograph; by posters at the Public Library, International House, Berkeley Women’s City Club, etc.; and by the sending of printed postcards to contacts and friends. The book exhibit, the youth ushers, and the attractive surroundings, as well as the 30 Bahá’ís who came from nearby cities, contributed to the success of the meeting. Almost every one of the 75 non-Bahá’í attending signed the guest book and took literature. Later these individuals received the invitation and program for the succeeding meeting.
Bahá’í News
Bahá’í News is published by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada as the official news-letter of the Bahá’í community. The first issue appeared in December, 1924. On April 10, 1925, the Guardian wrote: “The News Letter which you have lately initiated fulfills a very vital function.... I would urge you to enlarge its scope ... that in time it may devote a special section to every phase of your activities, administrative, devotional, humanitarian, financial, educational and otherwise. “It should become a great factor in promoting understanding, providing information on Bahá’í activity, both local and foreign, in stimulating interest, in combating evil influences, and in upholding and safeguarding the institutions of the Cause.” Bahá’í News is edited for the National Spiritual Assembly by its Bahá’í News Editorial Committee: Garreta Busey, chairman, John Ashton, Alice Simmons Cox, Marzieh Gail, Doris Holley, Annamarie Kunz Honnold, Eleanor Sweeney Hutchens, Mabel Hyde Paine, Margaret Swengel. Editorial office: Miss Garreta Busey, 503 West Elm Street, Urbana, Illinois. Please report changes of address to which Bahá’í News is to be sent and other matters pertaining to its distribution to the Bahá’í National Office, 536 Sheridan Road, Wilmette, Illinois. |
The meeting of October 16 was held in the spacious lounge of the College Women’s Club. This program featured a beautiful short concert by Walter Olitzki, Bahá’í artist of the Metropolitan and the San Francisco Opera Companies, accompanied by Fritz Berens, and outstanding talks by Sally Sanor on “The Cause of Strife” and by Arthur L. Dahl, Jr. on “The Bahá’í Contribution to World Peace.” Attractive invitation-programs were mailed to the “key list” of University and town people, as well as to interested contacts. Of the 175 people who attended, 125 were non-Bahá’ís, including school supervisors, teachers, past presidents of the College Women’s Club, the editor who handles the Bahá’í publicity for The Berkeley Daily Gazette, graduate and undergraduate students, etc. The response from every quarter continues to be most enthusiastic.
The report of the third meeting, a youth program held on November 24, National Youth Day, at International House, states that more than fifty young people attended.
Notice to Assemblies[edit]
The Regional Teaching Committees, through the National Teaching Committee, have been requested to render assistance to the smaller communities in their efforts to increase their numbers and preserve their Assembly status. Assemblies of the smaller Bahá’í communities are free to request this assistance.
In order to enable traveling believers to make contact with the Bahá’ís of cities visited, the local Assemblies are advised to register their permanent address, their meeting place and their schedule of meetings with the local Chamber of Commerce. A telephone listing using the name “Bahá’í” is also very important if it can be arranged.
Three More Pioneers Leave for Europe[edit]
please send their names and addresses to our chairman, Miss Edna True, 418 Forest Ave., Wilmette, Ill., so that she can forward them to the pioneers in the respective countries.
First Contacts With Japanese Bahá’ís[edit]
As soon as Michael Jamir, in the medical personnel of the U.S. Army, reached Japan in November, 1945, he began writing to friends in the U.S. for addresses of Japanese Bahá’ís. Following up these addresses he eventually met two Japanese Bahá’ís and had correspondence or news from three others. The first meeting was with Mr. H. S. Fujita. Mr. Fujita became a Bahá’í through Mrs. Corinne True when he came to this country as a student in 1905. Later he had the great experience of meeting ‘Abdu’l-Bahá when He came to this country in 1912. In 1917 he accepted the invitation of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to go to Haifa. There he served ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi until, in 1936, on the advice of the Guardian, he left for his native land.
In May, 1946, Mr. Jamir visited Mr. Fujita at Yanai, where he found him working as interpreter at the railroad station. Here he comes in Contact with many American, British, and New Zealand soldiers and nationals and makes use of frequent opportunities to spread the Bahá’í principles. His wish now is to go to a larger city where he can make his living and teach the Faith. “During the two days and night that I visited Mr. Fujita,” writes Mr. Jamir, “I found him, at 61, youthful and vibrant in his work and enthusiastic in the Bahá’í Faith.” ... He brought out his address book ... and we went over the names of his American Bahá’í friends to see what I could tell him about them and he wishes me to express his loving greetings to them.”
From Yanai Mr. Jamir travelled to Kyoto to meet Mr. Torii, another Japanese Bahá’í. Mr. Torii has been a Bahá’í since 1916 and received two tablets from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. He is blind and teaches in the Kyoto school for the blind. He invited Mr. Jamir to speak to the children of his class on the Bahá’í principles.
Increasing Growth in Latin America[edit]
Forty-nine new memberships have been received from Latin America in the past six weeks.
Word has just come from Medellin, Columbia, of the formation of a new Assembly, eight believers having been confirmed during the visit of Gayle Woolson in December. They have been studying for some time by correspondence and with the assistance of the one original Bahá’í, Sr. Francisco Orrego Restrepo. More are continuing to study. Six newspapers and the radio station collaborated in the series of outstanding meetings held there.
The group in Sucre, Bolivia, now has six members. Col. Arturo Cuellar, Yvonne de Cuellar, and Gwenne Sholtis are working there and expect to have a second Assembly for Bolivia before April. It is a university town, and many of the Bahá’í students come from the university. Gwenne Sholtis has just returned to La Paz after a needed visit to the lowlands, where she helped Eve Nicklin with the new regional project in Callao, Peru. She reports that the Lima Community is growing wonderfully and is most active and happy under Eve’s wise guidance.
Splendid news has come from Elena Marsella in Ciudad Trujillo. All six members of her study class signed up en masse as Bahá’ís, there being two adults and tour declared youths. This gives Ciudad Trujillo fourteen adult members and four youths. Elena plans to accompany Dr. Malcolm King to Santiago, Dominican Republic, to start a regional project there. Dr. King will then go to visit the friends in Kingston, Jamaica, and help them to work out an extension project, before returning to Haiti.
Jean Silver reports a class of eighteen studying in the new Bahá’í Center in Cienfuegos, Cuba.
The Bahá’í Community newly formed in Rio de Janeiro in April of this year, has sent in its 18th registration card. Great plans are under way for expansion of teaching in Brazil, where Leonora Armstrong first carried the Cause some 20 years ago. Fifteen members are reported in Bahia and a group of five in the new goal city of Sao Paulo.
Reports from Louise Baker show that she is carrying a teaching circuit of four towns and cities in Mexico, teaching newly organized groups in each one. Her headquarters is in Vera Cruz. Her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker, plan to visit Mexico City in February.
From Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Venezuela come reports of the showers of inspiration, new knowledge, and light disseminated by Mason Remey and Emeric and Rosemary Sala on their teaching trip through the West Indies and Venezuela. Emeric and Rosemary have now returned northward through the islands, and Mr. Remey will come northward after the Panama Conference through the Central Americas and Mexico, visiting the various Bahá’í communities en route. From Panama Marcia Steward will return to her project in San José, Costa Rica, for the present, and Artemus Lamb will visit Cali Mogotes, Columbia; Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador, and Lima, Peru, on his way back to his region, which includes Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Flora Hottes will leave Montevideo, Uruguay, early in February, visiting Buenos Aires; Asuncion, Paraguay; La Paz and Sucre, Bolivia; Lima and other points, on a trip back to the United States for rest and change after five years of constant service in Bolivia and Uruguay.
H. S. Fujita, Japanese Bahá’í who once served ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Haifa, working on his brother’s farm in Yanai, Japan.
Japanese Bahá’ís[edit]
Mr. Torii acted as very able interpreter and the children listened eagerly. Mr. and Mrs. Torii spoke warmly of Miss Alexander, who had often been a guest in their home.
Mr. Jamir had warm and enthusiastic letters from Mr. Tanaka and Mr. Inouye, both devoted Bahá’ís, Mr. Inouye would like to go to Tokyo to spread the Teachings, but military restrictions prevent this. He is doing his utmost to teach in Sapporo, Hokaido. He remembers Miss Root and her “gentle and full-of-love grace.”
Mr. Tanaka, a Bahá’í of Honshu, called on Mr. Jamir and, finding him away, wrote him a letter. He has ten children; so Mr. Jamir included “The Bahá’í Child’s ABC” with the literature he sent him.
Mrs. Yuri Furukawa, another Japanese Bahá’í, is now in Manchuria.
Panama Conference[edit]
of permission to enter another country in any guise other than as a tourist with a 60 day permit. She sat down and prayed with all her heart. Within an hour she was on her way with all that she required. The key that unlocked the door was, of course, her complete readiness to serve fully, plus the prayer, plus the need of a Bahá’í in that city where regional work is now to begin.
Persian Visitors Break into News[edit]
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Firuz Kazamzadah, Amin Banani and Shidan Fat’he Aazam, Persian Bahá’ís on vacation from the California universities in which they are enrolled, were Phoenix visitors for the Christmas holidays and gave invaluable teaching assistance to that community and to extension teaching work during their stay. Firuz was speaker at three meetings, one in Tucson, another in East Phoenix rural community, both of which attracted a large number of non-Bahá’ís, and in Phoenix at a gathering for which special invitations had been issued to members of a local inter-racial fellowship organization. In addition to the meetings, which included also a number of informal youth gatherings, interesting contacts were arranged with the Dean of Phoenix Junior College, with a leading news commentator of radio station KTAR, local outlet for NBC, and with the Arizona Republic and Arizona Times, two major Phoenix newspapers. At the office of the Times the young men were interviewed by Associate Editor Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Boettiger and Managing Editor Dave Brinegar with the gratifying result that the following day Mr. Brinegar’s column “The Times in Arizona” was entirely devoted to an account of the Persian visitors and their intense interest in spreading the Bahá’í Faith, “as having as its basic belief the proposition that revelations of God are progressive and not final....”
Bahá’í group of Sucre, Bolivia, with Gwenne Sholtis (standing third from left).
The Temple Teaches the World[edit]
Almost four thousand people visited the Bahá’í House of Worship in October and November of this year. 2932 came in October and 1036 in November. Although this record is lower, by 549, than that of the same time last year, the difference is in part accounted for by the fact that week-day guiding was discontinued November 9th this year, instead of going on until Thanksgiving, as it did in 1945. Week-day guiding is discontinued each year when the weather becomes so cold that the guides’ health is endangered.
During October this year, visitors came from thirty-eight states, the District of Columbia, and many foreign countries. Seventeen groups came from the Canadian Provinces of Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, and Manitoba. Three visitors came from Sweden; two from Turkey, Denmark, France, and England; one each from Cuba, the Philippines, the Netherlands, Australia, Palestine, India, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, and the Virgin Islands.
In November the people came from thirty-one states and the District of Columbia, and nine groups came from the Canadian Provinces of Ontario, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and Alberta. Four groups came from England, two from Sweden and Brazil, one from Denmark, and one from Chile.
During this two-months period, the following organizations were guided through the Temple: Home Bureau, Lake County, Illinois, 36; Austin North End Women’s Club, Chicago, 75; Cub Girl Scouts, Evanston, 23; Young People, Bethany Evangelical Church, Chicago, 32; Boy Scouts, Chicago, 15; S. S. Children, Jewish Synagogue, Glencoe, 65; Chicago Women’s Club, 14.
Some of the remarks written in the register were: Very educational; Amazingly beautiful; Unusually interesting; Magnificent; Very convincing; Unconvincing; Very interesting, and will be helpful in living for Jesus; Something to be investigated; Enlightening and inspirational; Unique.
From the wide variety of the organizations that come to the Temple, from the numerous and widely distant states and countries represented by the visitors, and from the appreciative remarks that have been written in the register, it is evident that
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Bahá’í booth at the Arizona State Fair, 1946.
Temple guiding is reaching the masses and the leaders alike over the whole world. If contact were made with these people by Bahá’ís in their various localities, some of them would most surely be grateful. The Guides Committee would like to be notified by believers or Assemblies of those who have become interested in studying the Faith after making their first contact with it by visiting the Temple.
State Fair Exhibits Attract the Masses[edit]
The Bahá’ís of Phoenix, with the valued assistance of the Bahá’ís of East Phoenix, were sponsors of an exhibit at the Arizona State Fair held in Phoenix from November 8 to 17. It was estimated by the State Fair commission that the Fair attracted some 200,000 visitors, of which it can be assured that a large number viewed the exhibit. Approximately 4,000 people stopped at the booth and 2,000 received pamphlet literature. Almost one hundred left their names to be informed of meetings; many took questionnaire cards and already at an early date the response through this medium has been gratifying.
The exhibit occupied a space 10x10 feet and featured in addition to the Temple model an automatic projector showing color slides of the Temple and world maps designating with colored flags the countries where the Faith is represented. Over these large maps appeared the caption, “ ‘The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.’ Bahá’u’lláh.” Over the entrance to the booth in large letters were the words, “The Bahá’í World Faith.” Literature and books illustrative of the teachings were available to inquirers. Especially noteworthy was the interest of youth among the visitors. On the two weekends at the opening and close of the Fair the Bahá’í youth were in charge of the booth. Interest in the display was demonstrated not alone by visitors, but also by the Fair management, who expressed their enthusiasm for the effectiveness of the exhibit and their cordial assurance that a desirable space would be available to the Bahá’ís at the State Fair next year.
From the State Fair at Springfield, Illinois (see Bahá’í News for November) the Regional Committee of that area reports further results. A member of the Senate asked Miss Easterbrook to come and speak of the Bahá’í Peace Plan before that body, remarking: “Those boys ought to hear of this.” A geometry teacher from Princeville said that his attention had first been attracted to the Bahá’í Temple by his pupils. He asked to be given further information about the Faith.
Hunger Slows Teaching in Germany[edit]
Letters from leading German Bahá’ís written in late November show that the low food rations were telling on their physical endurance to an alarming degree. It seemed then that the winter teaching campaign could not be carried out. To quote from the letter of an ardent worker for the Faith: “So many dear friends, Edith Horn, Annamarie Schweizer, Hede Schubert, Heidi Koller-Jaeger, Fred Kohler, Paul Schreher, and Hermann Grossmann are in such extremely bad condition of physical weakness” that to travel and teach (the very hardest kind of labor) seemed impossible. “There seemed danger that all we had won for the Faith in previous months of hard work, must come to an end.” Lists of German addresses are published elsewhere in this issue.
A youth meeting at the Hazírat’ul Quds, Tihrán, 1946.
“While There Is Yet Time”[edit]
O ye that are lying as dead on the couch of heedlessness!
Ages have passed and your precious lives are well-nigh ended, yet not a single breath of purity hath reached Our court of holiness from you. Though immersed in the ocean of misbelief, yet with your lips ye profess the one true faith of God. Him whom I abhor ye have loved, and of My foe ye have made a friend. Notwithstanding, ye walk on my earth complacent and self-satisfied, heedless that My earth is weary of you and everything within it shunneth you. Were ye but to open your eyes, ye would, in truth, prefer a myriad griefs unto this joy, and would count death itself better than this life.
O moving form of dust!
I desire communion with thee, but thou wouldst put no trust in Me. The sword of thy rebellion hath felled the tree of thy hope. At all times I am near unto thee, but thou art ever far from Me. Imperishable glory have I chosen for thee, yet boundless shame thou hast chosen for thyself. While there is yet time, return, and lose not thy chance.
Say: Glory be to Thee Who hast caused all the holy Ones to confess their helplessness before the manifold revelations of Thy might, and every Prophet to acknowledge his nothingness at the effulgence of Thy abiding glory. I beseech Thee, by Thy name that hath unlocked the gates of Heaven and filled with ecstasy the Concourse on high, to enable me to serve Thee, in this Day, and to strengthen me to observe that which Thou didst prescribe in Thy Book. Thou knowest, O my Lord what is in me; but I know not what is in Thee. Thou art the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.
“Thrilled by Generous Response”[edit]
Cables from the Guardian[edit]
From its December meeting the National Spiritual Assembly cabled Shoghi Effendi as follows: “Your cabled message (i.e., on page 8, January Bahá’í News) fires enthusiasm, strengthens resolution, expands vision. We acclaim the fateful journey and remarkable achievements of the Chairman of European Teaching Committee, the establishment of an office in Geneva, the noble initiation of task by pioneers in the field, the mature, dedicated response of Southern delegates to the race unity conference, and the Bahá’í article in Pathfinder Magazine with one million readers. Seizing the decisive hour.”
The Guardian’s reply, received December 19: “Delighted at achievement of Chairman of European Teaching Committee, response of Southern delegates to race conference, publication of article in Pathfinder Magazine. Praying still greater victories in all three continents.”
The final current message from Haifa is the cablegram received January 20 in reply to our cabled report to him of the total contributions which had come in up to January 6 for the special Temple fund: “Thrilled by generous response of believers to Temple Fund. Deeply touched. Hail latest striking evidence of the magnificent spirit, unshakeable solidarity and unflinching resolve of American Bahá’í community. Deepest loving gratitude.”
Bahá’í Marriage[edit]
The National Spiritual Assembly is delighted to be able to give the friends the following material concerning Bahá’í marriage, which deepens our understanding and prevents formal crystallization of unauthorized views.
The question of how to conduct a Bahá’í marriage, and what Tablets are to be read, was referred to Shoghi Effendi last summer and his reply came under date of October 5, 1946:
“Bahá’í marriages should at present not be pressed into any kind of a uniform mold. What is absolutely essential is what Bahá’u’lláh stipulates in the Aqdas: the friends can add to this selected writings if they please—but the so-called ‘Marriage Tablet’ (revealed by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá) is not a necessary part of every Bahá’í marriage. In ‘The Bahá’í World’ is a prayer for marriage incorporated in either the Arabic or Persian text: he suggests Marzieh Gail translate this, and it can be made available to the friends, so that they can use it if they wish to.”
What Bahá’u’lláh stipulates in the Aqdas is to be found on page 372 of “Bahá’í World Faith” in the form of a quotation made by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: “The bridegroom must, before the bridesman and a few others, say ‘Verily, we are content with the Will of God’ and the bride must rejoin, ‘Verily, we are satisfied with the Desire of God.’ ”
The prayer for marriages referred to by the Guardian has been translated by Mrs. Marzieh Gail from the Marriage Certificate used by the Assemblies in Persia. The signature “ ‘Ayn-‘Ayn” is a signature
Standing: Siegfried Schopflocher, John A. Roberts. A. Victor Davis, Rowland Estall, Emeric Sala; Sitting: (Mrs.) Laura R. Davis, (Mrs.) Doris Richardson.
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used by the Master for a certain
period. Her translation follows.
“He Is the Bestower, the Bounteous!”[edit]
“Praise be to God, the Ancient, the Ever-Abiding, the Changeless, the Eternal! He Who hath testified in His Own Being that verily He is the One, the Single, the Untrammeled, the Exalted. We bear witness that verily there is no God but Him; acknowledging His oneness, confessing His singleness. He hath ever dwelt in unapproachable heights, in the summits of His loftiness, sanctified from the mention of aught save Himself, free from the description of aught but Him.
“And when He desired to manifest grace and beneficence to men, and to set the world in order, He revealed observances and created laws; among them He established the law of marriage, made it as a fortress for well-being and salvation, and enjoined it upon us in that which was sent down out of the heaven of sanctity in His Most Holy Book. He saith, great is His glory: ‘Marry, O people, that from you may appear he who will remember Me amongst My servants; this is one of My commandments unto you; obey it as an assistance to yourselves.’
“And we greet and salute those of the Bayán who became the people of Bahá, those who expended their efforts for the upraising of this luminous Faith, and whom the blame of the blamer did not withhold from God. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds!
“He is God! O peerless Lord! In Thine almighty wisdom Thou hast enjoined marriage upon the peoples, that the generations of men may succeed one another in this contingent world, and that ever, so long as the world shall last, they may busy themselves at the Threshold of Thy oneness with servitude and worship, with salutation, adoration and praise. ‘I have not created spirits and men, but that they should worship Me.’1 Wherefore, wed Thou in the heaven of Thy mercy these two birds of the nest of Thy love, and make them the means of attracting perpetual grace; that from the union of these two seas of love a wave of tenderness may surge and cast the pearls of pure and goodly issue on the shore of life. ‘He hath let loose the two seas, that they meet each other: Between them is a barrier which they overpass not. Which then of the bounties of your Lord will ye deny? From each He bringeth up greater and lesser pearls.’2
O Thou kind Lord! Make Thou this marriage to bring forth coral and pearls. Thou are verily the All-Powerful, the Most Great, the Ever-Forgiving!”
- 1 ‘Qur’án 51:56.
- 2 Qur’án 55:9-22.
National Spiritual Assembly[edit]
Beloved friends:
In this issue we publish the cablegram which the Guardian sent after learning the results of the effort made by the believers to offer special contributions during the period set aside for meditation and prayer, culminating in the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Guardianship, January 6.
The total so received by the National Treasurer was $65,000. Placing this amount in the Temple Trustee construction fund produced a total of $103,000 available for completion of the interior as of January 6, nearly four months before the end of the first year of the new Seven Year Plan.
We may all feel an intense gratitude that so large a portion
Speakers at public meeting at Louhelen. Left to right: Mr. Eason (non-Bahá’í, secretary of the Urban League at Flint), Mr. Ellsworth Blackwell (Bahá’í speaker) and Mr. Arthur Patterson (Bahá’í of Indianapolis, chairman).
of the full cost of this vital project
has already been received. It assures rapid prosecution of the task
when the design and specifications
are approved.
Under the schedule set up by the Temple Trustees, the studies and investigations initiated last spring are to be completed by the middle of March so that drawings and all necessary data may be transmitted to the Guardian in the hope that he may advise us of his approval and choice before the Convention.
The intention and hope is that a final drawing, approved by the Guardian, can be exhibited at the Convention, allowing all the friends to realize the beauty of the finished interior. Mr. Louis Bourgeois’ original conception is being somewhat simplified as the Guardian directed.
The Trustees believe that actual work can begin this spring. A completed House of Worship will awaken wide interest in the Faith.
Last month’s Bahá’í News presented to each Bahá’í the text of Ruhíyyíh Khánum’s “Twenty-Five Years of the Guardianship.” Nothing could be more inspiring and informative to the friends than her statement which in brief space summarized the meanings and events of the Bahá’í era since the Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. For the older believers it creates a pattern and framework for their personal experiences, activities and memories; for the new believers it offers a means of acquiring sound understanding and maturity as members of the Bahá’í community.
New Questionnaire Cards[edit]
The Bahá’í Questionnaire Committee’s files carry many letters which we would like to share with all Bahá’ís, but as space will not permit, we will quote from just one received by the chairman: “I received your questionnaire literature and I am sure you are making a very practical application of a very successful plan that has been used by Advertising Research and Industrial Manufacturing establishments in getting a cross section of information worth having that could not be had in any other way. I believe you are the first man who has applied this very practical plan to a Universal Religious Message. I can vision a great good to humanity by the information that will result to it ...”
During the first seven months of the use of the questionnaire cards, requests have come from all but five states of the United States—namely: Colorado, Louisiana, Nevada, South Dakota and Wyoming. We urge the friends and regional teaching committees in these states to start distributing them as they are proving invaluable for teaching contacts. Signed cards have been received from a total of 366 different cities, towns and villages as well as from Alaska, Philippine Islands, Hawaii, Canada, Haiti, and South America. We wish we could list every city heard from.
Three cards, numbers 2, 3 and 5 are now available for inter-changeable use. They can be ordered in a combination package containing 100 each for $3.00 postpaid. Also available now is a new folding questionnaire card (F4) of unlimited possibilities for spreading the Bahá’í Message. It features new, timely and challenging questions of interest to people in all walks of life, promising not only to carry the Bahá’í Message to thousands of selected individuals for the first time but to locate and determine the subject of greatest interest to these potential Bahá’ís.
Outstanding features of this F4 new folding questionnaire card are:
- It will comb any chosen locality or community for Bahá’í seekers. It is an excellent advance agent to a selected mailing list, to be followed a few weeks later with an announcement of a Public Meeting in their city.
- It carries these thought-provoking questions directly to the individual in his office or home where he may read and check them at leisure.
- It will impress the recipient of the broad scope of subjects embraced by the Bahá’í Revelation.
- It bears an introductory personal message direct from the friend who signs it.
- It lends itself to use by any or all believers who may volunteer to address and mail these cards during spare time.
This new questionnaire service provides a golden opportunity for each and everyone of the “rank and file” to do our part in helping to complete the new Seven Year Plan. These New Folding Questionnaires (F4) are now ready for shipment to Assemblies groups or individual believers anywhere. They are priced at $9.00 per thousand or $1.00 per hundred. Address your order to:
on Bahá’í Questionnaires,
Box 1, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
Slides[edit]
SLIDES of the Temple, Haifa, the Schools, etc. may be purchased through the Bahá’í Sales Committee, Mr. H. E. Walrath, 4639 Beacon St., Chicago.
Radio Script Writing Class at Greenacre, 1946. William and Marguerite Sears standing left.
Radio Script Writing at Green Acre[edit]
A course in the writing of radio scripts was given last summer at the Green Acre Bahá’í School under the instruction of Marguerite Sears. The class was in session for three weeks, from August 13 to August 30. Eighteen students began the course and seven completed it. They were: Helen Campbell, Margaret Mills, Jetty Straub, Rita van Sombeek, Rene Welsh, Martha Kavelin, and Genevieve Coy.
The following is quoted from Mrs. Sears’ report on the course. “In addition to covering the fundamentals of radio writing, the class took an active part in the study of radio production. Each member of the class wrote a 5-minute continuity script on the Bahá’í Faith. One 15-minute script was written. The class received practical experience in the writing of a script for actual broadcast. The script was on the history of Green Acre, from the days of the early Indians, through Sarah Farmer’s early experiments in World Unity Conferences, on down through the present Bahá’í School, with glimpses of its hopes for the future.
“The entire class took part in necessary research to uncover accurate historical information. Then various members of the class were assigned to write sections of the script. One student did an over-all
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re-write of the program. When the
15-minute dramatic-type script was
ready for production, the class arranged for broadcast time with Station WHEB, Portsmouth, N.H., at
6:30 p.m., Sunday, September 1st.
“Members of the class were cast in the various roles of the program. They were assisted by nine other students from the School. The class produced the program in its entirety. This included the writing, making the acting assignments, using their own sound effects, etc., as well as arranging for the broadcast, the rehearsal times and notifying nearby Bahá’í communities and groups of the broadcast. The work of the 1946 Green Acre Script Writing class is documented by a transcription. This can be made available through the National Radio Committee, to which the class has forwarded its first adventure into this new Field.” William Sears helped in the last two days of rehearsals and acted as Narrator in the final production.
Public Meetings Schedule[edit]
Public Meetings in key cities for this year will be held as follows:
Horace Holley will speak at Montreal, February 5. Harlan Ober will speak March 11 at Miami, March 16 at Birmingham, and March 22 at Nashville. Dorothy Baker will speak March 27 at Cleveland; Kenneth Christian March 29 at Pittsburgh. The San Francisco date has not yet been fixed.
In the key cities of last year, Public Meetings are arranged for: New Orleans, January 28, with Philip Marangella as speaker; Portland, February 3, with Mark Tobey; Toronto, February 3, with Willard McKay; Atlanta, February 9, with Carl Scheffler; Chicago, March 4, Horace Holley; and Detroit, March 27, with a speaker not yet determined.
In Memoriam[edit]
Death proffereth unto every confident believer the cup that is life indeed. It bestoweth joy and is the bearer of gladness. It conferreth the gift of everlasting life.
- Mrs. Inga Illescas, Clovis, California, Nov. 1, 1946.
- Miss A. Winifred Richards, Jacksonville, Florida, Jan. 4, 1947.
- Mrs. Mary Dickerman, Kalamazoo, Michigan, December, 1946.
Letters from the Guardian[edit]
The Archives Committee earnestly suggests for the benefit of future generations that all believers having letters from the Guardian give very serious consideration to placing them in the National Bahá’í Archives as soon as possible. Though it may seem to some of the friends that the messages contained therein are personal to a large extent, it may well be evident in the future that the application of many of these messages is more general than we now realize. Certainly the national archives with its specially constructed vault is the safest place to preserve these precious documents, so many of which have been lost by fire, flood or after the death of the recipients. A photostat may be obtained from the committee for about 15 or 18 cents a letter.
Bahá’í Lecture in Maui[edit]
On November 27 the Maui Bahá’í Community sponsored a lecture on “Foundations for World Unity” at which Mrs. Mabel Van Valkenburg spoke at the Baldwin High School Auditorium. Nine hundred invitations were sent out to Bahá’ís and non-Bahá’ís on all the Islands. Eighty-three were present at the lecture. This was considered a good showing, as it is rather difficult for business men and women to leave their jobs and travel from one Island to the other. Excellent newspaper articles preceded and followed the lecture. This was the first of a series of lectures under the directorship of Mrs. E. Sabin of Puunene. Mr. Morris N. Freedman, chairman of the Honolulu Bahá’í Assembly, introduced Mrs. Valkenburg. The Honolulu Advertiser quoted the speaker as saying, along with other fine quotations, “Who can say there is anything more important than world unity, anything more important than turning darkness into light, bloodthirstiness into kindness, torment into bliss, hardship into ease, and enmity and hatred into fellowship and love?”
News from “The Speck”[edit]
Because Tasmania is the smallest of the Australian states, mainlanders often speak of it as “The Speck.” It has a very live group of Bahá’ís in Hobart, the capital city, and some in other parts of the island. They “plan as much as possible,” writes Miss Gretta Lampril, secretary of the Hobart group, “for state wide publicity.” Excerpts from “Appreciations” have been inserted in four daily papers. “We are, as are all
Public lecture, Maui, Hawaii. From left to right: Mrs. Daisy E. Sabin, chairman of the Maui Assembly; Mrs. Mabel Van Valkenburg, guest speaker from Honolulu; Mr. Morris N. Freedman, chairman of the meeting and chairman of the Honolulu Assembly
Local Assemblies Sustaining Financially The Seven Year Plan During December, 1946[edit]
Alaska—Anchorage. Arizona—E. Phoenix; Phoenix. Arkansas—Little Rock. California—Alhambra; Berkeley; Beverley Hills; Burbank; Burlingame; Cloverdale Twp.; Glendale; Long Beach; Los Angeles; Sacramento; San Francisco; San Diego. Canada—Vancouver; Hamilton; Toronto; Charlottetown. Colorado—Colorado Springs; Denver. Connecticut—Hamden; New Haven. Florida—Jacksonville; Miami. Hawaii—Honolulu; Maui. Georgia—Atlanta; Augusta. Idaho—Boise. Illinois—Chicago; Danville; Elmhurst; Evanston; Maywood; Peoria; Springfield; Urbana; Wilmette. Indiana—Fort Wayne; Indianapolis; South Bend. Iowa—Cedar Rapids. Kansas—Topeka. Kentucky—Louisville. Louisiana—New Orleans. Maryland—Baltimore; Bethesda; Chevy Chase. Massachusetts—Beverly; Boston; Brookline; Springfield; Worchester. Michigan—Ann Arbor; Detroit; Flint; Grand Rapids; Lansing; Muskegon; Roseville. Minnesota—Duluth; Minneapolis; St. Paul. Mississippi—Jackson. Missouri—Independence. Montana—Butte; Helena. Nebraska—Omaha. Nevada—Reno. New Hampshire—Portsmouth. New Jersey-Teaneck; Newark. New Mexico—Albuquerque. New York—Jamestown; New York; Rochester; Yonkers. North Carolina—Greensboro. North Dakota—Fargo. Ohio—Cleveland; Columbus; Dayton; Lima. Oregon—Portland. Pennsylvania—Philadelphia; Scranton; West Chester. Rhode Island—Providence. South Carolina—Greenville. South Dakota—Sioux Falls. Tennessee—Memphis; Nashville. Texas—Houston. Utah—Salt Lake City. Vermont—Brattleboro. Virginia—Alexandria; Arlington. Washington—Richmond Highlands. West Virginia—Charleston. Wisconsin—Kenosha, Madison, Milwaukee, Racine, Wauwatosa, White Fish Bay. Wyoming—Laramie.
- 107 Assemblies contributed in December.
- 31 Assemblies did not contribute.
- 79 Groups contributed in December.
- 112 Individuals and isolated Bahá’ís contributed in December.
Note: This list does not include contributions to the Special Fund Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Guardianship nor contributions reaching the Treasurer’s Office after December 31st. Contributions are credited to the month in which received.
International Relief Lists[edit]
Recent reports from Germany and Austria indicate that the health of the Bahá’ís in these countries is being seriously endangered by undernourishment. American believers residing abroad confirm this and stress the necessity of greater aid by American believers. Among others Manutchir Zabih, a Persian studying in Germany, and John Eichenauer write of the hunger and cold facing the friends over there and appeal to us to aid more generously as our “sacred duty.”
The quickest and most economical way to send a food package abroad is thru C.A.R.E., 50 Broad str., New York 4. They guarantee delivery, a 29 lb. package of food for $10. The person receiving a package signs a receipt which is returned to the sender.
Friends who themselves mail packages are asked to note this quotation
Display in the window of the Wright-Womble-Pitts Co. of High Point, North Carolina, which resulted in a request by the local newspaper for an interview with Mr. H. R. Broadhurst, a Bahá’í of that city, and the publication of an article on the Faith and a picture of the Temple.
from a letter from Germany:
“The longlasting lack of sugar and
fats in our food ... produces everywhere very alarming and catastrophic effects.”
Names of declared Bahá’ís in Germany follow:
Distributing Centers
- Herr Paul Gollmer, Neckarstr. 127, Stuttgart O. Württemberg.
- Frl. Anna Köstlin, Wehrneckarstr. 1, Esslingen, Württemberg.
- Marta Weiss, Kesselwasen 4, Esslingen.
- Herr Hugo Bender, Gollenstr. 67, Esslingen - Krummenacker, Württemberg (2 persons).
- Fr. Marie Dittis, Bahnhofstr. 24, Esslingen. Württemberg.
- Frl. Hilde Fingerle, Hohen Kreuzweg 20.
- Frl. Elsa Fischer, Zwingerstr. 2.
- Frl. Lotte Gerlein, Hohen Kreuzweg 24.
- Herr Hermann Geiger, Friedrichstr. 8 a.
- Herr and Fr. Gustav Heckert, Bogenstr., Esslingen-Neckarhalde.
- Fr. Marie Kaufmann, Breitestr. 7, Esslingen.
- Frl. Waltraut Kübler, Esslingen-Serach.
- Fr. Friedericka Küperbusch, Fabrikstr. 17, Esslingen
- Frl. Marta Kurle, Schelztorstr. 10.
- Fr. Helene Kurz, Neckarstr. 30.
- Dr. Willi Lenz, Blumenstr. 54.
- Herr August Löffler, Fabrikstr. 17 (2 persons).
- Herr Ernst Müller, Hohen Kreuzweg 20 (4 persons).
- Klara and Willy Munk, Strohstr. 7.
- Hildegard Nesch, Keplerstr. 10, Oberesslingen.
- Herr Herman Rommel, Keplerstr. 10, Oberesslingen (2 persons).
- Johanna Raster, Olgastr. 5, Esslingen.
- Herr Hans Schäfer, Starenweg 10, Esslingen-Sirnau (2 persons).
- Frida Schneider, Olgastr. 8, Esslingen.
- Frl. Luise Bahm, Kirchstr. 2.
- Herr Otto Liede, Franz Knauffstr. 32 (2 persons).
- Fr. Carla Macco, Oberfeldstr. 4, Heidelberg-Wieblingen (2 persons).
- Frl. Ella Schartiger, Mittlere Aue 8, Heidelberg-Schlierbach.
- Herr Franz Seitz, Fischergasse 7, Heidelberg.
- Herr Fritz Strauss, Neckarspitze 16.
- Frl. Luise Wolf, Blumenstr. 51.
- Herr Carl Wüst, Gr. Mantelgasse 13.
- Dr. Hermann Grossmann, Fr. Eberstr. 39 (5 persons).
- Herr August Ehlers, Bergstr. Klingental. (2 persons).
- Herr Gajus Schmidt, Bergstr. Essigkamm 17 (4 persons).
- Dr. Carl E. Clauss, Wittmannstr. 45.
- Fr. Marie Schenk, Darmstadt II Land Kolonie Trautheim.
- Benita Hartmuth, Kochstrasse 2, Wiesbaden-Billbrich.
- Herr Walter Kreuzfeld, Riehlstr. 12 III, Wiesbaden.
Books Placed in Ninety Libraries[edit]
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Since its last report to the friends in Bahá’í News, the Library Committee has placed books in ninety libraries. It is anxious to have these books actively circulated and asks the friends to check this library list closely and refer interested inquirers in these various cities to these libraries for further information.
One of our greatest drawbacks in trying to make library donations is that Bahá’í literature and World Order magazine cannot secure favorable listing in certain standard reference works until public libraries include them in their reports of publications in frequent demand. Librarians often refuse our literature because it is not listed in these reference works consulted by them before acceptance of new books. It is most necessary that our books are used frequently and we should appreciate all efforts in bringing our literature to the attention of the public to create a demand and interest in it.
Books were placed in the Palmer and Valdez public libraries in Alaska and in ten Alaskan service libraries. Niels Poulsen, Lt. Col., Commanding Officer APO 986, wrote the following appreciative letter to the committee: “Your thoughtful contribution of a gift of a set of Bahá’í books to this remote outpost is gratefully acknowledged. I am sure that these volumes will prove to be a source of enlightenment, solace and enjoyment to the men located here.”
A first donation (“Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era”) has been made to each of the following libraries:
The following libraries accepted copies of “Bahá’í Centenary, 1844-1944” and “God Passes By”: Norfolk, Va.; Canton, O.; Montgomery, Ala.; Tampa, Fla.
Other public libraries given books were: Eliot, Me.; Western Springs, Ill.; Delmar, N.Y.; Petersburg, Va.; Hudson, N.Y.; Ashland, Kty.; Decatur, Ill.; Red Bank, N.J.; East Providence, R.I.; Portland, Me.; Knoxville, Tenn.
Middlesex University, Mass.: Howard University, Washington, D.C.; Rhode Island State College; Colby College, Maine, accepted books.
A Kit of Contacts, Publicity and Advertising Material[edit]
The Public Relations Committee has distributed a “Bahá’í Public Relations Kit” to National Committees, Regional Teaching Committees and local Assemblies as an aid to their campaigns.
The kit marks the beginning of what will later become a handbook on public relations activities of Assemblies and committees, dealing with different aspects of contacts by distribution of literature, of local and national publicity, and of local and national advertising. It consists in this preliminary form of a statement of explanation, and a description of the material now available in the way of press releases and advertisements. Samples of nine different mailing pieces used by the Public Relations Committee and available are also included.
The Committee can provide only one kit per committee or Assembly, and hopes that the material will be kept for continuous reference. The kit has also been sent to the larger groups where Assemblies are to be established within two years.
New Publications[edit]
The Bahá’í Publishing Committee is pleased to report two new titles.
The Renewal of Civilization, by David Hofman, a very interesting and helpful introductory work which the friends can enjoy for themselves and also use in spreading the Faith. An edition has been imported from England. Per copy, $1.50.
The Transformation of Human Society, A Bahá’í Commentary on Current World Trends, From Writings of Shoghi Effendi. This is a 16-page pamphlet, letter head size, printed from typewritten copy by the planagraph method. It was compiled by the Public Relations Committee to file with the Bahá’í reference material in editorial offices, and to assist in making helpful contacts. Copies are made available through the Publishing Committee to use for study classes as well as local contacts work. Per copy, 25c.
World Order
February, 1946[edit]
- World Peace Through World Religion—Helen Bishop
- A Fresh Stream of Wisdom—Garreta Busey
- Chasing a Hobgoblin—Duart Brown
- Prayer, Poem—L. Khai
- Arise and Teach—Hazel Mccurdy
- Song for a New Day, Poem—Silvia Margolis
- Racial Unity, Editorial—Gertrude K. Henning
- Bahá’í Administration, Book Review—Horace Holley
- Pioneer Journey—Ecuador—Virginia Orbison
- With Our Readers
Calendar[edit]
Nineteen Day Feasts
- February 7
- March 2
Nineteen Day Fast
- March 2nd through 20th
Nawruz—March 21st
National Assembly meeting
- March 13, 14, 15 and 16
News from “The Speck”[edit]
Bahá’ís, possessed of a divine restlessness to be continually on the wing, for we realize our glorious opportunities and our equally glorious responsibilities in propagating the Cause.”
Miss Lamprill conducted a teaching campaign last summer in Brisbane, Queensland. She made many personal contacts with those she met in trams, at cafes, at clubs and in homes, had interviews with prominent citizens, and from all these contacts made up a mailing list for the public meetings she conducted. As a result of these contacts and meetings a study group of nine was formed. This campaign, she writes, “was a glorious adventure. Above all I feel humble and reverent before Him, the Founder of the Faith, Whose guidance and grace enabled me to overcome all difficulties and experience each day manifestations of His supreme power.”
Directory[edit]
Assemblies
- Greenville, S. C., Mrs. Rachel Mothersill, Secretary, 639 N. Main Street.
- Wilmington, Del., Miss M. Newman, Secretary, 2417 Market Street.
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, Mrs. Mary Lou Ewing, Secretary, P.O. Box 1206
- Portland, Oregon, Mrs. Rachel Porter Foster, Secretary, 5544 N. Delaware, Portland, 11.
- Maui, Hawaii, Mrs. Daisy E. Sabin, Acting-Secretary, P.O. Box 81, Puuene, Maui, T. H.
National Committees
- Regional Teaching Committee for Brazil
- Mr. Edmund Miessler of Sao Paulo, appointed.
- Mr. Aureo Cooper of Rio de Janeiro, appointed.
Enrollments by Assemblies[edit]
Los Angeles 4. Columbus 5, Louisville 1, Pasadena 2, 2 youth, New York 3, Indianapolis 1, 1 youth, Glendale 3, Anchorage 4, Detroit 1, Honolulu 1, Atlanta 1, San Francisco 3, Teaneck 1 youth, Chicago 2, Alhambra 1, Portland 1, Cleveland 1, Seattle 1, Albuquerque 2, Kansas City 1, West Chester 1, Wilmington 1, Fargo 1, Berkeley 1, Richmond Highlands 2, Santa Barbara 1.
Regional Teaching areas 32.
International Relief Lists[edit]
- Herr Paul Schreher, Nerobergstr. 24, Wiesbaden.
- Herr Adolf Lorey, Am Bahnhof (2 persons).
- Herr Eduard Bracht, Pfarrhaus (3 persons).
- Herr Paul Hacker, Ulrichstr. 24. (2 persons).
- Fr. Mathilde Brückner, Am Kelterkopf.
- Herr Georg Eckle, Geislingen/Steige, Stuttgarterstr. 120 (2 persons).
- Herr Hans Kraiss, Geislingen/Steige, Altenstadt Oelweg 22 (2 persons).
- Herr Herman Küstner, Seestr. 13 (3 persons).
- Fr. Margarete Walcker, Kohlgruberstr. 75 c (2 persons).
- Herr Albert Kimmerle, Steinachstr. 10, Neckarsulm, Wttbg.
- Fr. Johanna v. Werthern, Wilhelmstr. 14, Giessen, Lahn. (2 persons).
- Herr Fritz Winter, Jägerstr. 23/Schöne, Viernheim, Hessen.
- Marie Knauss, Welzheimerstr., Steinberg/Kreis Waiblingen.
- Anne Lindner, Römerstr. 58, Lampertheim/Hessen.
- Frl. Anna Bostelmann, Uhlenhorsterweg 22, Hamburg 21. (2 persons).
- Herr Gunther Heyd, Glindweg 24, Hamburg 39.
- Herr Oskar Schmitt, Scheideweg 14,
- Herr Arno Knabe, Mühlbachstr. 22, Ueberlingen/Bodensee. (2 persons).
- Frl. Lydia Ana-Theurer, Leonhardstr. 1, Pfullingen.
- Dr. Hedwig Müller, Kaiserstr. 25, Pfullingen. (2 persons).
Leipzig
- Frl. Maria Schreiber, Plaussigerstr. 6 II. (2 persons).
- Frl. Klara Sieg, Tielemannstr. 5 Hof.
- Fr. Hanni Marggraf, Brockhausstr. 36, ptr. 1, Leipzig W 31.
- Herr Wilhelm Jenzen, Massmanstr. 31, (3 persons).
- Herr Ernst Diestelhorst, Am Vogelherd 6 b. Schulz, Berlin-Grunewald (2 persons).
- Dr. Dieterle, Goethestr. 81 v. IV 1, Berlin-Charlottenburg.
- Herr Theo Lehne, Parkstr. 24, Dallgow-Döberitz b. Berlin (2 persons).
- Frl. Elsbeth Lodemann, Eisenacherstr. 61 II, Berlin-Schöneberg.
- Herr Wilhelm Leidinger, Wustermarkerstr. 32 I 1, Berlin-Spandau.
- Fr. Charlotte Schwedler, Personenbahnhof (2 persons).
- Fr. Martha Klingelhöfer, Am Ziegelsee.
- Herr Karl Klitzing, Jungfernstieg 21, (2 persons).
- Frl. Else Becker, Ernst Thälmannstr. 84.
Addresses for German believers in Frankfort will be found in the September issue of Bahá’í News. One additional address is given here: Miss Ursula Hartte, Oskarstr. 22, Grosshessen, Frankfurt a/Main, Germany. American Zone.
Addresses have been published in the July and August issues, but please note that those addresses were corrected in November and that further corrections are given here.
Mr. Vuk Echtner does not work now for Bruckner and asks us not to address him there but at his home: Praha—Nusle II, 739. Czechoslovakia.
Herr Franz Pöllinger, Böcklinstrasse 4 Tur 15, Wien II, Austria.
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Words of Bahá’u’lláh—“While there is Yet Time” | 6 | 1 |
Words of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá—“He Is the Bestower, the Bounteous” | 7 | 1 |
| Messages from the Guardian | ||
“Deeply Touched” | 1 | 3 |
Cables from the Guardian | 6 | 1 |
Bahá’í Marriage | 6 | 3 |
| National Spiritual Assembly | ||
Letter to the believers | 7 | 2 |
Local Assemblies Sustaining the Seven Year Plan | 10 | 1 |
| Progress of the Seven Year Plan | ||
Three More Pioneers for Europe | 1 | 1 |
Panama Conference to Open | 1 | 3 |
Increasing Growth in Latin America | 3 | 1 |
Ten Groups Reach Assembly Status | 1 | 3 |
Seventeen Settlers Urgently Needed | 2 | 1 |
To Reach the Goal | 2 | 2 |
Attention G. I. Students | 4 | 2 |
The Temple Teaches the World | 4 | 3 |
New Questionnaire Cards | 8 | 1 |
Public Meetings Schedule | 9 | 1 |
Books Placed in Ninety Libraries | 11 | 1 |
A Kit of Contacts, Publicity and Advertising Material | 11 | 2 |
| News of Other Lands | ||
Hunger Slows Teaching in Germany | 5 | 3 |
First Contacts with Japanese Bahá’ís | 3 | 1 |
News from “The Speck” | 9 | 3 |
| Local Communities | ||
Berkeley Holds Public Meetings | 2 | 1 |
Persian Visitors in the News | 4 | 1 |
State Fair Exhibits | 5 | 1 |
Bahá’í Lecture in Maui | 9 | 2 |
Radio Script Writing at Green Acre | 8 | 3 |
Letters from the Guardian | 9 | 2 |
International Relief Lists | 10 | 2 |
World Order Subscription Rate | 11 | 2 |
World Order, February | 11 | 3 |
New Publications | 12 | 1 |
Enrollments | 12 | 2 |
In Memoriam | 9 | 1 |
Calendar | 11 | 3 |
Directory | 12 | 1 |
