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| No. 198 | AUGUST, 1947 | YEAR 104 | BAHA’I ERA |
Decision Nears on Temple Construction[edit]
The three meetings of the Temple Trustees held since the Convention have recorded exceedingly important steps taken in the great project of completing the interior ornamentation of the “holiest House of Worship ever to be constructed in the Bahá’í world.”
The Bahá’ís who attended the Convention will recall that the Guardian had examined two studies and treatments of the modification of the Bourgeois design, and expressed his preference for Allen B. McDaniel’s sketches, with certain further modification.
After consultation with experts it became apparent that the bowl seating arrangement could not be included within the financial limitation definitely set, and a seating arrangement prepared by Mr. Clarence Ullrich was adopted. Mr. McDaniel was commissioned to prepare an interior design embodying the Guardian’s directives as understood by the Trustees after consultation.
A Temple Construction Committee was appointed consisting of Paul E. Haney, Chairman, Mrs. Amelia E. Collins, Miss Edna M. True and Mr. Philip G. Sprague, for study and recommendation on technical, architectural and financial elements involved in placing contracts for the work.
A Temple Technical Committee was also appointed with the following members: Mr. Allen B. McDaniel, Mr. Robert McLaughlin, Mr. Edwin Eardley.
Both these committees combined in a meeting at Washington which examined the final design and prepared recommendations on selection of an architect, supervision of construction, costs, etc.
At the July meeting the Trustees recorded approval and acceptance of Mr. McDaniel’s revised plans as the final modification of the Bourgeois design. This action was taken with conscientious and prayerful regard to the three vital factors of architectural excellence, cost of production, and the time required for the construction work. The Temple Trustees realize that the completed interior will be even more important than the exterior, for it will be the scene of the meetings of sacred worship for which the Temple was conceived.
At the July meeting also the qualifications of a number of architectural firms were considered, and it is confidently expected that next month the Trustees can report the placing of contracts for working drawings and specifications, and arrangements for starting the actual construction work this year.
One word must be added. The progress of the Temple work from now on will call for the expenditure of some $90,000 a year for six years on an average. This in turn requires an average monthly donation for this project alone of between $7,000 and $8,000. At no lesser sacrifice may we deserve the supreme privilege of raising Bahá’u’lláh’s Temple in the heart of the Western Hemisphere at such a crucial hour in the history of mankind.
Importance of Esperanto as Teaching Medium[edit]
Vuk Echtner in Prague writes that between August, 1945 and December, 1946 he has written over 200 letters to individuals and groups about the Faith and received as many answers and inquiries, all in Esperanto. Few of the friends realize what an effective instrument Esperanto has been in spreading the Cause. Most of Martha Root’s pioneering was done in Esperanto. While in Scandinavia, Mrs. Graeffe did practically all her Bahá’í contact work in Esperanto.
Enoch Olumuyiwa Ojakaiye, Founder, Director and Secretary of the “Youth Spiritual Group,” Bahá’í Study Class, of Oshogbo/Jebba, Nigeria, W.C.A.
Assemblies Accept Challenge[edit]
Nineteen Local Assemblies have notified the National Office of their acceptance of the challenge issued by the NSA to establish another Local Assembly before April 21, 1948. In the order of response, the Assemblies are: Chicago, Philadelphia, West Chester, St. Paul, Detroit, New York City, Lima, Urbana, Los Angeles, Eliot, Teaneck, Boston, Milwaukee, Evanston, Long Beach, Baltimore, Peoria, Columbus, Pasadena.
In a letter to Local Assemblies having twenty or more enrolled believers, the National Assembly wrote: “In the light of these “challenging requirements” (set forth by the Guardian), the National Assembly asks you to accept a great challenge: no less than responsibility for bringing one group to Assembly status before April 21, 1948. By that date there must be 175 local Assemblies; and without the determined action of our stronger Assemblies this goal cannot be obtained! Prayerful consideration is called for.”
European Enrollments Now Five[edit]
The ETC shares with the Friends the news of the declaration of three more believers in Europe. There are now five souls who have arisen, in the course of a few months, from the ranks of a sorely stricken continent, to accept the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh. Many fine reports are coming from Europe of the public meetings, teas and firesides which have been arranged for the first of the itinerant teachers who are assisting in Europe this summer, Mason Remey and Mildred Mottahedeh. The surprisingly large attendance at these meetings shows the broad scope of contact work being done by our pioneers.
The Committee is happy that it is possible for the chairman, Miss Edna True, to make a trip to Europe at this time. She will visit each of the European pioneer posts. Thus she will be able to give first hand aid to the pioneers, will survey the results of the teaching efforts of the first year and bring back valuable information to the committee on which future plans may be built. She will strengthen the efforts of the European teaching office and see in what manner our European teaching representative can assist in the plans now being made by the Swiss believers for their first summer school to be held in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1948.
Shoghi Effendi has given permission to hold a European Teaching Conference in the late spring of 1948. The ETC has tentatively planned that it be held May 22nd to 26th, 1948. The chairman will review this with the pioneers, so that plans for, and location of, the Conference can be determined.
On this trip Miss True will be accompanied by her mother and Dr. Katherine True. Mrs. True and Katherine will visit Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland while Miss Edna True will make her circuit of the pioneer outposts. The Trues will sail on July 23rd on the S. S. “Noordam.”
Sailing on July 25th, on the “Stavangerfjord” will be the 29th European pioneer, Mrs. Anna Kunz, member of the Urbana Community, who will visit the Scandinavian countries en route to her post in Berne, Switzerland. On this same ship will be Mrs. Beatrice Ashton of the Winnetka group, who will assist as itinerant teacher in the Scandinavian countries, Switzerland and possibly Germany. She will be abroad until September 23rd.
The committee hopes the believers will send in names and addresses of contacts which they may have in any of the ten goal countries and continue to pray for the success of the European phase of the Second Seven Year Plan.
You Are Earnestly Requested Not to Read the Following IF[edit]
You are fully satisfied with the NEWS as it now is. If, however, you think the publication shows room for improvement we suggest that
- You read the NEWS carefully each issue and
- Let us know exactly how you would improve it and
- Send us glossy photographs and news items (no returns, please!) for possible use.
Be as frank as you wish—we welcome criticism and ask only one favor: make it helpful.
You see, the NEWS has two jobs on its hands: we have to deliver to you all communications from the Guardian and the National Spiritual Assembly. We bring you these without changing them in any way. They are vital, and generally speaking you can find them only in the NEWS—because we are the only published medium of communication between the National Spiritual Assembly and yourselves.
Our other job is to let you know what your fellow believers are doing, and to tell them about you. This is where you come in. We can use criticisms, suggestions, news items, photographs, teaching ideas. We should like to hear from minorities and majorities, young and old, isolated Bahá’ís and communities—anyone who reads the NEWS.
As a matter of fact, if you care to discuss the NEWS at the next 19-Day Feast and let us know the results, we would be delighted.
Editorial Office
1001 West Genesee St., Lansing Mich.
Miss Hilda Yen, left, and Mrs. Carrie Kinney at the Souvenir of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in West Englewood, N. J.
Kiwanis Magazine Reports Faith[edit]
An article about the Bahá’í Faith entitled “The Willkie of Baghdad” appeared on page 8 of the June 1947 issue of Kiwanis Magazine, which is published by the well-known international service organization.
The article which is illustrated with three photographs begins, “The atomic bomb has sealed a new state of world affairs. Sink or swim, we have to stay together. The United Nations, however infantile it may appear at the moment, is our only hope. Whether it is built more on the weakness of fear or the strength of common principle remains to be seen. But at least we have a new faith—that we must become citizens of the world first of all, citizens of a particular nation second.
“But is this a new faith? Well, a man of whom few of us have read was teaching it and trying to be heard by heads of governments nearly a century ago. He believed so passionately in world unity, world government and world citizenship that he made them his religion, or rather, he believed them because they were the essence of his faith ...”
The appearance of this unsolicited article is another evidence of the rapidly growing public interest in the Faith.
Messages from the Guardian
“Unprecedented Blessings” Rejoice evidences continued vigorous activity. Renew plea believers possessing independent means volunteer European pioneer field both settlers (and) itinerant teachers. Eagerly awaiting response Convention Message. Praying placing Temple contract before termination current year. Ardently supplicating unprecedented blessings manifold meritorious magnificent services. Deepest love. SHOGHI
Cablegram, July 13, 1947
He feels that, in view of what ‘Abdu’l-Bahá has said against cremation, the believers should be strongly urged, as an act of faith, to make provisions against their remains being cremated. Bahá’u’lláh has laid down as a law, in the Aqdas, the manner of Bahá’í burial, and it is so beautiful, befitting and dignified, that no believer should deprive himself of it. SHOGHI EFFENDI
through his secretary, July 7, 1947
He wishes also to stress the fact that, according to our Bahá’í laws, work is forbidden on our 9 Holy Days. Believers who have independent businesses or shops should refrain from working on these days. Those who are in government employ should, on religious grounds, make an effort to be excused from work; all believers, whoever their employers, should do likewise. If the government, or other employers refuse to grant them these days off, they are not required to forfeit their employment, but they should make every effort to have the independent status of their Faith recognized and their right to hold their own religious Holy Days acknowledged. SHOGHI EFFENDI
through his secretary, July 7, 1947
The statement regarding Orientals he considers very well selected, and feels that it will be an added protection to the believers, especially those newly enrolled in the Faith. SHOGHI EFFENDI
through his secretary, July 7, 1947
The following statement was written to the N.S.A. by the Guardian through his secretary in a letter dated June 16, 1947: “In going over the Minutes of your recent N.S.A. meeting he noticed that you had decided to try as far as possible to eliminate N.S.A. members from the national committees. Although he fully realizes your reasons for taking this decision, he feels it infringes on one of the fundamental principles of our administrative order which is freedom of choice—freedom of electors to elect anyone they please to local or national bodies, and freedom of the members of these bodies to appoint any Bahá’í, who seems best qualified for the work, to function on committees. “The first consideration must always be the person best qualified for a job, and National Assembly members should in such matters not be either discriminated against, or in favor of, because of the position they occupy on the national body.” |
The secretary of the Seattle, Washington, Assembly writes that a new
believer there, Mr. Per Hallsten, has
just translated “Hidden Words” into
beautiful Swedish. They believe that
this translation has been sent to Sweden for printing. Thus, individual believers everywhere, “new” and “old”
serve the Faith, each according to
his own ability or talent, and “The
Word” envelopes the world.
On page 30 of the Guardian’s letter (“The Challenging Requirements ...”) the friends will note
with interest his brief reference to
the prophecy of Daniel: “It must
reach the end of the first epoch in
its evolution with the fulfilment of
the prophecy mentioned by Daniel
in the last chapter of His Book, related to the year 1335, and associated
by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá with the world triumph of the Faith of His Father.”
The words of Daniel are: “Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the thousand, three hundred and five-and thirty days!” (Some Answered Questions, p. 52).
The Master’s interpretation in Some Answered Questions states that “The beginning of his lunary reckoning is from the day of the proclamation of the prophethood of Muhammed in the country of Hijaz; and that was three years after His mission; because in the beginning the prophethood of Muḥammad was kept secret ... And Bahá’u’lláh in the year 1290 from the proclamation of the mission of Muḥammad caused His Manifestation to be known.”
The year 1290 by lunar reckoning is therefore the year 1863 A.D.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá in other connections has used solar reckoning; and the general understanding of the believers has been that the year “1335” corresponds to 1957 A.D.
Let us recall that the Guardian, in the last paragraph of “The Goal of a New World Order” (The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, page 48) identifies the year 1963, the one hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of Bahá’u’lláh with the condition of public recognition and widespread Bahá’í influence.
“... that He may hasten the approach of the realization of that Wondrous Vision which constitutes the brightest emanation of His Mind and the fairest fruit of the fairest civilization the world has yet seen.
Might not the hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh mark the inauguration of so vast an era in human history?”
Again, we have the Guardian’s statement to an American believer recently published in Bahá’í News:
“It is far too early to make any predictions about peace of any sort, judging by the ebullitions of the world’s affairs these days! ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, in His Tablets, connects the
These Challenging Requirements[edit]
Dear Bahá’í Friends:
The attention of the friends is directed by the National Spiritual Assembly to a number of passages in the Guardian’s message dated June 5. First, the reference to the American Bahá’í community found on pages 28 and 29 of the booklet edition. How can a believer over-emphasize this remarkable statement: “In every state of the United States, in every province of the Dominion of Canada, in every republic of Latin America, in each of the ten European countries to which its inescapable responsibilities are insistently calling it, this community, so blessed in the past, so promising at present, so dazzling in its future destiny, must, if it would guard its priceless birthright and enhance its heritage, forge ahead with equal zeal, with unrelaxing vigilance, with indomitable courage, with tireless energy, until the present stage of its mission is triumphantly concluded.”
Here is a divine blessing such as the Old Testament recorded for the Jewish people—a mission which under the divine will must needs be fulfilled. A divine blessing brings with it guidance and energy, but these gifts are matched by the responsibility laid upon the community and its individual members. It becomes essential that we spur ourselves onward to the goal, and not merely accept passively the impetus furnished by other workers. A spiritual bounty is a task, not an assured income enabling us to live without effort.
Let us ponder frequently these words from the message:
“Its Capacity to Perform”[edit]
“Invested, among its sister communities in East and West, with the primacy conferred upon it by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Divine Plan; armed with the mandatory provision of His momentous Tablets; equipped with the agencies of a quarter-century-old Administrative Order, whose fabric it has reared and consolidated; encouraged by the marvelous success achieved by its daughter communities throughout the Americas, a success which has sealed the triumph of the first stage of that Plan; launched on a campaign of vaster dimensions, of superior merit, of weightier potentialities, than any it has hitherto initiated, a campaign destined to multiply its spiritual progeny in distant lands and amidst divers races, the community of the Most Great Name in the North American continent must arise, as it has never before in its history, and demonstrate anew its capacity to perform such deeds as are worthy of its high calling. Its members, the executors of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Plan, the champion-builders of Bahá’u’lláh’s embryonic Order, the torchbearers of a world-girdling civilization, must, in the years immediately ahead, bestir themselves, and, as bidden by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, ‘increase’ their exertions ‘a thousandfold’, lay bare further vistas in the ‘range’ of their ‘future achievements’ and of their ‘unspeakably glorious’ mission, and hasten the day when, as prophesied by Him, their community will ‘find itself securely established upon the throne of an everlasting dominion’, when ‘the whole earth’ will be stirred and shaken by the results of its ‘achievements’ and ‘resound with the praises of majesty and greatness’, when America will ‘evolve into a center from which waves of spiritual power will emanate, and the throne of the Kingdom of God will, in the plenitude of its majesty and glory, be firmly established.”
Another passage is the one on pages 23 and 24 which directs the European pioneers how to deliver the message. This direction applies also to each of us in North America. It reinforces our response to the Master’s challenge that we each confirm one soul, by formulating the right attitude and the successful method:
“How To Teach”[edit]
“They must be neither provocative nor supine, neither fanatical nor excessively liberal, in their exposition of the fundamental and distinguishing features of their Faith. They must be either wary or bold, they must act swiftly or mark time, they must use the direct or indirect method, they must be challenging or conciliatory, in strict accordance with the spiritual receptivity of the soul with whom they come in contact, whether he be a nobleman or a commoner, a northerner or a southerner, a layman or a priest, a capitalist or a socialist, a statesman or a prince, an artisan or a beggar. In their presentation of the Message of Bahá’u’lláh they must neither hesitate nor falter. They must be neither contemptuous of the poor nor timid before the great. In their exposition of its verities they must neither overstress nor whittle down the truth which they champion, whether their hearer belong to royalty, or be a prince of the church, or a politician, or a tradesman, or a man of the street. To all alike, high or low, rich or poor, they must proffer, with open hands, with a radiant heart, with an eloquent tongue, with infinite patience, with uncompromising loyalty, with great wisdom, with unshakable courage the Cup of Salvation ...”
Of special import to local Assemblies is the Guardian’s passage on local incorporation and local endowments found on pages 7 and 8. Here the Guardian clearly gives urgent priority to the National Fund over local projects throughout the new Seven Year Plan. The National Assembly admires and appreciates the zeal with which local Assemblies might now initiate the collection of funds for local purposes in the field of teaching, publicity and headquarters space and equipment. But the Temple as it will be completed by 1953 is the first endowment of every American Bahá’í. Nothing can exceed in scope the needs of Temple completion. There is a vital and necessary program of activity for every local community to maintain, but projects which need capital funds depriving the National Fund of resources should be deferred. Bahá’ís have perfect right to provide bequests to their local Assemblies for the creation of endowments. The point stressed here does not question that right, but makes a distinction between bequests and the diversion of current income by a local Assembly for local activities to a degree which removes the community support from the National Fund. The four great goals of the Seven Year Plan are goals set for every believer, and the local Assembly can do much to strengthen the connection between the community and the Guardian’s plan for America. As Shoghi Effendi says:
“The Process of Incorporation”[edit]
“The process of incorporation of properly functioning spiritual assemblies must be simultaneously and vigorously carried out. The forty-five assemblies now incorporated are the first fruits of an enterprise of great significance, which must rapidly develop in the days to come, as an essential preliminary to the establishment, and the extension of the scope, of Bahá’í local endowments, as soon as the financial obligations incurred in connection with the completion of the Temple have been discharged.”
Correction of Error[edit]
Finally, the National Assembly asks the friends to note that there is presumably a typographical error in the second line of page 33. Instead of “Eastern Hemisphere” the term should be “Western Hemisphere.”
Dorothy Thompson Refers to Faith[edit]
On June 5, 1947, the radio program called “America’s Town Meeting of the Air” presented a discussion of the theme: “Are Communism and Christianity Incompatible?”
During the course of the program Miss Dorothy Thompson, the well-known columnist and news commentator, made the following observation: “Well, I’d also like to challenge the statement made, I think, by Mr. Melish, that sects in the Caucasus have not been persecuted. The Bahá’í sect, which Leo Tolstoy described as the purest Christianity on earth, is strong in the Caucasus, especially in Azerbaijan. Its members practice considerable simple, Christian communism, but the elders of this church have been repeatedly arrested and deported to Siberia. My information comes from Bahá’í followers in the United States who have a great temple in Chicago.”
The program is reprinted in June 5th issue of “Town Meeting,” Town Hall, Inc., New York, 18, N.Y. and copies can be obtained at 10c each.
God Loveth Those Who Work in Groups[edit]
O ye friends of God! Today is the day of union and this age is the age of harmony in the world of existence. “Verily, God loveth those who are working in His path in groups, for they are a solid foundation.” Consider ye that he says “in groups,” united and bound together, supporting one another. “To work,” mentioned in this holy verse, does not mean, in this greatest age, to perform it with swords, spears, shafts and arrows, but rather with sincere intentions, good designs, useful advice, divine moralities, beautiful actions, spiritual qualities, educating the public, guiding the souls of mankind, diffusing spiritual fragrances, explaining divine illustrations, showing convincing proofs and doing charitable deeds. When the holy souls, through the angelic power, will arise to show forth these celestial characteristics, establishing a band of harmony, each of these souls shall be regarded as one thousand persons and the waves of this greatest ocean shall be considered as the army of the hosts of the Supreme Concourse.
What a great blessing it is when the the torrents, streams, currents, tides, and drops are all gathered in one place! They will form a great ocean and the real harmony shall overcome and reign in such a manner that all rules, laws, distinctions and differences of the imaginations of these souls shall disappear and vanish like little drops and shall be submerged in the ocean of spiritual unity. By the Ancient Beauty, in this case and condition, the blessings of the great ocean will overflow and canals shall become as spacious as an endless ocean and each drop shall become as a boundless sea!
O ye friends of God! Strive to attain to this high and sublime station and show forth such a brightness in these days that its radiance may appear from the eternal horizons. This is the real foundation of the Cause of God; this is the essence of the divine doctrine; this is the cause of the revelation of the heavenly Scriptures; this is the means of the appearance of the Sun of the divine world; this is the way of the establishment of God upon the bodily throne.
| Call for Temple Guides
Guides are urgently needed at the Temple. This is the greatest single teaching project we have. As many as nine hundred visitors have come to see the House of Worship in a day. Can you, if you live nearby, give one or two hours a week? Can you give Saturdays or Sundays? If you live at a distance, can you arrange to spend your vacation in the Temple area? The call is resounding. The need is great. The service is intensely interesting for the guide. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY NOTE: The name “Temple Teaching Committee” has been changed to “Bahá’í Temple Program Committee.”
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In Memoriam
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.
Miss Minnie D. Moore, Huntsville, Ala., June 18, 1947.
National Assembly Meetings
August 29, 30, 31, September 1. Oct. 3, 4, 5.
Correction: In the annual Schedule of N.S.A. meetings, page 12 of the June issue of Bahá’í NEWS, the meetings of July 3, 4, 5, 6, 1947 were omitted.
Dr. Jack Wolfe Goldstein, Mrs. Mildred A. Zahl, Alfred Zahl, Basil Fletcher. Sitting: Mrs. Lisette Berger, Ottilie Rhein, Marilyn Zahl, Robert Norton, Mrs. Leona Fletcher.
“The Year 1935”[edit]
prophecy of Daniel (1957) with the proclamation and spread of the Cause. Other references to this date must be considered as hearsay.”
In God Passes By the Guardian associates the year 1335 with the Centenary of Bahá’u’lláh’s mystical experience: “The year 1953 ushers in the blissful culmination of the words of Daniel: Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the end of the one thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.”
Dr. Esslemont, as one notes in Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era, page 303, received the impression at Haifa during the Master’s lifetime, that 1957 is the date foretold by Daniel.
Bahá’í Service for the Blind[edit]
Following the interest shown by the friends during Convention, the first months of the Year 1947-1948 have brought increasing inquiries and demands for literature for the blind.
We have available at present:
| I. Braille publications, Grade Two | |
1. Kitáb-i-Íqán, Two (2) Volumes | $6.00 |
2. The Hidden Words, One Volume | $2.50 |
| (The quantity of the above items is limited) | |
| 3. World Order Through World Faith | |
| and | |
| The World Faith of Bahá’u’lláh: | |
Summary, sold as a set of two pamphlets | $1.25 |
| II. Braille publications, Grade One and one-half | |
1. Principles of the Bahá’í Faith | $ .75 |
2. Communion With God | $ .50 |
3. The Words of Bahá’u’lláh, inscribed over the Nine Entrances to the Bahá’í House of Worship. (Nine Inscription Booklet) | $ .15 |
| III. Talking Book | |
| The Bahá’í Talking Book, consisting of three double-faced records, presents the World Order Through World Faith and The World Faith of Bahá’u’lláh: Summary. This Talking Book was recorded in the studios of the American Foundation for the Blind for presentation to the Library of Congress and its Distributing Libraries for the Blind. |
This distribution should proceed within the next few weeks. Additional copies of the Talking Book may be purchased by the friends at a price of $3.50. Supply is limited.
Please send orders and inquiries to Bahá’í Service for the Blind, 616 North Oxford Avenue, Los Angeles 4, California.
Supporting the Four Objectives[edit]
Dear Bahá’í friends:
By this time every declared believer in the United States has received the Guardian’s most recent letter “The Challenging Requirements of the Present Hour.”
In this wonderful document he has outlined every phase of our Bahá’í activity for the balance of the second Seven Year Plan, even to the point of our attitude towards local endowments.
On page 7 he states “The forty-five Assemblies now incorporated are the first fruits of an enterprise of great significance, which must rapidly develop in the days to come as an essential preliminary for the establishment and the extension of the scope of Bahá’í local endowments, as soon as the financial obligations incurred in connection with the completion of the Temple have been discharged.” He lays emphasis again upon the fact that our local activities must be partially subordinated to the needs of the Four Objectives and particularly the completion of the Temple. This is interesting in the light of many Assemblies’ overemphasis on local needs today.
If the friends could translate the sentence “supporting the National Fund” to “supporting the Four Objectives of the second Seven Year Plan,” I think we would develop a new attitude towards the National Fund; because certainly the degree to which we support the National Fund measures the progress which we are able to make towards the achievement of the Four Objectives of the second Seven Year Plan.
Our Budget set up this year by the National Spiritual Assembly was $25,000.00 a month, or $300,000.00 for this year. During the month of May and June we received only $37,000.00, which means that we were $13,000.00 short of meeting our requirements.
During July the Treasurer’s Weekly Report to the N.S.A. showed contributions of $8,619.21 and disbursements for the same period of $11,605.46; and also showed an overdraft of earmarked funds of $6,780.45. Which means that in order to keep activities of the Faith going we had to draw upon earmarked funds to this extent, with the permission of the donors.
With the Guardian emphasizing the need for starting the inner ornamentation of the Temple before the end of this Bahá’í year, this picture looms up as a serious one. Because just as soon as building activities are started the demands on the Fund will be very great and it would be a great pity if the work, during this second Seven Year Plan, on the Temple had to be brought to a stop or delayed because of lack of funds to complete the project.
First Latin American Session at the newly organized Bahá’í International School, Colorado Springs, June 26th. Mrs. Loulie Matthews is standing second from the right.
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I. O. Tade, Ass’t. Secretary of The Bahá’í Study Class, Jebba, Nigeria, W.C.A.
Sunshine Teaching Continues[edit]
The Charleston, West Virginia community says, “With warm weather descending, it was decided to substitute picnics Saturday evenings for the social gatherings. The first, held on June 14th, was a great success, with nine Bahá’ís and twelve non-Bahá’ís attending.”
In New England, the Springfield, Mass., community held its annual meeting and picnic at the Skate House on Porter Lake, June 22nd. This was an all-day affair, the friends supplying their own picnic lunches. In Norwich, Conn., the annual picnic was held July 13th. A picnic lunch was served at noon and a Bahá’í speaker presented afterward. In spite of an all-day downpour of rain on June 8th, the Greenwich, Conn., picnic took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Welsh. Friends from New York, New Jersey and New England attended so that there were 56 present. Rustam Payman of New York City was the speaker in the afternoon and several informal talks followed the planned program. Many non-Bahá’ís heard the talks and enjoyed the Bahá’í fellowship.
International School Marks Latin American Progress[edit]
Three of the pioneers who attended the first Latin American session at the new Bahá’í International School in Colorado Springs, are leaving to perform projects in various Latin American countries. Charles Ioas of Chicago left at once to visit Mexico City, then to assist the two new Mexican Assemblies in Puebla and Coatepec in their study and practice of administration, and later to visit Vera Cruz, where he will teach a new group and also lay the groundwork for the first Central American Bahá’í Summer School session, which will be held in that city December 5 to 10.
Miss R. Katharine Meyer of Washington is preparing to leave for Caracas, Venezuela, where she will assist the friends of that city and also the recently established student group in the nearby city of Maracay. Miss Mary Louise Kelsey of West Englewood, N.J., is leaving this month for Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she will aid the over-burdened Bahá’í Publishing Committee. Miss Kelsey will visit San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Bahía, Brazil, en route to her post, while Miss Meyer will do travel teaching down through the West Indies, visiting especially the new goal cities in Cienfuegos, Cuba; Santiago, Dominican Republic, and Spanish Town, Jamaica, en route to her objective.
Artemus Lamb, one of the teachers at the session, is doing travel teaching down through Central and South America as he returns to his post in Santiago, Chile. The International School is the gift of Mrs. Loulie Matthews of Colorado Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Matthews have turned over their beautiful summer home for the school sessions, which are conducted under the auspices of the National Spiritual Assembly.
The teaching classes were conducted under the direction of the practice assembly elected by the students, and programs were put on in dramatic form by the students themselves, the imaginary locale being Santiago, Chile. In this way they obtained actual practice in Latin American teaching. The practice assembly voted to recommend to the school committee and the National Spiritual Assembly that the school be made a Bahá’í Normal School, equipped to prepare teachers for service anywhere on the planet; a place where teachers from all countries can exchange experience and become enriched thereby; a place where the notable exponents of the culture of every nation will be invited to visit and to share this culture with the Bahá’ís.
Pioneering by native Latin American teachers in other Latin countries is getting under way. Sra. Natalia Chávez of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, has recently gone to Guatemala City, where she is assisting in the consolidation of that Community, and where she will help the friends in establishing their first goal city. Sra. Yvonne de Cúellar of La Paz, Bolivia, will assist Gwenne Sholtis in opening up Cochabamba and Potosi to the Faith this year. Sr. Emilio Barros and Sr. Salvador Tormo and his wife, Adela, of Buenos Aires, are helping Shirley Warde in teaching the new student group in Rosario.
Marcia Steward is visiting and helping in the consolidation of the new Costa Rican assembly in Quépos, and the further instruction of several new groups formed in that country through use of the new correspondence teaching plan.
Gayle Woolson is visiting Medellín, Cartagena, Barranquilla, Bucaramanga and Mogotes, Colombia. Barranquilla and Bucaramanga are goal cities for this year. The regional teaching committee headed by Dr. Saul Hernández of Bogotá, hopes to reach its goal of eight assemblies by April, 1948. Colombia now has six assemblies. Colombia is also planning the first Bahá’í Conference and School Session for the northern countries of South America, to be held in Bogotá in December during the Pan-American Conference in that city. Measures are being concerted to draw the attention of all Pan-American delegates to the Bahá’í Faith.
Directory Corrections[edit]
Regional Committee for Md., Va. and W. Va.
- Mrs. Gene W. Christ
- (Not Evelin)
- Mrs. Gene W. Christ
- Mrs. Marion C. Littitt
- (Not Mariam)
- Mrs. Marion C. Littitt
American Memorial to Abdu’l-Bahá
- Mr. H. Borrah Kavelin
- (Not Borrah with one r)
Local Assembly, Charleston, W. Va.
- Mrs. Helen S. Anderson
- (Not Miss Helen)
- Mrs. Helen S. Anderson
THE CHALLENGING REQUIREMENTS[edit]
- Mashriqu’l-Adhkár
- Completion to be strenuously pushed forward
- Adoption necessary modifications of design
- Preparation of plans and specifications
- Preliminary contracts to be placed
- Construction started before end of current year
- Consolidation
- National and Regional Teaching Committees to increase Assemblies to 175 this year
- Reinforce the 80 newer Assemblies
- Develop the 218 groups
- Raise over 900 isolated believers to group status
- Proclamation
- National Spiritual Assembly aided by Public Relations, Race Unity, Public Meetings, Visual Education, College Speakers Bureau and Radio Committees
- Reinforce proclamation of verities to masses through press and radio
- Make closer contact with leaders of public thought, with colleges and universities, with newspaper and magazine editors
- Further develop national advertising and publicity
- Maintain contact with 750 newspapers, magazines and trade papers
- Amplify Public Relations programs
- Stimulate association, not affiliation, without participation in political matters, with the organs, leaders and representatives of United Stations and kindred organizations, to give greater publicity to Bahá’í aims and purposes and eventually convert capable and receptive souls
- Assembly Incorporation
- Carry out incorporation of properly functioning Assemblies for establishment of local endowments after Temple needs are met
- Summer Schools. Youth Activity
- Expand institutions of the Summer Schools and utilize them as agencies for furtherance of the Seven Year Plan
- Service Committees
- Expand and consolidate the activities of Publishing, Reviewing, Library, Service for the Blind, Visual Education, Pamphlet Literature and Study Aids Committees
- Alaska
- Maintain and consolidate the Anchorage Assembly
- Multiply Bahá’í centers
- Promote teaching among Eskimos
- Translate and publish texts in Eskimo
- Extend northern limits of Faith beyond Fairbanks
- Canada
- Maintain and fortify the 13 Assemblies
- Establish Assemblies in the most promising of the groups
- Establish first Canadian Summer School
- Incorporate firmly grounded Assemblies, to prepare for local and national endowments
- Develop institution of the local Fund
- Encourage holding of conferences
- Broadcast Message through press and radio to masses and leaders
- Increase number of French speaking Bahá’ís
- Win support of minorities—Indians, Dukhabors, Negroes
- Carry Message outside Dominion to Newfoundland, Franklin Islands, Yukon, Mackenzie Keewateen, Ungava, Greenland
- Send pioneers to some of these territories after the National Spiritual Assembly is firmly established
- Latin America
- The Latin American communities to bestir themselves for collective, historic and gigantic tasks culminating on the formation of two National Assemblies
- The constitution of two independent, duly elected National
Assemblies is one of the most
vital objectives of the second
Seven Year Plan
This leads in successive epochs to the constitution of the National Assembly in each Republic - The believers to close their ranks, reinforce the bonds of unity, of solidarity and cooperation, rededicate themselves to the task of teaching, deepen their knowledge of the Bahá’í History and fundamentals, step themselves in the spirit and love of the teachings, and acquire special training for future pioneer activities
- Multiply the number of Assemblies
- Local incorporations to be effected as preliminary to incorporation of future National Assemblies
- Begin to establish local Funds for pioneer activity, dissemination of literature, maintenance of local headquarters and gradual initiation of Bahá’í endowments, for publicity agencies, summer schools and youth activities.
- Support the activities begun by native traveling teachers
- Take advantage of practical workshop courses in pioneering at the International School
- Utilize the two schools in Azeiza
and Santiago, and the school to
be conducted in Vera Cruz, for
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centers for study, and training
for pioneer work
- The Regional conferences held in Buenos Aires and Panama to be followed by similar conferences elsewhere, and native believers to take increasing responsibility
- Use correspondence teaching in all Spanish speaking countries to increase the number of believers
- Capture the attention, win the sympathy and secure the full active support of an increasing proportion of the public by publicity, advertising, radio scripts, regional committees, visual education and public meetings
- Stimulate publishing activities, widen their scope, improve their quality in Spanish, Portuguese and French, and disseminate them over a wide area
- Develop and circulate widely the Spanish bulletins in Santiago and San Jose
- Reinforce the contact made with Masonic Lodges by similar contacts with schools and business firms, for publicity and confirming new believers
- Give particular attention to the Indian tribes; consolidate and extend the contact already made with North and South American Indians
- In view of the peculiar position and importance of Panama the activities stated there are to be maintained
- Follow up the publicity there and the contact made with leaders of the Republic
- Develop the initial contact made with the Indians
- A chief objective of Panamanian Bahá’ís is to increase the bonds between North and South American Bahá’ís
- The Punta Arenas Assembly is only a prelude to the work of consolidation to be carried out in conjunction with the activities of the Assemblies of Santiago, Valparaiso and Vina del Mar, and the groups in Puerto Montt, Valdivia, Quilpue, Temucco, Sewell, Chorrillos, Mulchen and other groups, as well as the isolated believers to hasten the formation of the first independent National Spiritual Assembly to be formed by any Latin American nation.
- Europe
- The ten countries must evolve into strongholds from which the Faith can be diffused into neighboring territories
- The nuclei and new groups must be reinforced by more pioneers and visits of traveling teachers, and by development of the teaching work the pioneers must start among the native populations
- Local Assemblies composed of settlers from abroad are artificial and temporary
- The 25 pioneers already in the field are to be reinforced this year by as many additional pioneers as possible, particularly by those of independent means who can go themselves or send appointed deputies
- Translate, publish and disseminate leaflets, pamphlets or books in the nine selected languages
- Distribute literature to the public free on certain occasions and present it to leaders of public thought and to the numerous Libraries
- Make immediate contact with the press and other agencies
- Use every opportunity to state the aims and teachings when attacked by its enemies
- Associate the Faith, but not affiliate it, with progressive, non-political, non-ecclesiastical institutions, social, educational or charitable
- Attend congresses and conferences, use contacts with colleges and universities, to spread the teachings
- If personally able, pioneers should attend either the British or German Summer School and make such connections as will help them do their work and also set up other summer schools under the auspices of the European Teaching Committee, to prepare the way for the schools that will be founded by the future assemblies in the ten countries
- Welcome and utilize any assistance which the British and German National Assemblies, and their committees, especially their Publishing Committees can extend, until the institutions to be founded in these countries can conduct their affairs independently
- Enlarge the scope of the Geneva Bulletin for constant interchange of news between the centers
- Reinforce contact with each other through the European Office of the European Teaching Committee, by conferences on their plans, problems and activities, and concert measures for spread of the Faith in Europe, and prepare for the future formation of regional National Spiritual Assemblies which will precede the establishment of independent separate National Spiritual Assemblies
- Begin to establish administrative headquarters for the communities and future Assemblies in the various capital cities, through rental of suitable quarters, leading later to a national Hazíratu’l-Quds in each country
- In addition to the Assembly to be formed in each country, groups, even though small and weak, should be started in other cities
- The basic condition for successful teaching is for the pioneers to adapt the fundamental teachings to the cultural and religious backgrounds, ideologies and temperament of the different races and nations
- Pioneers must neither antagonize people nor compromise essential Bahá’í principles; they must be neither provocative nor supine, fanatical nor too liberal; they are to be direct or indirect in accordance with the receptivity of the person contacted; they must neither over-stress nor whittle down the Bahá’í truths.
June 27, 1947
News From Other Lands[edit]
From Geneva News Bulletin[edit]
Czechoslovakia. The following message to American friends was signed by nine believers in Prague: “Loving Bahá’í greetings from Czech friends of the Holy teachings from their celebration of the Feast of Naw-Rúz, 104.” Correspondence may be addressed to Vuk Echtner, Prague, Nusle II, 739. Czechoslovakia.
Hungary. News comes slowly but in April some relief packages had reached believers in Budapest and requests were being acted upon. “We had a beautiful Naw-Rúz meeting with four interested guests” writes Renée Szanto-Felbermann (Hidegkuti-up. 31/a, Budapest II).
Poland. Requests continue coming for literature and information on the Faith from people who have seen the Bahá’í Esperanto bulletin.
Morocco. Madame Marie Claudet, former member of the Bahá’í Assembly of Guayaquil (Ecuador) was reported in May to be en route to join her parents in French Morocco where she expected to pioneer for the Faith.
Switzerland. On Sunday, April 27, in the heart of the Ridván season, all the Bahá’ís of Switzerland met together in Zurich. Among the 18 friends gathered around the conference table, Persia, England, Germany, Austria, Hungary, and the United States were represented.
Mr. Robert Gulick, of Berkeley, California, arrived in Geneva April 25th. His visit was in connection with the international trade conference going on at the United Nations Palace. From there he flew to Cairo, at the time the National Bahá’í Convention of Egypt was gathered there. He expected to be back in Geneva in June after visiting Irán.
Mrs. Mildred Mottahedeh was in Geneva from May 18 to 22. She was the first traveling teacher to visit European pioneers under the auspices of the European Teaching Committee. Since she is also the secretary of the Speakers’ Research Committee for the United Nations, Mrs. Mottahedeh was able to make valuable contacts at the UNO. From Geneva she flew to Germany and also Austria.
Austria. Bahá’ís in Vienna were expecting a reply from the American military authorities concerning their application for permission to carry on Spiritual activities. They feel that their Children’s work is very worth while.
From German Bahá’í Youth Bulletin[edit]
Germany. A most interesting official report of Bahá’í Youth activities in Germany gives us the following: The first great boom in youth work was in the first months of 1946. Young friends who were disillusioned and striving for better human relations joined the Bahá’í Youth and are now studying and working for the Cause. There are now about 120 members in eight groups. The main activity is in the United States zone and Hamburg in the British Zone with promise of work in the French Zone. They have weekly meetings for study and discussion and arrange small parties for visiting cultural performances or other outings. Several groups may spend a Sunday together.
The first Youth Summer School ever held in Germany was the great turning point of last year as it was of outstanding importance in promoting unity among the youth and spurring them to deepen in the Faith. Some of the Youth Groups had been formed in places where there was no Assembly to take care of their needs and direct them. Therefore the National Youth Committee was formed and entrusted with the planning, execution and direction of measures which make for more efficient cooperation and coordination of youth activities throughout Germany.
Lack of literature prompted the friends to prepare and distribute a 93 page compilation of excerpts on Bahá’í history and teachings. Further compilations are being made. Another feature is the Bahá’í Youth Letter, issued quarterly with a circulation of 100 copies. On the International Symposium Day a representative of Bahá’í Youth gave a broadcast of seven minutes on the origin, aims and development of the Faith. The lack of literature handicaps the work greatly. Youth activities are also hindered by lack of printing paper and difficulty in obtaining printing licenses.
Correction. We are sorry that in our January Bahá’í News there was an overstatement of the progress of the Faith in Nurnberg. Herr Fred Kohler, secretary of the NSA of Germany, writes: “The National Spiritual Assembly has to date (May 8, 1947) not found it possible to regard the interested individuals as believers, as the requirements have not been met. It is hoped, however, that there will soon be a larger group or even an assembly in Nurnberg.”
From India and Burma News Letter:[edit]
The NSA of India and Burma expected to move its headquarters from Poona to Delhi, the capital of India, during the month of May. They would occupy temporary quarters until they could find a suitable building to purchase. The Guardian has contributed £1000 towards the purchase of a permanent Hazíratu’l-Quds.
Youth are reported active and enthusiastic in these countries. They have a National Youth Bulletin and
Los Angeles Bahá’í Center showing Bahá’ís and their friends on March 23, 1947.
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have held their first National Youth
Conference. In two or three cases
a young believer has accompanied
a veteran Bahá’í on a teaching tour.
Seven new assemblies were reported in April with the probability of two more.
The success of their summer school in India made the NSA determine to have a winter school also. In carrying out this plan many difficulties were encountered due to strikes going on in the community where it was held. Twenty-one students in addition to local Bahá’ís attended.
The Kolhapur Assembly arranged for the friends to go over to the Polish Refugee Camp on the outskirts of the city. Permission was given to speak to the inmates on the Cause. Two talks were given and translated into Polish which were so well received that the speakers were asked to speak a second time. The Bahá’ís gave gifts to the children and sick patients in the camp. A Polish translation of the New Era was placed in the camp library.
From India and Burma Annual Report:[edit]
The annual report of the NSA of India and Burma reveals great activity and growth in those countries. In reading it one realizes what a great burden the many languages add to spreading the Faith. We quote; “India is a land of contrasts and disparities. If language be the basis of demarcating the limits of a country, India is not one but at least 33 countries. The task of our institution whose sole object is to make people realize the fact of the unity of mankind, is therefore, not an easy one. The difference does not exist only in language but the climates of the different provinces of this country differ greatly and with the climate the disparities in ideas and thoughts loom out and keep these parts apart from each other.”
Dr. Esslemont’s book has already been translated and printed in thirteen languages besides English with translations in six other languages on the press. English is understood by the educated classes all over India.
Guest speakers at 35th annual Souvenir of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, June 28, 1947 at West Englewood, N. J., Mr. Matthew Bullock of Boston, Mrs. Terah Smith of Binghamton, and at right Mr. Wm. DeForge, chairman.
The Burmese Bahá’ís suffered
greatly during the war. The NSA appointed two Bahá’ís to visit Bahá’í
centers in Burma and find out conditions and needs. “As a result the
distressed Bahá’ís have been taken
care of, their wants supplied, those
who were out of occupation for lack
of means reinstated in business.”
Steps were taken to repair damaged
headquarters and to reestablish
teaching work. A further bit from
the report helps us to understand
some of the difficulties which our
Burmese friends are meeting: “The
friends in Mandalay are engaged in
wresting from the illegal occupants
a property belonging to the Cause
and in getting the supplementary passages of the New Era translated
into Burmese and the entire book
revised.” The Guardian sent word
that “He was particularly happy to
see how active the beloved Burmese
friends are.”
Calendar[edit]
Nineteen Day Feasts:
- September 8—‘Izzat—Might.
- September 27—Mashíyyat—Will.
Enrollments and Transfers[edit]
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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. Bahá’í News is edited for the National Spiritual Assembly by its Bahá’í News Editorial Committee: Mrs. Roberta Christian, chairman; Mrs. Bertha Hyde Kirkpatrick, Mr. Gordon A. Fraser. Editorial office: Mrs. Roberta Christian, 1001 West Genesee St., Lansing, Mich. 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. |
New York City, 5; Milwaukee, Wisc., 3; Chicago, Ill., 2; Sacramento, Calif, 1; Boston, Mass., 1; Seattle, Wash., 1; Worcester, Mass, 1.
Others:
Marysville, Mich., 1; San Antonio, Texas, 2; Elsinore, Calif., 1; Denver, Colo., 1.
Publishing Announcements[edit]
THE OPEN DOOR—A New compilation on immortality from the words of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. The pamphlet is attractively designed in blue and white and is most appealing in both appearance and content. It is especially recommended for giving to bereaved friends. Price, 10 copies ... $ .50
CHICAGO TRIBUNE REPRINTS—These are still in demand, useful for display and for distribution at Bahá’í gatherings.
- Price, 20 copies ... $1.00
“How Do We Train Our Children the Bahá’í Way?”[edit]
This question, in one way or another, has been repeatedly asked of the Child Education Committee by Bahá’í parents. Since present day psychologists tend to differ from the Bahá’í teachings in many aspects of their child training programs, the Committee referred the problem to Dr. Stanwood Cobb, eminent director of the Chevy Chase Country School, and long a Bahá’í educator.
Dr. Cobb’s qualified answer is as follows:
“In regard to any conflict between modern psychology and Bahá’í ideals or ideas, the modern psychology should be completely disregarded. It is based on an almost blasphemously false premise, that the child has no soul. How and why should we harmonize with such a pagan ideology? Insist at every turn upon what you believe to be best for the child as a Bahá’í.
“The trouble is, we lack Bahá’í scientists and psychologists—but we must not hesitate to use what vision we have, even as lay thinkers, and insist on giving the child what we, as Bahá’ís, think it needs.
“Some of the things we try to do here are:
“1. To surround the child with love, so that if not already expressive and radiant, it becomes so. The vibrations from the Abhá Kingdom enable Bahá’ís to stimulate children with the most wonderful love that has ever come to earth. Christian love can’t equal it. So this is a great opportunity for Bahá’ís.
“2. To establish an atmosphere of peace and security. We do not here permit children to ‘fight it out’, to learn by the give and take of aggression—as some nursery schools do. We try to anticipate all troubles and frictions and prevent any manifestation of quarrelsomeness ...
“We believe here that while children should as much as possible be given choices, and be treated with that courtesy which we expect ourselves as adults, there are plenty of occasions when they must obey without discussion, delay, or quarrelsomeness. We insist on a sweet obedience, when needed.”
| BAHA’I ADDRESSES
National Office:
Treasurer’s Office:
Bahá’í Publishing Comm.:
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Character building is the greatest need of our training today. Shoghi Effendi, in a reply to Mrs. Ruth Moffett (March 12, 1944), writes: “ ... Prayer is only one factor in this (character building); they must learn to live up to the ethical teachings of the Faith ... Once young people become convinced of the existence of the soul they should not need much convincing that material training and material progress are not sufficient. The soul needs training and help also.”
A Bahá’í Marriage[edit]
A Bahá’í Marriage took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George N. Clark in Denver, Colorado to unite Mrs. Clair Dano Gillespie of Cheyenne, Wyoming, formerly of Chicago, and Mr. Clarence Dyck Schneider of Denver, formerly of Richmond Highlands, Washington, on Saturday, April 26, 1947.
60 attend 1947 Naw-Ruz celebration of communities of Burbank and Glendale, California. There were 41 guests and 19 Bahá’ís present.
San Mateo, California, Local Spiritual Assembly formed April 21, 1947. Standing:
Contents of August World Order[edit]
- The Root of Knowledge
- Louise A. Groger
- The Root of Knowledge
- The Bahá’í Faith in India
- Shirin Fozdar
- The Bahá’í Faith in India
- Unity in the Love of God, Editorial
- Eleanor S. Hutchens
- Unity in the Love of God, Editorial
- The Renewal of Civilization, Book Review
- William Tucker
- The Renewal of Civilization, Book Review
- A Bahá’í Enters the Hermit Kingdom
- Agnes B. Alexander
- A Bahá’í Enters the Hermit Kingdom
- The Mature Man
- Bahá’í Words for Meditation
- The Mature Man
- With Our Readers
| Page | Col. | |
‘Abdu’l-Bahá, quotation | 5 | 2 |
Assemblies Accept Challenge | 1 | 3 |
Blind, Service for | 6 | 1 |
Calendar | 11 | 1 |
Children, training | 12 | 1 |
Decision, Temple Construction | 1 | 1 |
Dorothy Thompson’s Reference | 5 | 1 |
Enrollment & Transfers | 11 | 2 |
European Enrollments | 2 | 1 |
| Guardian | ||
Cremation | 3 | 1 |
Freedom of Appointment | 3 | 2 |
Nine Holy Days | 3 | 1 |
Statement on Orientals | 3 | 2 |
“Unprecedented Blessings” | 3 | 1 |
Hidden Words, translation | 3 | 2 |
Kiwanis Reports Faith | 2 | 3 |
Latin America (International School) | 7 | 2 |
Marriages | 12 | 1 |
Memoriam | 5 | 2 |
| National Spiritual Assembly: | ||
Letter to believers | 4 | 1 |
Meetings | 5 | 3 |
Temple Guides | 5 | 1 |
Treasurer’s Letter | 6 | 2 |
“Year 1335” | 3 | 3 |
News from Other Lands | 10 | 1 |
| Pictures: | ||
Burbank and Glendale Feast | 12 | 1 |
International School | 6 | 2 |
Kinney, Mrs. Carrie | 2 | 3 |
Los Angeles Center | 10 | 2 |
| Nigerian Bahá’ís: | ||
Ojakaiye | 1 | 3 |
Tade | 7 | 1 |
San Mateo Assembly | 5 | 2 |
Souvenir Feast Speakers | 11 | 2 |
Yen, Miss Hilda | 2 | 3 |
Publishing Announcements | 11 | 3 |
Study Outline for “The Challenging Requirements” | 8 | 1 |
Sunshine Teaching | 7 | 1 |
World Order, contents | 12 | 3 |
