| ←Fear | Lights of Guidance , compiled by Helen Hornby XIX. THE NINETEEN DAY FEAST |
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A. Nature and Function of the Nineteen Day Feast
- 795. Purpose of the Nineteen Day Feast
- 796. The Lord's Supper—The Nineteen Day Feast
- 797. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá is Present in Heart and Soul
- 798. Attendance at Nineteen Day Feasts not Obligatory
- 799. If Feasts be Held in Proper Fashion…
- 800. Prophecies About Feasts
- 801. Visitors can Take Part in Consultation, They Cannot Vote
- 802. Omit Consultative Part of Feast if Non-Bahá’í Appears
- 803. Voting Rights Cannot be Removed for Failure to Attend Feast
- 804. Non-Bahá’í Attendance at Nineteen Day Feast
- 805. The Nineteen Day Feast for Bahá’ís Exclusively—No Variation from this Principle Permitted
- 806. Bahá’í Groups, Isolated Believers and Friends Should Observe the Nineteen Day Feast
- 807. Where Nineteen Day Feast Should be Held
- 808. The Owner of the House Must Personally Serve
- 809. Children up to Age Fifteen Permitted to Attend Feasts
- 810. District Nineteen Day Feasts
B. Time for Holding Nineteen Day Feast
- 811. Time for Holding the Nineteen Day Feast
- 812. If Feast Clashes with Regular Day for Public Meeting
- 813. Feast Should be Held on Prescribed Day Before Sunset
- 814. Feast Can be Celebrated During Intercalary Days, Also Month of Fasting
- 815. In High Latitudes Permissible to Go by the Clock
- 816. "Most Suitable" Day for Celebrations of the Nineteen Day Feast
C. Programme for the Nineteen Day Feast
- 817. Devotional Part of Feast
- 818. Programme for Devotions Outlined
- 819. Writings Which Can be Read in Spiritual Part of Feast
- 820. Reading from Writings of the Guardian at Feast in Persia
- 821. Advisable to Read from Our Own Holy Writings
- 822. Music at Bahá’í Feasts
- 823. Advisable Believers Make Use of Hymns, Poems and Chants
- 824. Instrumental Music May be Used at Feasts
- 825. Shoghi Effendi Provided for the Period of Consultation
- 826. Consultation in the Nineteen Day Feast
- 827. Selling of Items at the Nineteen Day Feast
