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Contents

PART ONE

I. Aims and Purposes of the Bahá’í Faith

1. A Worldwide Spiritual Community
2. The Renewal of Faith
3. The Basis of Unity
4. The Spirit of the New Day
5. A Background of Heroic Sacrifice.

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

III. Excerpts from Bahá’í Sacred Writings

1. Words of Bahá’u’lláh
2. Words of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

IV. The Seven Year Plan

1. The Temple of Light by, Allen B. McDaniel
2. Uniting the Americas, by Garreta Busey
3. Teaching in North America, by Leroy logs

PART TWO

I. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh

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

   Introductory Statement

   A Procedure for the Conduct of the Local Spiritual Assembly

   The Annual Bahá’í Convention

   The Non-Political character of the Bahá’í Faith

   Concerning Membership in Non-Bahá’í Religious Organizations

   Bahá’ís and War

   The Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   Interpretation of The Will and Testament

   A Commentary on The Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   The Promised Day Is Come

   The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh

   Excerpts from the Letters of Shoghi Effendi

   Statement on World Order by Shoghi Effendi

   Messages from the Guardian, 1940-1944

2. The Spirit and Form of the Bahá’í Administrative Order

   Foreword

   Certification of Declaration of Trust of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada

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

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

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

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

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

   By-Laws of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the city of New York

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the city of New York

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Berkeley, Calif.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Binghamton N. Y.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Flint, Mich.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Helena Mont.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Honolulu T. H.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Indianapolis, Ind.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Miami, Fla.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Oakland, Calif.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Pasadena, Calif.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Richmond Highlands, Wash.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Springfield Ill.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Paul, Minn.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Urbana Ill.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Evanston Ill.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Ahmedabad, India.

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

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

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

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Hyderabad, Sind, India

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

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

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

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of San José, Costa Rica

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Quetta Balúchistán

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

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

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

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

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

   Minister’s License issued by the State of Ohio authorizing the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Lima to solemnize Bahá’í Marriages

   Minister’s License issued by the State of Ohio authorizing the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Cincinnati to solemnize Baha’i Marriages

   Minister’s License issued by the State of Ohio authorizing the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Cleveland to solemnize Bahá’í Marriages

   Text in Persian of the Outline of Bahá’í Laws regarding Matters of Personal Status submitted for recognition to the Egyptian Government by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Egypt and Súdán

   Text of Letter from the United States War Department granting permission to use the Bahá’í emblem of the Greatest Name on Bahá’í graves

   Text of Letter from the Egyptian Ministry of Health Allotting a Burial Ground for the Bahá’í Community of Cairo

   Facsimile of Document Related to the Formation of the First Bahá’í Association Established in Persia, 1319, A. H.

   Trust Deed by which Villa, Safwan at Port-Fouad, was conveyed to the property of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Egypt on December 27th, 1943

3. The Institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár

   Foreword

   The Spiritual Significance of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár

   The Bahá’í Temple, House of Worship of a World Faith

   The Bahá’í Temple and the Development of the Faith in America

   The Realization of the Architect's Design

4. Bahá’í Calendar and Festivals

   Foreword

   Bahá’í Feasts, Anniversaries and days of Fasting

   Bahá’í Holy Days on which work should be suspended

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

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

5. Youth Activities Throughout the Bahá’í World

   Introductory Statement

   Around the World with Bahá’í Youth

   Bahá’í Youth and the War

   A Tribunal Grants English Bahá’í Exemption from Combatant Service

   An American Youth Faces a Draft Board

   With Our Youngest Bahá’í Youth: The Children

   Bahá’í Education, a Compilation

II. References to the Bahá’í Faith

1. Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania
2. Prof. E. G. Browne M.A., MB., Cambridge University
3. Dr. J. Estlin Carpenter, D.Litt., Manchester College, Oxford
4. Rev. T. K. Cheyne, D.Litt., D.D., Oxford University, Fellow of British Academy
5. Prof. Arminius Vambéry, Hungarian Academy of Pesth
6. Sir Valentine Chirol
7. Harry Charles Lukach
8. Prof. Jowett, Oxford University
9. Alfred W. Martin, Society for Ethical Culture, New York
10. Prof. James Darmesteter, École des Hautes Études, Paris
11. Charles Baudouin
12. Dr. Henry H. Jessup, D.D.
13. Right Hon. The Earl Curzon Of Kedleston
14. Sir Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E.
15. The Christian Commonwealth, Anonymous
16. Rev. J. Tyssul Davis, B.A.
17. Herbert Putnam, Congressional Library, Washington, D. C.
18. Leo Tolstoy
19. Dr. Edmund Privat, University of Geneva
20. Dr. Auguste Forel, University of Zurich
21. General Renato Piola Caselli
22. Rev. Frederick W. Oakes
23. Renwick J. G. Millar
24. Charles H. Prisk
25. Prof. Hari Prasad Shastri, D.Litt.
26. Shri Purohit Swami
27. Prof. Herbert A. Miller, Bryn Mawr College
28. Viscount Herbert Samuel, G.C.B., MP.

    Lord Samuel of Carmel, G.C.B., C.B.E.

29. Rev. K. T. Chung
30. Prof. Dimitry Kazarov, University of Sofia
31. Rev. Griffith J. Sparham
32. Ernest Renan
33. The Hon. Lilian Helen Montague, J.P., D.H.L.
34. Prof. Norman Bentwich, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
35. Emile Schreiber, Publicist
36. Miss Helen Keller
37. Dr. Rokuichiro Masujima, Doyen of Jurisprudence of Japan
38. Sir Flinders Petrie, Archaeologist
39. Former President Masaryk of Czechoslovakia
40. Archduchess Anton of Austria
41. Dr. Herbert Adams Gibbons
42. H.R.H. Princess Olga of Yugoslavia
43. Eugen Relgis
44. Arthur Henderson
45. Prof. Dr. V. Lesny
46. Princess Marie Antoinette de Broglie Anssenac
47. Late President David Starr Jordan, Leland Stanford University
48. Prof. Bogdan Popovitch, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
49. Ex-Governor William Sulzer
50. Luther Burbank
51. Prof. Yone Noguchi
52. Prof. Raymond Frank Piper
53. Angela Morgan
54. Arthur Moore
55. Prof. Dr. Jan Rypka, Charles University, Praha, Czechoslovakia
56. A. L. M. Nicolas
57. President Eduard Beneš of Czechoslovakia
58. Sir Ronald Storrs, N.V.C., M.G., C.B.E.
59. Col. Raja Jai Prithvi Bahadur Singh, Raja of Bajang (Nepal)
60. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britian and Ireland
61. Rt. Hon. M. R. Jayakar
62. Prof. Benoy Kumar Sarkar, M.A., Ph.D.
63. Mrs. Sarojinu Naidu
64. Jules Bois

III. In Memoriam

1. John Henry Hyde Dunn
2. ‘Abdu’l-Jalíl Bey Sa‘ad
3. Ḥájí Mírzá Buzurg Afnán ‘Alá’í
4. Miss Margaret Stevenson
5. Mary J. Revell
6. Dr. M. Ṣáliḥ
7. Oswald A. Whitaker
8. Hilda Gilbert
9. Elizabeth R. Greenleaf
10. Howard Colby Ives
11. Mírzá ‘Abdu’l-Rahím Khán Ḥáfiẓu’ṣ-Ṣiḥḥih
12. Matthew Kaszab
13. Mabel Rice-Wray Ives
14. Bridget Hill
15. Richard Marlow
16. Ḥají ‘Alí Yazdí
17. Mrs Margaret Dixon
18. Ida Boulter Slater
19. Frank E. Osborne
20. James F. Morton
21. Harry Raver
22. Sydney Sprague
23. Carole Lombard Gable
24. Mír ‘Alí Aṣghar Farídí Uskúí
25. Narayenrao Rangnath Vakil
26. Alma Knobloch
27. Philip Effendi Naimi
28. Muhammad Effendi Mussa
29. In Memoriam List from Bahá’í News

PART THREE

I. Bahá’í Directory, 1943-44

1. Bahá’í National Spiritual Assemblies
2. Countries Where Bahá’ís are resident

   Abyssinia

   Af{u|gh}}ánistán

   Alaska

   Albania

   Arabia

   Argentina

   Australia

   Austria

   Báḥrayn Island

   Balúchistán

   Belgian Congo

   Belgium

   Bolivia

   Brazil

   Bulgaria

   Burma

   Canada

   Caucasus

   Chile

   China

   Colombia

   Costa Rica

   Cuba

   Czechoslovakia

   Denmark

   Ecuador

   Egypt

   El Salvador

   Finland

   France

   Germany

   Great Britain

   Guatemala

   Haiti

   Hawaiian Islands

   Holland

   Honduras

   Hungary

   Iceland

   India

   ‘Iráq

   Ireland

   Italy

   Jamaica

   Japan

   Java

   Lebanon

   Mexico

   New Zealand

   Nicaragua

   Norway

   Palestine

   Panama

   Paraguay

   Persia

   Peru

   Philippine Islands

   Poland

   Porto Rico

   Rumania

   Russia

   San Domingo

   South Africa

   South Rhodesia

   Sudán

   Sweden

   Switzerland

   Syria

   Tahiti

   Tasmania

   Transjordania

   Tunisia

   Turkey

   Turkistán

   United States of America

   Uruguay

   Venezuela

   Yugoslavia

3. Officers and Committees of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada
4. Local Bahá’í Spiritual Assemblies, Groups and Localities Where Isolated Believers Reside in the U. S. A. and Canada
5. Bahá’í Administrative Divisions in Persia
6. Directory of Leading Assemblies in Bahá’í Administrative Divisions of Persia
7. Directory of Localities in India Where Bahá’ís Reside

II. Bahá’í Bibliography

1. Alphabetical List of Bahá’u’lláh’s Best Known Writings
2. List of the Báb’s Best Known Works
3. Bahá’í Publications of North America

   a. Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

   b. Writings of the Báb

   c. Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   d. Works Compiled from Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   e. Works Compiled from Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   f. Works compiled from Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi

   g. Writings of Shoghi Effendi

   h. Writings on the Bahá’í Faith

   i. Bahá’í Reprints

   j. Pamphlets

   k. Outlines and Guides for Bahá’í Study Courses

   l. Children's Courses

   m. Bahá’í Literature in Foreign Languages

   n. Periodicals

   3A. Bahá’í Publications of America That Are Out of Print

4. Bahá’í Publications of Great Britain

   a. Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

   b. Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   c. Works Compiled from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   d. Writings of Shoghi Effendi

   e. Writings on the Bahá’í Faith

   f. Bahá’í Literature in Pamphlet Form

   4A. Publications of Great Britain Out of Print

5. Bahá’í Publications of India and Burma
6. Bahá’í Publications in French
7. Bahá’í Publications in Italian
8. Bahá’í Publications in Dutch
9. Bahá’í Publications in Danish
10. Bahá’í Publications in Swedish
11. Bahá’í Publications in Portuguese
12. Bahá’í Publications in Albanian
13. Bahá’í Publications in Esperanto
14. Bahá’í Publications in Russian
15. Bahá’í Publications in German
16. Bahá’í Publications in Bulgarian
17. Bahá’í Publications in Rumanian
18. Bahá’í Publications in Czech
19. Bahá’í Publications in Serbian
20. Bahá’í Publications in Hungarian
21. Bahá’í Publications in Greek
22. Bahá’í Publications' Maon'
23. Bahá’í Publications in Maori
24. Bahá’í Publications in Norwegian
25. Bahá’í Publications in Croatian
26. Bahá’í Publications in Polish
27. Bahá’í Publications in Icelandic
28. Bahá’í Publications in Finnish
29. Bahá’í Publications in Oriental Languages

    a. Persian

    b. Urdu

    c. Arabic

    d. Turkish

    e. Burmese

    f. Chinese

    g. Hebrew

    h. Tartar

    i. Gujrati

    j. Japanese

    k. Armenian

    l. Tamil

    m. Kurdish

    n. Sindhi

    o. Bengali

    p. Hindi

    q. Abyssinian

30. Languages in which Bahá’í Literature is being translated

    a. Kinarese

    b. Latvian

    c. Lithuanian

    d. Mahratti

    e. Malayan

    f. Oriya

    g. Punjabi

    h. Pushtoo

    i. Rajasthani

    j. Singhalese

    k. Tdugu

    l. Ukrainian

31. Bahá’í Literature in Braille (for the blind)

    a. America

    b. France

    c. Czechoslovakia

    d. Japan

32. Bahá’í Periodicals
33. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Books and Pamphlets Published Under Non-Bahá’í Auspices
    1. American
    2. British
    3. French
    4. German
    5. Persian
    6. Icelandic
    7. Lithuanian
    8. Rumanian
    9. Danish
    10. Hungarian
34. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Magazines by non-Bahá’í Authors
35. References to the Bahá’í Faith by Bahá’ís in non-Bahá’í Publications
36. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Encyclopedias and Reference Books

III. Transliteration of Oriental Words Frequently Used in Bahá’í Literature

Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation of Persian Alphabet and Notes on the Pronunciation of Persian Words

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

PART FOUR

• Articles and Reviews

1. The Bahá’í Principle of Civilization, by Horace Holley
2. Joined by God, by George Townshend
3. Lessons in World Crisis, by Alain Locke
4. The Concept and Goals of Human Progress, by Stanwood Cobb
5. The Beloved Returns, by Helen Bishop
6. Reflected in the West, by Garreta Busey
7. The Bahá’í Faith in the Colleges, by Dorothy Baker
8. Ways to Wholeness, by Raymond Frank Piper
9. Science and the Open Mind, by Glenn A. Shook
10. The Prayers of Bahá’u’lláh, by Ruhíyyíh Khanúm
11. Two Glimpes of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, by Roy C. Wilhelm
12. The Lesser and the Most Great Peace, by George Orr Latimer
13. The White Silk Dress, by Marzieh Gail
14. Charter for World Peace, by Alice Simmons Cox
15. The Bahá’í Faith and Problems of Color, Class and Creed, by Elsie Austin
16. Broadcasting the Bahá’í Message, by Mildred Mottahedeh
17. Our Heritage from Bahá’u’lláh, by William Kenneth Christian
18. Islám and the Scientific Spirit, by Robert L. Gulick, Jr.
19. Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl in America, by Ali-Kuli Khan and Marzieh Gail
20. The “Bábi” Movement, Flowering from Islamic Soil, by Ernest G. Dodge
21. By the Mouth of His Prophets, by Maye Harvey Gift
22. The Importance of the Bahá’í Faith Today, by George W. Goodman
23. Accelerated Progress in Race Relations, by Louis G. Gregory
24. Chile and Three Crucial Years, by Marcia Steward
25. Pioneer Journey, by Virginia Orbison
26. Conquistadores, by Flora Hottes
27. Haiti, the Magic Isle, by Amelie Pumpelly Bates
28. El Peru, by Eve B. Nicklin
29. The Story of the Bahá’í Faith in Cuba, by Eugenio Ginés
30. Alaska, Our New Frontier, by Orcella Rexford
31. La Fe Bahá’í in Guatemala, by Edelberto Torres
32. La Aurora de un Nuevo Dia, by Diego B. García Monge

• Verse
• Music
• Contents of The Bahá’í World, Vol. I-VIII
• Maps of Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America, India and Burma, Teaching Regions of the United States of America and Canada, and of the Bahá’í World