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| No. 201 | NOVEMBER, 1947 | YEAR 104 | BAHA’I ERA |
The Bahá’í Community[edit]
Beloved friends:
A brief manual has been published on the nature and functioning of the basic Bahá’í institutions, with statements on the stations of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the Guardianship, and expressions of the Bahá’í attitude and policy with respect to association with non-Bahá’í organizations.
This reference book replaces the compilations on Bahá’í procedure issued on two occasions during the past ten years. The present work, entitled The Bahá’í Community, has been approved by the Guardian in its form and scope. Its distinctive character consists in its concentration on presentation of the nature of the permanent institutions of the Faith and its omission of secondary matters subject to more or less frequent change. The intention has been to give the new believers throughout North America, South America and Europe an outline of the Guardian’s exposition of the administrative order, and to fortify the Assemblies and Committees with selected passages clarifying their nature, function and operation. The hope is that the manual will serve to minimize loss of time and energy spent in questions concerning details of procedure, so that every institution may concentrate its precious resources on constructive work. The time is past when the National Assembly can devote much of its monthly meetings to the solution of merely local questions which so frequently arise because attitudes become fixed before basic principles of action are considered.
When any organism has become developed, its right to exist depends upon its capacity to fulfil its special purpose. The Bahá’í Community was evolved by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá with infinite love and patience, and trained by Shoghi Effendi to carry out a unique world mission. Bahá’ís are neither passive worshippers of an unknown God or radical revolutionists imprisoned within the cage of materialism. Their faith and their action operate as one harmonious scheme of spiritual and social reality.
From the Bahá’í point of view, modern civilization consists of powerful but defective organisms, unfinished patterns of existence and institutions which have outlived their historic purpose. Because these organisms command immense energies they give the semblance of usefulness and progressive development. The energies of humanity, as Bahá’ís know, can never be consummated through a wholesome community, since the operative organisms are fatally defective and misuse the energies they control.
In the Bahá’í Community the individual is neither exploited nor suppressed. His organic rights coincide with the best interests of the community, and the best interests of the community offer the individual his true consummation of experience in this world. The Bahá’í Community orchestrates the special aptitudes and training of its individual members, because the Bahá’í Community alone has been given the orchestral score and theme revealed by the Divine Musician.
Our theme, our task, is the Divine Plan, which by its very nature is a work of unity like a great symphony. Blessed is he who has learned today not merely to play the instrument entrusted to his spirit, but to play it in harmony with the orchestra of the will of God! Blessed is he whose personal emotion is enhanced by, and not in conflict with, the movement of the whole Bahá’í Community as it progresses in the path of the Divine Plan!
The mystery which interpenetrates the institutions and organic gatherings of the Bahá’í Community is profound. It is neither mysticism nor effort nor knowledge alone, but a blend of these three elements within the protection of the Holy Spirit. We may attain glimpses of this mystery by pondering those Tablets the Master revealed over a long period to American Assemblies and believers as He removed the veil between us and the promised Kingdom. Many of these Tablets were gathered together in chapter nine of Bahá’í World Faith, arrayed in an order showing the gradual unfoldment of the Bahá’í society, from the quickening of the individual spirit to the formation of the House of Justice. Knowing the whole purpose in advance, the Master revealed it part by part as the Bahá’ís made progress in truth and in love.
“O ye cohorts of God! Today in the present world each community is wandering in a wilderness, moving in accord with some passion and desire, and running to and fro in pursuance of its own imagination. Among the Communities of the world, this Community of the ‘Most Great Name’ is free from every thought, keeping aloof from every project and scheme, arising with the purest designs and institutions, and striving with the utmost hope to live in accordance with the divine teachings ...” And again: “By heavenly armies those souls are intended who are entirely freed from the human world, transferred into celestial spirits and have become blessed angels. Such souls are the rays of the Sun of Truth who will illumine all the continents.”
When the Guardian summons us to meet the urgent requirements of the present hour, he endows us with our collective aim and inspires in us the attributes and possibilities which the Master assured to every true believer reborn in the Day of Bahá’u’lláh.
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Mrs. Beatrice Ashton to be an itinerant teacher.
Henry Jarvis to Sweden
Valeria Lamb Nichols to Denmark
27 Native European Believers[edit]
The chairman of the E.T.C. who returned from Europe on Oct. 3 has brought a heartening and inspiring report on the progress being made by the valiant pioneers in the E.T.C. goal cities. From Norway to Sweden, Denmark and Holland; thru Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and to Italy and Spain—there now extends an unbroken chain of strong groups of enthusiastic and dedicated pioneers who have initiated and are coordinating this teaching project in a most impressive way. Everywhere regular weekly Firesides are being held as well as similarly frequent classes for the pioneers and group members themselves with special emphasis being given to the study of Administration. The pioneers are exploiting every possible means for publicity and contacts with unusual initiative and foresight. Public meetings are being given whenever an opportunity is offered. For these suitable rooms in hotels or clubs where the public can meet on neutral grounds, are being used. The Chairman was greatly heartened, encouraged and inspired by the miraculous progress which has been made in the European teaching project since she reported her first survey of the field less than ten months ago. Many of the pioneers have been at their posts only five or six months and yet she found in each goal city well-organized groups with definite plans and projects for the promotion of their vital tasks and giving every indication that the work is going forward with vigor and real promise. The newly declared believers now number 27 and in at least two of the goal cities there are enough native believers to guarantee the formation of a Spiritual Assembly on next April 21.
The E.T.C. wishes to gratefully acknowledge the invaluable assistance rendered by the itinerant teachers who visited the different goal cities during the summer months. These include Mildred Mottahedeh, Mr. and Mrs. Bishop Brown, Mason Remey, Marion Little, Eva Mae Barrow, Beatrice Ashton, Mrs. Corinne True, and Dr. Katherine K. True. Mrs. Little has remained to continue her unique and outstanding contribution to this teaching project.
With the departure of Amelia Bowman and Nancy Gates on the “Gripsholm” Oct. 3, within a year 36 pioneers and nine itinerant teachers
Miss Doris Lohse, to Belgium
David Ned Blackmer to Luxembourg
Mildred Elmer to Switzerland
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have been in the field which is a
miracle in itself during these times
with such difficult transportation conditions. In addition, the Committee
wishes to gratefully acknowledge
the help it has and is receiving from
American Bahá’ís in Europe for personal reasons, who have extended
their cooperation and all possible assistance to this endeavor.
There is exciting news, too, about the International Bureau and the Geneva E.T.C. Office. On Oct. 1 these were moved to what is known as the Geneva “International Center” at 31 Quai Wilson. These new quarters are in the best location possible for our needs at present and happily the cost at their maintenance is considerably less than when they were at 6 Cours des Bastions. A year ago there was not an inch to be had in this building or any prospect of possible vacancies. However, through the reduction of an American International organization of its Geneva quarters we were able to obtain three rooms which are most satisfactory and adequate for our needs. This new location definitely gives prestige to the Cause.
First European Pioneer Training Course[edit]
The first European Pioneer training course was given at the International Bahá’í School at Temerity Ranch, Colorado Springs, Colorado, last summer. Mrs. Mary Keene Sprague instructed the group of 12 who attended. Classes included “Teaching from a World Aspect; Movements, religious and otherwise which the pioneers are running into and must have at least a working knowledge of; Cultural and Religious backgrounds of the Ten Goal Countries.
The course was enthusiastically received and those in attendance derived great spiritual impetus. The results were very astonishing. Four of the students applied for pioneer posts, one non-Bahá’í declared herself and one Chinese student is sailing for China to teach the Faith there. As reservations at the International School are limited, believers interested in enrolling for the European Session next summer should please write European Teaching Committee as early as possible.
News from Other Lands[edit]
The need is still great in Germany and other European countries. We are told on good authority that only Sweden and Switzerland have sufficient food for their people. The following bits from letters show the sincere gratitude and joy for gifts:
“Your wonderful gift parcels came to us and I wish you can see the faces of the friends as I divided your parcels. Oh and oh! And they put on the stockings and shoes and the dresses and they go home with them from their sisters in America! I thank you especially for the literature and our youth will help translate.... And we thank you for the nourishment—I give to a sick child and to the Assembly which is weekly in my house, for ‘Abdu’l-Bahá said to me, ‘You cannot give the Holy Teachings to a hungry man.’ ”
Addresses of German believers were given in the February Bahá’í News. The address of CARE was also given there. Another reliable agency is American Committee for the Relief of German Needy, 220 East 23rd St. New York 10, N.Y. They have several different food packages and reach all German zones and Austria.
A happy occasion for German Bahá’ís was the wedding of Johnny Eichenauer and Gisela Walcker. Mrs. Graeffe, the mother of Etty Graeffe, the secretary of our E.T.C. in Geneva, was present and wrote: “The hall was beautifully decorated with laurel and flowers. In the middle was the table with nine candlelights, all surrounded with flowers. The bride was in white satin and Johnny in uniform.... After the beautiful service all went back to the bride’s home and about seventy guests had supper and afterwards coffee and cake. The young people danced afterwards and sang ... it was such a ray of sunshine for all present, and Johnny had provided so much that everybody was charmed.”
From the Geneva Bureau News Exchange[edit]
Austria[edit]
Sixty were present at an evening reception given by a prominent Vienna artist who had arranged that the first part of the program should be a Bahá’í talk by Dr. Erdman. Musical selections followed. The Bahá’ís were guests at this reception and it was the means of winning several friends for our beloved Cause.
The passing of one of the oldest of Vienna believers, Frau Julia Schwartz, is recorded with great sorrow. The funeral was the first Bahá’í funeral service in Vienna. “In the presence of a large number of non-Bahá’ís we read Bahá’u’lláh’s prayer for the departed, with its wonderful refrain of the Greatest Name and the words repeated by the whole congregation.”
Poland[edit]
There are nine people in Poland who are studying the Bahá’í Faith through correspondence; all but one are using Esperanto. One of these is he who offered to hide Lydia Zamenhof in his home just before she was sent to the extermination camp. He quoted her last words to him at that time: “Do not think of putting yourself in danger; I know that I must die, but I feel it my duty to stay with my people. God grant that out of our sufferings a better world may emerge. I believe in God, I am a Bahá’í and will die a Bahá’í. Everything is in His Hands.”
German P.O.W. in France[edit]
Reinhold Leidinger still in a French prison camp uses every opportunity to speak of the Faith. His mother writes: “His former camp chaplain just returned from captivity is interested in the Faith which he had often discussed with Reinhold. ‘You have in me a warm friend of the Bahá’í religion,’ he said.”
It was probably also through Reinhold’s influence that a young German Cultural Officer in France wrote to the Geneva Bureau asking for Dr. Esslemont’s book that he might use it in instructing his fellow prisoners.
Bahá’ís in Copenhagen, Denmark. L. to r.—Anders Nielsen, Marian Little, Earl Nielsen, Elinor Hollibaugh, Dagmar Dole, and Helga Nielsen.
Latin American Congress and School[edit]
The Caribbean Countries[edit]
The second annual Congress and the first International School sessions of the 12 Caribbean countries will take place in Mexico City, January 8th through the 18th. The Congress will open with a reception the evening of the 8th and will continue through four days highlighted by a public meeting on the evening of the 11th. Guests from the United States who plan to be present include Mrs. Loulie Mathews of Colorado Springs and Mr. Octavio Illescas who is contributing his services for a special teaching project. Mrs. Mathews will represent the Inter-America Committee at the Congress.
The International Bahá’í School will open on the morning of January 13th and close with a public meeting the evening of the 18th. Mr. Illescas will conduct a class for spiritual deepening under the subject “The Reality of the Divine Manifestation.” Classes in “Bahá’í Administration,” “How to Teach” stressing bridges of understanding and approach to the Catholics, the Masons and other groups, and “The Influence of Islám on Latin America via Spain,” are being planned. Teachers will include Sra. Chávez and Mrs. Marcia Steward.
The National Teaching Committee of the Caribbean countries has recognized the financial crisis being faced by the believers in the United States and has opened a drive to establish a national fund to which all 12 countries will contribute. The first use of this fund will be to help with expenses of the Congress and School. It is hoped it may be possible to offer scholarships or partial assistance to delegates especially capable of both contributing to and benefiting by the Congress and School.
Mrs. Gayle Woolson was warmly received in Cartagena, Colombia. She spoke at the Rotary Club dinner, addressed the Masonic Lodge and the Lions Club sponsored a Bahá’í radio program. She was also invited to speak daily over the radio. Sr. Ernesto Flores, chairman of the Spiritual Assembly of Cartagena, reports that some of the finest people in the city are members of the Bahá’í community.
Mrs. Cora Oliver of Panama stopped in Cuba on her way to Jamaica where she plans to spend about seven weeks in teaching and helping to open up a new goal city, since Spanish Town has already reached assembly status.
Miss Katherine Meyer, on her way to Venezuela, stopped in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and spent about a month in Puerto Rico.
Mrs. Amelie Bates, her husband and family and Mrs. Vivian McBean are working for the Faith in Haiti.
Mrs. Sheila Rice-Wray, who is teaching at the Cultural Institute in Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic, is making Bahá’í contacts, teaching a Bahá’í class and writes with appreciation of the steadfastness and spiritual quality of the Bahá’í friends there.
In the goal city of Santiago, Panama, 500 teachers and students in the Normal School heard talks about the Faith given in the school auditorium by Sr. Angel Beauchamp and Miss Julie Regal.
Brazil[edit]
Mrs. Helen Shearer, a temporary pioneer in Brazil is reported as doing splendid work for the Faith. A group of five are studying regularly and three fine homes are open for meetings in Santos, the big port city. Half a dozen more persons are interested and have expressed a desire to study. One enthusiastic student is the manager of the principle hotel. A group of students has also been established in Campinas through Mrs. Shearer’s efforts.
Some Answered Questions is now coming off the press in Rio. Mrs. Leonora Armstrong translated it into Portuguese. She is now reviewing the new translation into Portuguese of excerpts from God Passes By.
Fine publicity is being given the Faith in Colombia, Argentina and El Salvador. A two page article on the Faith was published in Raza, a magazine similar to Life with general circulation throughout Colombia. It includes pictures of the Temple and of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Numerous newspaper clippings from other places in Colombia have also been sent in.
A fine two page interview on the Faith with Shirley Warde is published in Estampa, an Argentine magazine for women and the home, and publicity clippings are coming in from Rosario, Argentine’s goal city.
In Santa Ana, goal city of El Salvador, fine articles about the Faith have been published through the efforts of Mrs. Louise Caswell who has established a study class of fine young people in that city.
News from Japan[edit]
Miss Agnes Alexander writes that she has been corresponding with the friends in Japan and gives news of them and of Robert Imagire. She also sends copies of letters from two Japanese believers.
Mr. Tokujiro Torii, who is blind, wrote: “Thank God, your heavenly presents, two packages reached me safely ... Opening the sugar sack, Mrs. Torii doubted her eyes; at first she could not know what the white thing was and she tasted it, how sweet it was! We have never seen so much sugar for a long time. Thank you so much for your hearty kindness. We will share it among Bahá’í friends to make them happy....”
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Mr. S. Fujita, who is well known among several American believers, wrote: “... It is wonderful to think we are permitted to communicate with you all freely from now on. ... I am anticipating to hear from you often, also you may inform the friends. I have started a Bahá’í Center here at Yanai. I need your prayer and support. The living condition is very hard at present—everything so sky high and scarce. Please give my warm greeting to all friends ...” Fujita’s address is: Mr. S. Fujita, P. O. Box 26, Yanai, Yamaguchi Ken, Japan.
The good news of Robert Imagire, who is in Japan by the wish of the Guardian, is that he now has a permanent job. He works at an art job in the Mitsubushi Shoji Building, which is the very heart of Tokyo. His letter says “ ... You may know that the Bahá’í noonday prayer ascends from the heart of Japan....”
| “It’s the Little Things That Count”
Little stitches make lovely cloth. Little pennies make great wealth. Little “things” can build a Temple. Old newspaper sell for fifty cents a hundred pounds. Discarded magazines sell for sixty cents. Corrugated paper and rags net one dollar for one hundred pounds. Grocery stores and such pay good money to get rid of these things. If each Bahá’í would sell these items our Temple Fund would not have a deficit. All of us possess clothing we no longer wear, and furniture we no longer use. How about inserting an “ad” in the local newspaper? Let’s build our Temple! There’s always a demand for “baby sitters”. Nice money too! No need to drain the paycheck. LETS BUILD OUR TEMPLE with “THE LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT”! |
Assemblies Contributing to Fund for September, 1947[edit]
Alabama—Birmingham; Alaska—Anchorage; Arizona—Phoenix; Arkansas—Little Rock; California—Alhambra, Berkeley, Beverly Hills, Burbank, Burlingame, Carmel, Cloverdale Twp., Glendale, Inglewood, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Monrovia, Oakland, Pasadena, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Mateo; Canada—Edmonton, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Halifax, Hamilton, Montreal, Vernon; Colorado—Colorado Springs, Denver; Connecticut—New Haven; Delaware—Wilmington; Dist. of Columbia—Washington; Florida—Jacksonville, Miami; Hawaii—Honululu, Maui; Georgia—Atlanta, Augusta; Idaho—Boise; Illinois—Chicago, Danville, Elmhurst, Evanston, Maywood, Oak Park, Peoria, Springfield, Urbana, Wilmette, Champaign, Limestone Twp.; Indiana—Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, South Bend; Iowa—Cedar Rapids; Kansas—Topeka; Kentucky—Louisville; Louisiana—New Orleans; Maryland—Baltimore; Massachusetts—Beverly, Boston, Brookline, Springfield, Worcester; Michigan—Ann Arbor, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Muskegon, Roseville; Minnesota—Duluth, Minneapolis, St. Paul; Mississippi—Jackson; Missouri—Independence, Kansas City, St. Louis; Montana—Butte, Helena; Nebraska—Omaha; Nevada—Reno; New Hampshire—Portsmouth; New Jersey—Dumont, Montclair, Red Bank, Teaneck; New Mexico—Albuquerque,
FINANCIAL BUDGET 1947-1948
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North Albuquerque; New York—Binghamton, Buffalo, Jamestown, New York, Rochester, Yonkers; North Carolina—Greensboro; North Dakota—Fargo; Ohio—Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Lima; Oklahoma—Oklahoma City; Oregon—Portland; Pennsylvania—Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, 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, Monroe, Seattle, Spokane; West Virginia—Charleston; Wisconsin—Kenosha, Madison, Milwaukee, Racine, Wauwatosa.
Number of Assemblies contributing in Sept. | 131 |
Number of Assemblies not contributing | 14 |
Individuals contributing | 134 |
Groups contributing | 74 |
For thousands of years the human race has been at war. It is enough. Now let mankind for a time at least, consort in amity and peace. Enmity and hatred have ruled. Let the world for a period, exercise love.
New Publications[edit]
The Bahá’í Community—A Summary of its Foundation and Organization. This little compact book taking the place of Bahá’í Procedure has been approved by the Guardian and fills a real need for individual believers, groups, assemblies and the National and Regional Committees. 70 pages paper bound, price each $.65.
Study Aid on the Essential Verities of the Bahá’í Faith compiled by the Study Aid Committee. This is a most comprehensive outline and is truly essential. Can be studied in 12 lessons or more intensively in 24. Mimeographed 28 pages, price per copy $.35.
World Order Magazine, bound, is now available, Volumes I to XII, price per volume $3.00. postage $3.00. postage additional.
Star of the West, unbound copies only, first four volumes incomplete, but Volumes V to XXV with a few exceptions, price per copy $.10, postage additional.
Special Publishing Announcement[edit]
The Bahá’í House of Worship—a most attractive six page folder with beautiful illustration of the Temple.
Belgium’s first declared believer under the second Seven Year Plan, Theo. Durieux, with pioneers Madeleine Humbert (standing) and Virginia Orbison.
Pioneer[edit]
(Cont’d from last month)
Sailing out of Seattle, Washington, Mar. 22, 1923, on the steamship “Kaga Maru”
“China! China! China! Chinaward the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh must march!” Words of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
Mar. 29. Mrs. Ocean does not mollycoddle her travelers or play “I am better than thou” favorites. After people come innocently aboard the Kaga Maru, the much lauded Mrs. Ocean (who calls herself “Pacific,” what a misnomer!) begins and shakes them hard in a four day roughness of weather. In no uncertain terms she commands, “Let your heads and stomachs learn to adjust themselves or croak! Do not whine to me! ADJUST! I tell you, ADJUST!”
And behold it comes to pass after four days of stubbornness the most ungovernable head and stomach begin to sit up and take notice that they were CONQUERED. Then Mrs. Ocean takes a breathing spell herself and for one day folds her ample waves upon her still more ample breast.
During the four days a few things happen. The Japanese stewardess, polite and smiling, brings tea in a dainty white and blue teapot, and she is thoughtful enough to cut off a little layer from the half grapefruit end so that it will stand steady on the plate.
Do I learn Japanese? Yes, I learn a few words each day. I sit beside the Captain and he teaches me. I also learn that the Japanese people are very good and kind. I can eat rice with chopsticks. The Captain taught me. He does not use chopsticks but he says it is well to learn the customs of all countries.
April 3. Mrs. Ocean evidently didn’t like what I wrote about her the other day, for after the one day of being civil and calm, she has raged continuously, culminating in a howling four-day storm. She was so angry she tore the side of my ship railing near my cabin. She banged my porthole open and deluged me and my belongings with a mighty shower bath, at two in the morning. Myself, my bed, steamer rug and shawl and heavy coat were drenched. The cabin boy tied the window shut and we carried the things out to dry by the radiators. I dressed and sat in the music room. The cabin boy brought tea. The teapot broke and the cup and saucer too went spinning—we were “real movies” and you could hear the ship creak and groan. But thank God the Captain is a most efficient Captain and the sailors were all working their best.
The inner, spiritual journey has been something quite different. I have had the blessed leisure to read carefully ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s addresses in America, in Paris and London. (The Captain had a special light put into my cabin so that I could read.) It has been marvelous to study again how ‘Abdu’l-Bahá spoke: His love, His simplicity; His clearness; His penetration and Vision. He said “When you speak, speak as I spoke when in this country, speak on the Principles.” “The Promulgation of Universal Peace” is a text book which, if followed, would make a thousand teachers in the United States in one year. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá also said: “The principles of the Teachings of Bahá’u’lláh should be carefully studied, one by one until they are realized by heart and mind—so will you become strong followers of the Light, truly spiritual, heavenly soldiers of God, acquiring and spreading true civilization.”
There has been time on this voyage to think what hard journeys ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and Bahá’u’lláh endured—and how ‘Abdu’l-Bahá waited for forty years to bring the Light to us in America—how He longed to go to China—how in England, Paris and the United States he taught us just how to attract souls through the universal principles. He came and went, “The few days passed away but their import shall be remembered by God’s friends in all ages in all lands.”
Everyone who ever met Him loved Him so! He sent back such messages of love: “Though I go away, I shall always be present with you.” What a wonderful Friend to come! If He was ill He did not speak of it. Today as the storm is still beating fiercely and another chill sends me back again to bed, I am just wishing that on the Kaga Maru and in China I could live even a little as ‘Abdu’l-Bahá lived. He said: “Take courage! God never forsakes His children who strive and work and pray!”
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April 7. Am very well, very happy and we are gradually nearing Yokohama. The weather continues bad, snow and huge icicles today. We are
nearly three days late, but very thankful to come safely. I feel most sorry
for the Japanese crew, they have only about ten hours in their homes,
then they go on. Mrs. Ocean has not treated them very courteously—she
could profit with study of “Manners” from the Japanese.
It has been too pitching to balance the lantern for our stereopticon slides, but the Captain thinks that by tomorrow night we can have our Bahá’í party.
I forgot to tell you my compliment. The night the flood poured into my room and about 6 A.M. when the cabin boy had everything dried and my bed and room in beautiful order, I thanked him in Japanese. He replied smiling: “Every day, every time, your Japanese language improving itself.” He never heard of Coué either! Honesty, though, compels me to add that my Japanese language is monosyllabic. Everybody laughs at it, I do too—but it helps to make us friends. Jenabe Fazel’s trying at once to speak English pleased us, you know it did.
What has impressed me most on this trip is this: my cabin was underneath the bridge. Day and night, in sunshine ? ? ? or in the most great storm, always, always was heard the tread of the man walking up and down WATCHING. There was an intelligence that was directing the man at the bridge and every other movement of this ship. Had it not been for the Captain we should have been engulfed in mountain waves and last.
So in our spiritual lives, always the Cohorts of angels are on the lookout bridge watching ahead of us. The Divine Intelligence of all the universe is bringing us safely into the Life Eternal. This is a voluntary journey we are taking. No one is forced “to be born again” and travel the mystic way of the spirit. Be he who has arisen and embarked will sail safely into the harbor of Heaven. Then the accidents of chill, of pain, of any hardship will seem as nothing. There one will only remember the fragrant heavenly qualities of the earth plane — qualities found in others and developed in one’s self. These qualities are a knowledge of God, radiant acquiescence, patience, wisdom, faithfulness, love. These are all we take with us into the world of Light. But he who has traveled with the Holy Spirit, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá says: “Can in his turn educate others in the same spirit.”
In closing I wish to say again: my friends I love you! I pray for you constantly! You are all going to China—it is not just one going! And I shall be with you, in spirit, in your work.
P.S. The lantern slide entertainment was a wonderful success. Mrs. Ocean calmed down on the afternoon of April 8th. The engineer set up the lantern and ran the slides. The Captain and I stood on the stage. He has read the blue booklet carefully and most of “Divine Philosophy.” So he explained the Bahá’í Cause first and he interpreted as I spoke. The talk lasted one hour and everybody cheered the pictures. There are thirty-five boys and girls in the Third Class and I’m sure they will never forget who ‘Abdu’l-Bahá is. More than one hundred were present, almost everyone came except the man at the bridge and the sleeping babes...
I realized how significant these slides are for foreign countries. The Oriental people love pictures, and with slides I could make them understand the life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and Bahá’u’lláh.
You think it is a miracle that in Bible times the sea could divide and people pass across—well, it was just like Providence that this stormy sea became calm for just one night for truly there has been no other night that the lantern would have stayed on the table steady enough to have a picture talk. By midnight the storm had begun again and the people were again ill, but that evening EVERYONE had a happy time. All came dressed in their best as if it were a festival. It was the only gathering we had during the voyage. Members of the crew were all permitted to come.
From China. Shanghai 1924
There is no end to China! When I finish I shall have carried the Message to nineteen of the important cities of China. My part is only to raise the Call in China and write back to you the opportunities here. I know of no country in the world where the people are so READY and where the opportunities are so vast. Through becoming friends with the Chinese at home
Greeting from Addis Ababa[edit]
(This letter, translated by our pioneer, Mr. Ugo Giachery, is printed with the thought that someone may like to correspond with the writer.)
“To the Friend Angeline Giachery:
Alláh-u-Abhá[edit]
I have the honor to declare that I have received with great pleasure your kind letter of 7/9/47 with three pamphlets for which I am grateful and thankful. In the meantime please let me thank your loving husband who has taken the pains to render us a service by translating the pamphlets.
To know each other, as it is known, is a capital duty of every Bahá’í. Will you be so kind therefore to introduce me to other Bahá’í friends?
Here, we pray the Omnipotent Lord to assist you in your holy work and we all salute you with affection. Have us then for sincere brothers and friends.
- Yours always,
- SABRI ELIAS
- P.O. Box 102
- Addis Ababa,
- Ethiopia
- Addis Ababa,
- P.O. Box 102
- SABRI ELIAS
- Yours always,
“The earth is indeed one country, and mankind its citizens,” for on August 4, 1947, in Amsterdam, Holland, two citizens of Houston, Texas met. Both were there for the same purpose, that of world understanding and peace. Left is Charlotte Stirrat, the Bahá’í pioneer to Holland, and Richard Davis Edson, son of the secretary of the Texas R.T.C., attending the Boy Scouts International Jamboree of Peace.
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you can prepare souls who can come back and do marvelous work here. It
is a favor and bounty of God to have the privilege to do anything for China.
If any of you took these trips, you would be just as likely to be ill as I. I have not spent the money to go first class and to stay in steam heated, expensive foreign hotels. I have gone as economically as possible, for I have very far to go! It was the worst season of the year to go to central China but none of us ever stop for weather. All are ill sometimes and nothing matters if in time we are well, we have faithfully sowed the seeds for a divine civilization.
I should like to take a position in Hong Kong and earn the money to buy my ticket to Australia, or I shall try to get a position as nurse for children or companion to someone traveling to Australia and try to earn my passage in that way. Also, I wish to remain long enough in Hong Kong, Kowloon and Canton to do some good Bahá’í work. Then I shall feel I have done what ‘Abdu’l-Bahá wished, and when you come over you will find some beautiful friends. How you will love these people!
Unity of Effort[edit]
| Suggested Daily Readings for December
Proofs and Assurance | |
| Dec. 1. | B.W.F. p. 32 |
| Dec. 2. | B.W.F. p. 33-34 |
| Dec. 3. | B.W.F. p. 35 |
| Dec. 4. | B.W.F. p. 118-119 |
| Dec. 5. | B.W.F. p. 58-59 |
| Dec. 6. | B.W.F. p. 59-61 |
| Dec. 7-8. | B.W.F. p. 61-64 |
| Severance from “The World” | |
| Dec. 9-10. | B.W.F. p. 64-68 |
| Dec. 11. | B.W.F. p. 134 (Whole Page) |
| Dec. 12. | B.W.F. p. 139-140 |
| Dec. 13. | B.W.F. p. 129 |
| Dec. 14. | Arabic Hidden Words 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18 |
| Law, Liberty and Obedience | |
| Dec. 15-16-17. | Gl. p. 92-98 |
| Dec. 18. | Gl. p. 98-99 |
| Dec. 19. | Gl. p. 99-100 |
| Dec. 20. | Gl. p. 122-125 |
| Dec. 21-22. | Gl. p. 330-333 |
| Dec. 23. | Gl. p. 210-212 |
| Dec. 24. | Gl. p. 289-291 |
| Dec. 25. | Gl. p. 335-336 |
| Dec. 26. | Gl. p. 336-338 |
| Dec. 27. | Gl. p. 215-216 |
| Dec. 28. | Gl. p. 259-260 |
| Dec. 29. | Gl. p. 86-87 |
| Dec. 30. | Gl. p. 207-209 |
| Dec. 31. | Gl. p. 5-7 (II, III, IV) |
The National Spiritual Assembly wishes gratefully to express its very deep appreciation of the prompt and heartening responses which are coming from so many of the believers during these days of financial crisis. Even from the pioneers serving so selflessly in the field have been received requests to curtail their living budgets. These communications carry evidence of fresh dedication and of greater willingness to sacrifice toward fulfilling the “Challenging Requirements” of this critical hour.
It is only through our complete unity of effort—in the continued and greater sacrifice of every believer—that the spiritual and material resources will be found to achieve the vital and urgent tasks entrusted to us by our Guardian. Not through curtailing our activities, but rather by increasing our capacities to serve and to give shall we succeed in attaining the goals which have been set.
Let us remember that in planning the regularity of our contributions the Nineteen-Day Feast and not the calendar month should be considered.
The Guardian, in a cable to the National Spiritual Assembly on September 10, said: “I urge the believers and local Assemblies to double their efforts in support of the vital National Fund ... Further sacrifices are demanded; rich rewards are assured. May the entire body of the American believers arise to fulfill their glorious destiny. Abiding gratitude; deepest love.” (signed) SHOGHI
Enrollments[edit]
Community
New York, 7; Washington, D.C., 2; Little Rock, Ark., 2; Chicago, Ill., 8; San Francisco, Calif., 6; Beverly, Mass., 1; Augusta, Ga., 1; Long Beach, Calif., 4; Milwaukee, Wis., 3; Helena, Mont., 2; Minneapolis, Minn., 1; Boise, Idaho, 1; Champaign, Ill., 3; Los Angeles, Calif., 4; Detroit, Mich., 2; Portland, Ore., 1: Seattle, Wash., 1; Berkeley, Calif., 1; Inglewood, Calif., 1; Racine, Wis., 2; Nashville, Tenn., 2; Providence, R. I., 1; Urbana, Ill., 1; Lansing, Mich., 1; Springfield, Mass., 1; San Mateo, Calif., 1; Kansas City, Mo., 1; Winnipeg Man., Can., 1; Toronto, Ont., Can., 1; Hamilton, Ont., Can., 3; St. Lambert P. Q., Can., 1; Youth—5.
Isolated
New enrollments and transfers 46 adult and 1 youth.
Total—113 and 6 youth.
In Memoriam[edit]
Mrs. Elizabeth Wheeler
541 5th St., Sto.
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Miss Christine Andreas
560 Lincoln Place
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Eula May Dressler
CORRECTION
Louhelen Winter Session Dates: Dec. 26—Jan. 1 incl. Rates:
Single room, $3.50 per day Courses:
Inner Strength To Meet Today’s Challenge—Curtis Kelsey What Do You Know About The Bahá’í Faith?—Donald Corbin Reservations:
Mrs. Helen Eggleston, 3208 So. State Rd., Davison, Mich. |
1016 N. Hobart Blvd.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Mrs. Ruth Dietel
1426 W. Wildwood
Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Mrs. Elizabeth Nourse
347 Laurel Ave.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Miss Bess Arther
1464 12th Ave.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Mrs. Adelaide Baker
(Formerly of East Cleveland, Ohio. Date of death not reported)
Calendar[edit]
Feasts:
- Nov. 4—Qudrat—Power
- Nov. 23—Qawl—Speech
Anniversaries:
- Nov. 12—Birth of Bahá’u’lláh
- Nov. 26—Day of the Covenant
- Nov. 28—Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 1:00 a.m.
- National Assembly meetings: Dec. 5, 6, 7
The Home Front[edit]
(Because of space limitations, and the flood of exciting news from our pioneer fields, “The Home Front” is too often neglected in these pages. However, each month your editors have discussed ways and means of getting “local” news into the News Letter. We decided to try gleaning some highlights from the many interesting items which come into the editorial office. We regret the physical impossibility of printing all of your news and will try our best to be fair in our selections. We are very grateful for your cooperation, and hope that the absence of your news will not discourage you from continuing to submit it.
GREENSBORO, N. C.[edit]
An inter-regional conference met August 31st and Sept. 1st at “Marastone,” a mountain retreat 12 miles from Asheville, N. C. The keynote of the conference was “The Challenging Requirements of the Present Hour” and a letter of rededication to our tasks was sent to the Guardian. Fifteen adults and 3 youth attended. A youth group was formed as a nuclei of what the South hopes to attain for the youth.
MICHIGAN STATE FAIR[edit]
Free space for a large booth and exhibit was obtained at the Michigan State Fair in Detroit. About 75,000 people at least saw the booth and the large printed quotations from the Bahá’í writings, 5,730 copies or literature were distributed, 3,000 invitations to the next large public meeting in Detroit were given out, 750 people stopped and asked questions and showed some degree of interest beyond mere curiosity and 49 people gave their names and addresses to be notified of future meetings.
ELMHURST, ILL.[edit]
Elmhurst has been maintaining a varied and active program. Excellent publicity, both free and paid for, has been obtained, so that questions as to the nature of the Bahá’í Faith are becoming common. On a Sunday in August, the members of this community took their “interested” friends on a “pilgrimage” to the Temple and served a picnic lunch in a nearby park on Lake Michigan. The whole group took a guided tour through the Temple and had such a thoroughly pleasant day that they were reluctant to go home.
In September, contact was made with the local Kiwanis Club (through the article which appeared in their magazine) and an invitation to speak at their luncheon meeting was accepted. One of the members was the editor of a local paper, and a fine write-up of the talk appeared, describing the Temple and stating the principles.
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON[edit]
The believers in Spokane are trying a new method of attracting contacts. Their experience has proven to them that real attraction to the Faith more often than not is through individuals and so they have started a series of meetings beginning with purely social gatherings, at which real friendliness and hospitality are emphasized. The first of these parties was held at the Center. It was a “Hard Luck” party and the invitations said to come and “bring a friend.” The Center was packed and the guests thoroughly enjoyed a program of stunts and games. It was clearly demonstrated that the wearing of amusing costumes and the hilarity of the program soon made friends of former strangers. If, after attending some of the parties, no desire to investigate the Faith is shown, these people are not invited again.
The first test of this method of attracting people came when a believer came from out of town to speak informally at a fireside meeting. Four of the people who had been party guests were so interested in his presentation of the Faith that they have been asking questions ever since.
Also, this community finds that an unusual heading for newspaper publicity is likely to catch the eye of an editor and thus get into the paper. The account of the Hard Luck Party, for instance, appeared under the heading “80-Year Old Costumes Worn.”
PHILADELPHIA, PA.[edit]
A very successful picnic was held in Philadelphia, with 65 people attending, many of whom were not Bahá’ís. In the evening, movies highlighted the gathering with a film of a 22,000 mile trip through the East by a famous explorer.
On Sept. 23rd almost all of the believers gathered to read together “The Challenging Requirements of the Present Hour.” Members of the teaching committee shared in reading aloud and all attending brought their own copies. There was a determined seriousness in this single project for the evening as the letter was read from beginning to end.
On the morning of that same day, the Children’s Class was begun for the year, with five children of local Bahá’ís. In addition to the lesson, they rehearsed songs which they will sing at the Center on Bahá’u’lláh’s birthday and they also made drawings for that occasion.
The Township of Upper Darby was chosen as a goal for a new assembly by next April. The whole Philadelphia community has constituted itself a “prayer squad” using the Báb’s prayer for the removal of difficulties at least three times daily. So far, in this goal town, a meeting place has been secured and the good will of a local editor established.
NEW YORK STATE[edit]
A weekend teaching conference held in Geneva and sponsored by the Upper New York Regional Teaching Committee was attended by believers from New York City, Rochester, Binghamton, Syracuse, Niagara Falls, Hamburg, Waterloo, Seneca Town, Pen Yan, Jamestown, Victor and Brighton.
On Friday afternoon, a Community club heard a talk on “A New Focus in History” at the home of two of the Bahá’ís who are members of the Club. Saturday night a group of 45 young people were entertained at a corn roast by Miss Nancy Gates, who has since left to pioneer in Sweden. Sunday afternoon a public meeting was attended by over 60 people. Following the meeting a large group gathered at a Bahá’í home and over cups of tea heard Miss Cora Oliver, pioneer in Panama, tell of her experiences. Monday evening, the Pen Yan group and their friends heard a talk on “The You in the United Nations.” It was a full weekend!
WILMINGTON, DEL.[edit]
A public meeting recently attracted many people and it was felt to be the most successful ever held in Wilmington. A team of speakers discussed the practical and the spiritual aspects of the Bahá’í Faith as related to peace and justice for all the world.
World Esperanto Congress[edit]
The first post-war World Esperanto Congress was held in Berne, Switzerland, July 26-August 2nd. Greeting telegrams and letters were sent to the Congress by the Guardian, National and Local Spiritual Assemblies and were read at the opening session. An outstanding and impressive Bahá’í exhibit drew the attention of hundreds who passed it daily. One table of this exhibit was devoted to 49 translations of Dr. Esslemont’s book, each marked with the name of its language. Again and again visitors praised this beautiful exhibit and took home with them pamphlets. Over 500 pamphlets were given out personally. Nine Bahá’ís were present representing 9 countries.
The special Bahá’í session was well received and in spite of great heat and an unfavorable hour was attended by 35 persons of 13 nationalities. Mr. Vuk Echtner of Prague gave a brilliant talk, “Does a Universal Language Guarantee World Peace?” The discussion which followed was lively and lasted over an hour.
The crowning event of the happy week was when one of the Czech delegates who had been studying with Vuk Echtner for a year declared her acceptance of the Faith. She said: “I have accepted the Teachings long ago and recognized their beauty and necessity, but I had never met any Bahá’ís except Vuk. Now I have seen that they are all as kind and warmhearted as he from whichever country they come. I am convinced of the power of this glorious Faith and am happy to belong to the great loving family of Bahá’ís.”
A total of 9 newspaper stories and 3 radio listings were obtained without cost. Two sets of individual letters, one to a list of 100, another to a list at 160, were mailed a week in advance and posters were placed in prominent windows about town.
Slides of the House of Worship were shown at two fireside meetings which followed the public meeting, and a youth fireside, an adult fireside and a study class are working faithfully toward the goal of “double the number.”
BUTTE, MONTANA[edit]
Enthusiasm is high in Montana. A conference was held in Helena
The Panama City Bahá’í Community is the first to receive its decree incorporating its Assembly in accord with the Guardian’s expressed desires, this year. Panama is the second country in Central America and the fourth in Latin America to attain incorporation of an Assembly.
recently and about 7 of the believers
from Butte were able to attend. The
report of the conference states “It
was a marvelous conference and ...
the greatest thing that has happened
to Montana. These people have never
met many outside Bahá’ís.”
The Butte program committee has initiated a new policy of using non-Bahá’í friends on their programs for music, prayers, readings, etc. The friends are hard at work sending invitations to meetings to “everyone in the telephone book.” Their report says ... “We are still in the B’s ... but when we finish, everyone will have at least heard the word!”
The Masonic Male Chorus sang for one of the meetings, and then stayed to hear the speaker! For one meeting, a large window display was arranged in a local gift shop. A photographer reported that it took him over a half hour to get the picture because people kept gathering around it so much that he had to drive them away. One night one of the believers kept track of the time and watched the window, and in 15 minutes, 30 people had stopped to look at it and read its various placards and signs.
The report ends with the expressed belief that at last they have “smashed Butte wide open” and the happy report of 3 new declarations of faith, and 2 more friends who have indicated their readiness to declare themselves.
Canada’s First Bahá’í School[edit]
Among the rolling Laurentian hills in Canada, the first Canadian Bahá’í Summer School was born. Forty-five people attended the session, with most of the friends staying from one to several days. Sleeping accommodations were limited to 24.
Each day began with communal devotion periods. Those who rose earlier, repeated the Dawn prayer, with the rays of the rising sun greeting them. Most of the study courses were held outside under the trees. A panel discussion, “In Search of Maturity,” was supplemented by reference material which could be used for further study at home. This panel was conducted by Adeline Lohse and Rosemary and Emeric Sala. Ross Woodman, stopping on his cross-Canada lecture tour, presented a course on “Religion and Society.”
Music formed an integral part of each day. A tour of the property showed the great possibilities for future development. The sense of ownership—the feeling that this ground
| Information Please
The current Child Education Committee is eager to survey the field of our children. We will be most grateful if the assemblies, groups and isolated friends will submit to our secretary, Mrs. Sylvia Parmelee, 4700 47th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., the following information:
CHILD EDUCATION COMMITTEE
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was Bahá’í property—brought forth many suggestions and ideas.
The farm work was novel and unfamiliar to the city folk. The early morning milking of cow and goats; “Jo” the rooster, with his cockiness when the pullets laid their first eggs-all proved of great interest to the community. Haying on such hilly ground was precarious, but as a community project, several loads were put into the barn. An old shed was torn down. The outside of the house was given a new trim by willing hands wielding paint brushes.
An excellent cuisine was provided by the cook, who spoke no English, but who knew the way to the hearts.
The evening workshops were informative and enjoyable. A practice L.S.A. was formed at the beginning of the week. The election of the Assembly was new to those who had lived only in small groups. There were discussions on administration, radio, publicity, visual aids to teaching, firesides, etc. One evening, the community developed an outline for a fifteen-minute radio talk for Ross Woodman to give in the Maritimes. Everyone contributed to this outline.
Out under the trees for late sessions around a campfire, there were many happy hours of discussion, singing and fellowship. Some of these evenings ended with the chanting of prayers with a choral background. One session was devoted to “The Challenging Requirements of the Present Hour.” The arrangement of the program was especially suited to the Farm at this stage of development. It was most effective in creating a joyous spirit of unity culminating in a broader spiritual growth. Laughter accompanying work and play, balanced the seriousness with which everyone attended the study courses.
Two winter sessions are planned, the schedules of which, and information about which are here given:
- First Winter Session: Dec. 25 to Jan 4 (11 days)
- Second Winter Session: Feb. 22 to 28, 1948 (7 days)
When making your reservations please indicate the subjects on which you could participate or lead in panel discussions.
Rates for Winter Sessions: $3.50 per day, or $21.00 per week, or $33.00 for the eleven day session, including meals.
Recreation: Skiing, Ski Instruction, Snowshowing and Horseback Riding.
Home-making at Oregon State College
in Corvallis. Frederick and Elizabeth
Laws settling here at the wish of their
R.T.C., drill a well by the trailer home
they are completing. He will study at
the college while they assist resident
Bahá’ís toward assembly formation.
Reservations should be made as
soon as possible to Mrs. E. Sala, 423
Riverside Drive, St. Lambert, Que.,
Canada, with a deposit payment of
$5.00 refundable against cancellations made not later than 1 week
prior to opening.
“We Will Wait for You”[edit]
At 4:20 p.m. the tingle of the telephone was heard resounding through the lower floor of the Bahá’í House of Worship.
“What time do you close?” was the query on the other end of the line.
“We will close in ten minutes,” was the reply.
“Oh!” was the disappointed rejoinder. “I am in Evanston and want to see the Bahá’í House of Worship, but I must see it tonight as I am leaving town. Will you wait if I take a cab right out?”
So, the Bahá’í, after a full day of guiding at the Temple, replied, “Yes, we will wait for you.”
In less than ten minutes the cab drew up to the entrance and not one, but six young men from India got out, one of them having been the spokesman for the crowd.
How tragic if we had had to turn these boys away! But many times we do have to refuse visitors admittance as there are not enough Bahá’ís acting as guides to keep the Temple open as long as it should be.
What a fine way to spread the message, for not only from India do they come, but from all parts of the world.
Wouldn’t you like to be a guide at the Bahá’í House of Worship and give the message to many people daily?
So Great the Glory[edit]
“Say: So great is the glory of the Cause of God that even the blind can perceive it, how much more they whose sight is sharp, whose vision is pure.”
Nancy Gates, pioneer to Denmark; Antonio Roca, who sailed to visit his family in the Balearic Islands; and Amelia Bowman, pioneer to Sweden.
Radio Script Writing[edit]
Courses in Radio script writing are available at nearly every university in the country, the Radio Committee reports. Bahá’ís interested in radio writing should investigate such courses. In applying for entrance to classes of this nature, it is a good idea to submit samples of your writing, whether the sample scripts have or have not been broadcast.
All Bahá’ís who served in the armed forces have these university classes open to them under the GI Bill of Rights. For those who are interested, there is an excellent text book entitled “Handbook of Radio Broadcasting” published by McGraw-Hill.
Directory Additions and Changes[edit]
| Assembly Secretaries | |
| New Orleans, La.: | Mrs. Esther Little 3905 N. Claiborne Ave. Z. 17 |
| Duluth, Minn.: | Mrs. Mary Bauers, Secretary, pro tem 624 Arlington Ave. |
| Chicago, Ill.: | Mr. I. W. Stevens 7934 S. Escanaba Ave., Z. 17 |
| Charleston, West Va.: | Mrs. Helen Anderson Rm. 201, Payne Bldg. 811 Lee St. |
| Augusta, Ga.: | Miss Betty Shook 1110 Emmett St. |
| Group Correspondents: | |
| Harvey (Markham), Ill.: | Miss Allie M. Lyon 15809 S. St. Louis Ave. Rt. 1. Harvey, Ill. |
| Hinsdale, N. Hampshire: | Mrs. Hazel Owens Hinsdale, N. H. |
| Newcastle, Penna.: | Miss Ethel M. Kelley 320 Reis St. |
| New Groups Formed: | |
| Bakersfield, Calif.: (re-established) |
Mrs. Hugh Rouse, Corres. 608 El Prado Dr. |
| Whittier Township: | Mrs. Anne Gordon, Corres. 2160 Lincoln Ave., Rt. 3 |
| Norfolk, Mass.: | Mrs. Lillian J. Carter Norfolk. Mass. |
| Tucson, Ariz. (Twp. 14): | Mrs. Elizabeth Ashen, Corres. El Conquistador Hotel Linen Rm. |
| Changes in RTC Committees: | |
| Delaware & E. Penna.: | Mrs. Cynthia Olson, Secy., 203 B, Mayfair Apts., 1300 Harrison St., Wilmington, Del. Mrs. Margaret Lear unable to serve |
| New England: | Mrs. Emma Rice, Mr. Ben Weedin, Miss Mary Bower to replace Messrs. Towart, Goodman, and Isaacs Mr. Wendell Bacon added. |
| New Jersey: | Mr. Bernard Gottlieb added |
| Kansas, Mo., Nebr.: | Mr. H. Friedlander added |
| Revised Committee for Geyserville School:
Mr. Alfred Dahl, Chairman, Mrs. Louise Groger, Secretary, 64 Agua Way, San Francisco 16, Calif.; Miss Gladys Linfoot, Mrs. Mary Collison, Dr. Mildred Nichols, Mrs. Anna Perron, Miss Charlotte Linfoot, Mrs. Mildred Zahl, Prof. N. F. Ward, Mrs. Jessie Vanderford, Mr. Gustav Lowe, Mr. Paul Jones, Mrs. Jesma Herbert, Mrs. Helen Wilks, Mr. John Stroessler, Mrs. Bernice Stroessler, Miss Blossom Hay. Laurentian School Committee:
Youth Activities Committee
National Radio Committee
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World Order[edit]
Table of Contents November, 1941
- The Bahá’í House of Worship
- I. A Gift to the World
- Gertrude W. Robinson
- II. To Know and Worship God
- Horace Holley
- I. A Gift to the World
- World Religion
- Charles S. Krug
- New Lights In Architecture, Editorial
- Flora Hottes
- Perilous Peace
- Floyd H. Munson
- Shaykh Aḥmad
- Alice Bacon
- Highlights of the Newer Testament, A Compilation
- Marion C. Lippitt
- With Our Readers
- Special Feature: Photographs and drawings of the Temple.
| Page | Col. | |
‘Abdul-Bahá, quotation | 5 | 2 |
Addis Ababa, greeting | 7 | 3 |
Addresses | 4 | 3 |
Calendar | 8 | 3 |
Canada’s First Baha’i School | 10 | 3 |
Directory Changes | 12 | 1 |
Enrollments | 8 | 1 |
| European News | ||
New Believers | 2 | 2 |
Pioneer Training | 3 | 1 |
| Fund | ||
Assemblies contributing | 5 | 1 |
“Where We Are” | 5 | 2 |
Little Things That Count | 5 | 1 |
Guardian, cable (See “Unity of Effort”) | 8 | 1 |
“Home Front” | 9 | 1 |
Information — Child. Educ. Comm. | 11 | 1 |
Japan, News From | 4 | 3 |
Latin America | 4 | 1 |
Louhelen Winter Session | 8 | 3 |
Memorium | 8 | 2 |
| National Spiritual Assembly | ||
Letter, “The Bahá’í Community” | 1 | 1 |
Unity of Effort | 8 | 1 |
News From Other Lands | 3 | 2 |
| Pictures | ||
Ashton, Beatrice | 2 | 1 |
Belgium’s First Believer | 6 | 1 |
Blackmer, David N. | 2 | 3 |
Bowman, Amelia | 11 | 3 |
Copenhagen Bahá’ís | 3 | 3 |
Edson, Richard | 7 | 3 |
Elmer, Mildred | 2 | 3 |
Gates, Nancy | 11 | 3 |
Jarvis, Henry | 2 | 1 |
Laws, Fred. & Eliz. | 11 | 2 |
Lohse, Doris | 2 | 3 |
Nichols, Valeria | 2 | 1 |
Panama City Community | 10 | 2 |
Roca, Antonio | 11 | 3 |
Stirratt, Charlotte | 7 | 3 |
“Pioneer” | 6 | 2 |
Publishing Announcements | 6 | 1 |
Radio Script Writing | 12 | 1 |
Suggested Daily Readings | 8 | 3 |
“Where We Are” (Thermometer) | 5 | 2 |
World Esperanto Congress | 10 | 1 |
World Order Contents | 12 | 3 |
