Bahá’í World/Volume 6

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The Bahá’í World Volume 6 1934-1936

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Contents

Introduction

PART ONE

I. Aims and Purposes of the Bahá’í Faith

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

III. Excerpts from Bahá’í Sacred Writings

PART TWO

I. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh

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

   Introductory Statement

   Excerpts from the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   Excerpts from the Letters of Shoghi Effendi

   Certificate of Incorporation 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 Írán

   Declaration 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 India and Burma

   Certificate of Incorporation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India and Burma

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

   Text of Authorization Issued for Registration by the Mixed Court in Egypt of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Egypt

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

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

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

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of Bahá’ís of Teaneck, New Jersey, U. S. A.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of Bahá’ís of Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A.

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of Bahá’ís of Washington, D. C., U. S. A.

   Petition of the Bahá’ís of Montreal, Canada

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Bahá’ís of Montreal, Canada

   By-Laws of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Montreal, Canada

   By-Laws of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Esslingen, Germany

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Esslingen, Germany

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

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

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

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Rangoon, Burma

   Certificate of Registration of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Daidanaw, Burma

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Mandalay, Burma

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Auckland, New Zealand

   Documents Related to the Incorporation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada, as a Recognized Religious Society in Palestine

   Certificate of the Palestine Government Incorporating the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada, Palestine Branch, as a Recognized Religious Society in Palestine

   Text of Application to the Palestine Government for Incorporation of the Palestine Branch of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India and Burma

   Certificate of the Palestine Government Incorporating the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India and Burma, Palestine Branch

   Trade Mark Certificate obtained from the United States Government covering the word “Bahá’í”

   Trade Mark Certificate obtained from the United States Government covering the symbol of the Greatest Name

   Trade Mark Certificate obtained from the Canadian Government covering the name “Bahá’í”

   Trade Mark Certificate obtained from the Canadian Government covering the symbol of the Greatest Name

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

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

   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 Írán

   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

   Text of the Farmán issued by Sulṭán ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz banishing Bahá’u’lláh to ‘Akká, Palestine

   Text of the Resolution presented to President Franklin D. Roosevelt by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada

   Map showing Travels of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh

   Map showing Section of Route followed by Bahá’u’lláh on His Journey from Baghdad to Constantinople

   Map showing Path of Travel of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in the United States of America and Canada, 1912

   Facsimile of Tablet addressed by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to the Chicago “House of Justice”

2. The Institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár

   Foreword

   The Spiritual Significance of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár

   The Bahá’í Temple—Why built near Chicago?

   The Five Billion Carat Gem Bahá’í Temple at Wilmette, Ill.

   Temple Echoes from the World’s Fair

   The Bahá’í Temple—An Appreciation

   A Temple of Universal Religion

   Concrete Fulfills a Promise

3. 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 (Volume II) regarding the Bahá’í Calendar

   Historical Data Gleaned from Nabil’s Narrative (Volume II) regarding Bahá’u’lláh

4. Youth Activities Throughout the Bahá’í World

   Bahá’í Youth—An Estimate and Survey of International Events

   Bahá’í Youth in Írán

5. Plays and Pageants

   Story of the Pageant “The Gate of Dawn”

   The Drama of the Kingdom

   Pageantry as a Factor in Education

II. References to the Bahá’í Faith

1. Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania
2. Prof. E. G. Browne, M.A., M.B., 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. Harry Charles Lukach
7. Sir Valentine Chirol
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. 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, Editor of John O'Groat Journal, Wick, Scotland
24. Charles H. Prisk
25. Prof. Hari Prasad Shastri, D.Litt.
26. Shri Purohit Swami
27. Prof. Herbert A. Miller, Bryn Mawr College
28. Right Hon. Sir Herbert Samuel, G.C.B., M.P.
29. Rev. K. T. Chung
30. Prof. Dimitry Kazarov, University of Sofia
31. Rev. Grifith J. Sparham
32. Ernest Renan
33. The Hon. Lilian Helen Montague, J.P., D.H.L.
34. Prof. Norman Bentwich, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
35. Émile Schreiber, Publicist
36. Dr. Rokuichiro Masujima, Doyen of Jurisprudence of Japan
37. Miss Helen Keller
38. Sir Flinders Petrie, Archaeologist
39. President Masaryk of Czechoslovakia
40. Archduchess Anton of Austria
41. Dr. Herbert Adams Gibbons
42. H.R.H. Princess Olga of Jugoslavia
43. Eugen Relgis
44. Arthur Henderson
45. Prof. Dr. V. Lesny
46. Princess Marie Antoinette dc Broglie Aussenac
47. President David Starr Jordan, Leland Stanford University
48. Prof. Bogdan Popovitch, University of Belgrade, Jugoslavia
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

III. In Memoriam

1. Susan I. Moody
2. Hooper Harris
3. Harry H. Romer
4. Howard Luxmoore Carpenter
5. Edward C. Getsinger
6. Sarah Blundell
7. Khalíl Qamar
8. Hájí Muhammad Yazdí
9. Extracts from “Bahá’í News”

PART THREE

I. Bahá’í Directory, 1935-1936

1. Bahá’í National Spiritual Assemblies
2. Bahá’í Local Spiritual Assemblies and Groups
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 Isolated Believers in the United States and Canada
5. Bahá’í Administrative Divisions in Írán
6. Addresses of Centers of Bahá’í Administrative Divisions in Írán
7. Alphabetical List of Bahá’u’lláh’s Best-Known Writings
8. List of the Báb’s Best-Known Works

II. Bibliography

1. Bahá’í Publications of America

   Books About the Bahá’í Faith

   Writings of the Báb

   Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

   Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   Writings of Shoghi Effendi

   Prayers

   Bahá’í Literature in Pamphlet Form

   Compilations

   Outlines and Guides for Bahá’í Study Classes

2. Bahá’í Publications of England
3. Bahá’í Literature in French
4. Bahá’í Literature in Italian
5. Bahá’í Literature in Dutch
6. Bahá’í Literature in Danish
7. Bahá’í Literature in Swedish
8. Bahá’í Literature in Portuguese
9. Bahá’í Literature Albanian
10. Bahá’í Literature Esperanto
11. Bahá’í Literature Russian
12. Bahá’í Literature German
13. Bahá’í Literature Bulgarian
14. Bahá’í Literature Rumanian
15. Bahá’í Literature Czech
16. Bahá’í Literature in Serbian
17. Bahá’í Literature in Hunarian
18. Bahá’í Literature in Greek
19. Bahá’í Literature in Maori
20. Bahá’í Literature in Spanish
21. Bahá’í Literature in Norwegian
22. Bahá’í Literature in Croatian
23. Bahá’í Literature in Oriental Languages

    Íránian

    Urdu

    Arabic

    Turkish

    Burmese

    Chinese

    Hebrew

    Tartar

    Gujrati

    Japanese

    Armenian

    Tamil

    Kurdish

    Sindhi

    Bengali

    Hindi

    Abyssinian

24. Bahá’í Literature in Braille (for the Blind)
25. Bahá’í Periodicals
26. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Books and Pamphlets by non-Bahá’í Authors
27. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Magazines by non-Bahá’í Writers
28. References to the Bahá’í Faith by Bahá’ís in non-Bahá’í Publications

III. Transliteration of Oriental Words frequently used in Bahá’í Literature with Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation of the Íránian Alphabet, and Notes on the Pronunciation of Íránian Words

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

PART FOUR

I. Articles and Reviews

1. Religion and World Order, by Horace Holley
2. Queen Marie of Rumania, by Martha L. Root
3. The Epic of Humanity, by Christophil
4. President Eduard Benes, by Martha L. Root
5. Spiritual Perspectives, by Prof. Raymond Frank Piper
6. Splendor at the Core, by Angela Morgan
7. Bahá’í-Glaube und Christentum, by Dr. Engen Schmidt
8. Bahá’ísmo kaj la Socia Problemo, by Prof. Paul Christaller
9. Bahá’u’lláh’s Ground Plan of World Fellowship, by Archdeacon George Townshend
10. Die Bahá’ís und meine Erfahrungen, by Prof. Dr. J. Rypka
11. Impressions of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, by Louise R. Waite
12. Zwei Heilige Grabstätten, by Dr. Adelbert Mühlschlegel
13. In Praise of Words, by Helen Bishop
14. The Continuity of Religion, by Stanwood Cobb
15. The Most Great Peace, by Marion Holley
16. King Haakon of Norway, by Martha L. Root
17. Some Memories of the Sojourn of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Paris, by Lady Blomfield
18. Racial Likenesses and Differences: the Scientific Evidence and the Bahá’í Teachings, by Louis G. Gregory
19. Denmark’s Oriental Scholar, by Martha L. Root
20. La Baháa Filozofio, by Lidja Zamenhof
21. The Bahá’í Movement, by Renwick J. G. Millar
22. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Historic Meeting with Jane Addams, by Ruth J. Moffett
23. The Soul of Iceland, by Martha L. Root
24. Ein Junger Glaube wird Bekannt, by Dr. Hermann Grossmann
25. South America: Journey Taken in the Interest of the Bahá’í Cause, by Loulie A. Mathews
26. Glimpses of Sweden, by Olivia Kelsey
27. Russia’s Cultural Contribution to the Bahá’í Faith, by Martha L. Root
28. A Bahá’í Incident from the Netherlands, by Louise Drake Wright
29. Mr. Harald Thilander and his Publications for the Blind in Sweden, by Nellie S. French
30. The Modern Miracles of Palestine, by Beatrice Irwin
31. A New Future for Radio, by Shirley Warde

II. Song Offerings

III. Echoes from the Spheres

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