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PUBLISHED NINETEEN TIMES A YEAR
In the Interest of the BAHAI MOVEMENT
By the BAHAI NEWS SERVICE, 515 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill., U. S. A.
Publishers: ALBERT R. WINDUST—GERTRUDE BUIKEMA—DR. ZIA M. BAGDADI
Entered as second-class matter April 9, 1911, at the post office at Chicago, Ill., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Terms: $2.50 per year; 15 cents per copy.
Make Money Orders Payable to BAHAI NEWS SERVICE, P. O. Box 283, Chicago, Ill., U. S. A.
To personal checks please add sufficient to cover the bank exchange.
Address all communications to BAHAI NEWS SERVICE, P. O. Box 283, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A.
WORDS OF ABDUL-BAHA.
"Great importance must be given to the development of the STAR OF THE WEST. The circle of its discussion must be widened; in its columns must be published the essential problems pertaining to the Bahai life in all its phases. Its contents must be so universal that even the strangers may subscribe to it. Articles must be published, dealing with the universal principles of the Cause, the writers proving that this Cause takes a vital interest in all the social and religious movements of the age and is conducive to the progress of the world and its inhabitants. In short, the STAR OF THE WEST must promote the aspirations and the ideals that will gather little by little around these general Tablets, bringing into the light of day all the historical, religious and racial knowledge which will be of the utmost value to the Bahai teachers all over the world."
From Unveiling of the Divine Plan.
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Portrait of Thornton Chase | 338 | ||||||||||||||||||
Photograph of grave of Thornton Chase | 339 | ||||||||||||||||||
Recent Tablets from Abdul-Baha to American Bahais | 339 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Obituary | 342 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Editorial—Psychic Forces | 344 | ||||||||||||||||||
Index for Volume 10 | 351 | ||||||||||||||||||
IMPORTANT — See Announcement on Last Page
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Thornton Chase
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(See Tablet on following page.)
"We desire but the good of the world and the happiness of the nations; that all nations shall become one in faith and all men as brothers; that the bonds of affection and unity between the sons of men shall be strengthened, that diversity of religion shall cease and differences of race be annulled. So it shall be; these fruitless strifes; these ruinous wars shall pass away, and the 'Most Great Peace' shall come."—BAHA'O'LLAH.
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The grave of Thornton Chase, Inglewood Cemetery, Los Angeles, California
MR. AND MRS. BECKETT
To their honors, Mr. and Mrs. Beckett, Glendale, California—Upon them be BAHA'O'LLAH El-Abha!
He Is God!
O ye two faithful and assured souls!
The letter was received. Praise be to God, it imparted good tidings. California is ready for the promulgation of the teachings of God. My hope is that ye may strive with heart and soul that the sweet scent may perfume the nostrils.
Miss Anna Greig, Mrs. Alice Blackman, Mrs. Katherine Tizzard and Dr. Ruth Newland were blessed souls and, praise be to God, they passed away firm and steadfast. They flew away from a narrow and gloomy world to a spacious and illumined realm. They have been freed from every pain and affliction and have attained unto everlasting joy and gladness.
Convey on my behalf to Mrs. Chase respectful greeting and say: "Mr. Chase is in the horizon of Truth a twinkling star, but at present it is still behind the clouds; soon shall these be dissipated and the radiance of that star shall illumine the state of California. Appreciate thou this bounty that thou hast been his wife and companion in life." In short, every year on the anniversary of the ascension* of that blessed soul the friends must visit his tomb on behalf of Abdul-Baha and in the utmost lowliness and humility should with all respect lay on his grave wreaths of flowers and spend all the day in quiet prayer, while turning the face toward the Kingdom of Signs and mentioning and praising the attributes of that illustrious person.
Those souls who during the war have served the poor and have been in the
*September 30, 1912.
Red Cross Mission Work, their services are accepted at the Kingdom of God and are the cause of their everlasting life. Convey to them this glad-tidings.
Upon ye be greeting and praise!
(Signed) ABDUL-BAHA ABBAS.
(Translated by Shoghi Rabbani, Bahjeh, Acca, Palestine, July 23rd, 1919.)
MRS. RASMUSSEN
Through the maid-servant of God, Mrs. Ella G. Cooper—Upon thee be BAHA'O'LLAH-El-Abha!—To the maid-servant of God, Mrs. Rasmussen—Upon her be BAHA'O'LLAH-El-Abha!
He Is God!
O thou beloved maid-servant of God!
Although the loss of a son is indeed heart-breaking and beyond the limits of human endurance, yet the heedful and observing person is assured that the son has not been lost but, instead, has stepped from this world into another, and he will find him in the Divine Realm. That meeting shall be eternal, whereas in this world separation is inevitable, and this in its turn entails its consuming fire.
Praise be unto God, thou hast faith, are turning thy face toward the everlasting Kingdom and believing in the existence of a heavenly world. Therefore, be thou not disconsolate, do not languish, do not sigh, and refrain from wailing and bemoaning; for agitation and moaning deeply his soul in the divine realm. That beloved child addresses thee from the hidden world, thus: "O thou kind mother! Thank divine Providence that I have been freed from the narrow and gloomy cage and, like unto the birds of the meadows, have soared to the divine world:—a world spacious, illumined, and ever gay and jubilant. Therefore, lament not, O mother, and be not grieved; I am not of the lost ones and have not been exterminated and destroyed. I have shaken off the mortal form and have raised the banner in this spiritual world. Following this separation is everlasting association. Thou shalt find me in the heaven of the Lord, immersed in an ocean of light."
Upon thee be BAHA'O'LLAH El-Abha!
(Signed) ABDUL-BAHA ABBAS.
(Translated by Shoghi Rabbani, Haifa, Palestine, January 8, 1919.)
MR. AND MRS. RICHTER
To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richter, Grand Haven, Michigan—Upon them be BAHA'O'LLAH El-Abha!
He Is God!
O ye two patient souls!
Your letter was received. From the death of that beloved youth and due to his separation from you, the utmost sorrow and grief have been occasioned; for he flew away in the flower of his age and the bloom of his youth to the heavenly nest. But as he has been freed from this sorrow-stricken shelter and has turned his face toward the everlasting nest of the Kingdom and has been delivered from a dark and narrow world and has hastened to the sanctified realm of light therein lies the consolation of our hearts.
The inscrutable divine wisdom underlies such heart-rending occurrences. It is as if a kind gardener transfers a fresh and tender shrub from a narrow place to a vast region. This transference is not the cause of the withering, the waning or the destruction of that shrub; nay rather, it makes it grow and thrive, acquire freshness and delicacy and attain verdure and fruition. This hidden secret is well-known to the gardener while those souls who are unaware of this bounty suppose that the gardener in his anger and wrath has uprooted the shrub. But to those who are aware, this concealed fact is manifest and this predestined decree is considered a favor.
Do not feel grieved and disconsolate, therefore, because of the ascension of that bird of faithfulness; nay, under all circumstances, pray and beg for that youth forgiveness and elevation of station.
I hope that you will attain to the utmost patience, composure and resignation, and I supplicate and entreat at the Threshold of Oneness and beg pardon and forgiveness. My hope from the infinite bounties of God is that He may shelter and cause this dove of the garden of faith to abide on the branch of the Supreme Concourse, that it may sing in the best of melodies the praises and the excellencies of the Lord of names and attributes.
(Signed) ABDUL-BAHA ABBAS.
(Translated by Shoghi Rabbani, house of Abdul-Baha, Haifa Palestine, April 11, 1919.)
EDNA BELLORA BELMONT
Through the maid-servant of God, Mrs. Parsons, Washington, D. C.—Upon her be BAHA'O'LLAH El-Abha!—to the maid-servant of God, Edna Bellora (Belmont)—Upon her be BAHA'O'LLAH El-Abha!
He Is God!
O thou who art tested with calamities and ordeals!
Verily, I became exceedingly saddened for thy sadness, because of the affliction with a calamity which thou art unable to bear. This is the condition of the world. Therefore, be thou not distressed, neither be in despair of the mercy of God, because in this suffering there is a great wisdom concealed from thee. Thou shalt learn of this wisdom when thou wilt look at their faces (the departed children) in the everlasting Kingdom. Then rest thou assured that, verily, thou hast not lost them and their death was only the departure from the restrictions of the nether world to the Supreme Heights. Thou shalt see their faces in the sublime heavens, for the Merciful Gardener, if He loves a young tree, takes it out from among the others and carries it from the restrictions of narrowness to a large farm and a beautiful, flourishing garden, in order that the young tree may develop, its branches grow high, its flowers open, its fruits appear and its shadow expand. But the rest of the trees do not know this, because this is a hidden mystery which becomes unfolded to us in the eternal Kingdom.
O thou maid-servant of God! Grieve not and do not lament, consolation will come to thee from God. Have thou serene patience for therein is an abundant recompense. Think not that the girls have waded in the waters of death, nay, rather, they have flown from the mortal world to the realm immortal. Thou shalt behold their faces in the Supreme Aviary.
In regard to thy particular question: Whereas, the revered Mrs. Parsons desires that thou remainest with her as her companion, therefore, this is easier for thee than to be a nurse enduring great hardships. Nevertheless, the good is in that which thou choosest for thyself; should the revered lady come to these regions thou mayest accompany her on the journey, so that thou mayest be honored by visiting the blessed and white spot and we see thee patient in calamity and thankful in difficulties and sufferings. It behooveth one like unto thee to thank thy Lord while thou art submerged in the seas of anguish. This is the quality of every maid-servant who is meek and humble before God, and is desirous of the eternal life in the Kingdom of God.
Upon thee be greeting and praise!
(Signed) ABDUL-BAHA ABBAS.
(Translated by Dr. Zia M. Bagdadi, Chicago, Ill., July 11th, 1919. Revealed May 21st, 1919.)
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MR. AND MRS. GIFT
To their honour, Mr. and Mrs. Gift, Peoria, Illinois—Upon them be BAHA'O'LLAH El-Abha!
He Is God!
O ye two guiding souls!
Your letter was received. It was indicative of your being devoted in the path of the Kingdom and of your detachment and self-effacement. Ye have no wish save the good pleasure of God, and entertain no hope except in divine Providence. Ye strive for the guidance of souls and become the cause of the illumination of hearts. This is a supreme bounty. Arise in gratitude to it for its consequences and advantages are innumerable. From among these is the establishment of one's remembrance and the attainment unto supreme bounty in the Abha Kingdom.
Convey on my behalf to the souls that have been attracted by the divine teachings, Mrs. —, Miss —, Mr. — and Mrs. —, greeting, love and kindness.
Extend my greeting to Mrs. — and say: "Be not grieved, be not disconsolate, be not depressed and do not lament, for this world is a mortal abode and we shall all be transferred from this world to another. Thy dear daughter is accepted at the Threshold of the Almighty, is immersed in the ocean of pardon and forgiveness and is drowned in a sea of light in the world of mysteries."
Upon thee be Baha-El-Abha!
(Signed) ABDUL-BAHA ABBAS.
(Translated by Shoghi Rabbani, Acca, Palestine, July 26th, 1919.)
FLORA CLARK
To the maid-servant of God, Flora Clark, care of the maid-servant of God, Mrs. True—Upon her be BAHA'O'LLAH El-Abha!
He Is God!
O thou dear maid-servant of God!
Thy letter was received. From its contents prayer and supplication to the Kingdom of God were noted. No matter how strenuously man may strive in this world, ultimately no result will be attained. Naked has he stepped into this world and naked shall he get out of it—except if he turns unto God, supplicates to His Kingdom, strives in His path, serves the Almighty and acquires a pure heart, a seeing eye, a responsive ear and a spirit that is gladdened by the glad-tidings of God. This has a result and gives forth good fruit.
Otherwise man shall not gather any advantage from life.
Praise thou God, that thou hast been confirmed by such a bounty and hast attained unto heavenly illumination.
Upon thee be Baha-El-Abha!
(Signed) ABDUL-BAHA ABBAS.
(Translated by Shoghi Effendi, Haifa, Palestine, October 13th, 1919.)
MRS. ANNA EULER
On November 11, 1918, dear devoted Mrs. Anna Euler of Muskegon, Mich., passed away to a higher and happier life after a few days illness of influenza. She was a very faithful and humble servant to the Center of the Covenant, Abdul-Baha, and was always attracting souls to the Kingdom of Abha by her good deeds and by living the life as best as she could. Her loss is keenly felt by the Muskegon friends and by her family.
CAROLINE KRUGER
Caroline Kruger of Trenton, N. J., passed from this dark world to the world of light, December 6, 1918, at
the age of 71. She accepted this blessed Message without a doubt in 1913, and since that time she has nourished her soul by the prayers from the Hidden Words. During the last days of her illness she asked that the prayers be read to her, as she was too weak to read.
She firmly believed that Abdul-Baha was her Lord; his name was the healing of her soul and the Mashrekol-Azkar was the Door of Hope. Three days before she passed on she asked that a contribution be sent to the Temple in her name, as the time was getting very short and she wanted it to get there before she passed out. On the morning of the third day she was very happy, saying, "I guess they have the money now." She relaxed and rested and that night the spirit left her body. The family held the Bahai burial service on Sunday evening, December 8 and the next day she was laid away. Mrs. Kruger was the mother of Mrs. J. N. Ayers, of Trenton, N. J.
MRS. A. M. BRYANT
The passing of the maid-servant of God, Mrs. A. M. Bryant, removed one of the early servants of the Cause in America from faithful service on this mortal plane to the Paradise of El-Abha. On April 18, 1919, at midnight, at her home in Denver, Colorado, she was released from physical distress and weakness of several months duration, and we who had received spiritual instruction from her rejoiced at her precious freedom even while the pang of separation caused the tears to flow.
Mrs. Bryant received the Message in 1900 from that brave herald of the Cause, Thornton Chase, and later received instruction from Mirza Abul Fazl and other Persian teachers sent to this country by Abdul-Baha. From that time, with an attracted heart, she ever served the Covenant. Mrs. Bryant received ten Tablets from Abdul-Baha, one received in 1903 making it incumbent upon her to establish a spiritual assembly in Denver, which she did, and afterward constantly served in this city as long as health permitted.
Her son, Mr. Leo C. Bryant, of Washington, D. C., who had been with his mother for several weeks prior to her passing, requested the friends to conduct a purely Bahai service, and a brief and impressive service was read by the friends.
The Center of the Covenant placed upon her head a glorious crown in the following short Tablet received by her in 1901:
To the maid-servant of God Mrs. A. M. Bryant—Upon her be BAHA'O'LLAH El-Abha!
He Is God!
O thou who art attracted by the fragrance of God!
Beloved art thou, for thou hast lighted the lamp of the love of God in the glass of America, called out in His Name among the people, and guided them to the Kingdom of El-Abha.
O maid-servant of God! Fly away with joy, for God hath strengthened thee in this great gift, which is a glorious crown, the gems of which are scintillating with the light of guidance. Blessed is thy head, for it is decorated with this crown. Verily, this is better for thee than the dominion of the world.
Upon thee be greeting and praise!
(Signed) ABDUL-BAHA ABBAS.
(Translated at Chicago, by Mirza Ali Kuli Kahn, Dec. 24, 1901.)
Denver Bahai Assembly.
THAD BUTLER
During the past year, Thad Butler, aged fifteen, was accidentaly killed at Huntington, Ind. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Butler and the grandson of Col. Fiske, one of the oldest Bahais in America. When Abdul-Baha was in Chicago, Mrs. Butler, with great difficulty, took all of the children to see him.
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O thou STAR OF THE WEST!
Be thou happy! Be thou happy! Shouldst thou continue to remain firm and eternal, ere long, thou shalt become the Star of the East and shalt spread in every country and clime. Thou art the first paper of the Bahais which is organized in the country of America. Although for the present thy subscribers are limited, thy form is small and thy voice weak, yet shouldst thou stand unshakable, become the object of the attention of the friends and the center of the generosity of the leaders of the faith who are firm in the Covenant, in the future thy subscribers will become hosts after hosts like unto the waves of the sea; thy volume will increase, thy arena will become vast and spacious and thy voice and fame will be raised and become world-wide—and at last thou shalt become the first paper of the world of humanity. Yet all these depend upon firmness firmness, firmness!
O ye apostles of BAHA'O'LLAH—May my life be a ransom to you!
. . . . Similarly, the Magazine, the STAR OF THE WEST, must be edited in the utmost regularity, but its contents must be the promulgator of the Cause of God—so that both in the East and the West, they may become informed of the most important events.
Editorial Staff: ALBERT R. WINDUST—GERTRUDE BUIKEMA—DR. ZIA M. BAGDADI
Honorary Member: MIRZA AHMAD SOHRAB
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| WILHELMITE, NEW YORK | HAIFA. | |
| HOW ARE FRIENDS? CONVEY MY GREETINGS | ||
| (Received February 27, 1920) | ABBAS. | |
I have met so many people who are interested in the psychic and have been taught, along with the Revelation, that Abdul-Baha sanctioned it, that I have kept a copy of his words which are in direct opposition to the whole thing. I really felt inspired to write you and ask for this privilege. The STAR OF THE WEST has such a wide circulation that I am sure it would be of inestimable value. I am a believer in spirituality and believe that many things will be shown us as we grow along those lines, but I am not a sympathizer with those who are trying to look beyond. If God had intended that, we should not be shut away from it, as no one is able to tell one thing that has any significance or value relative to the other side of the veil.
The following is a copy of a Tablet written by Abdul-Baha on "Psychic Forces":
"To tamper with the psychic forces while in this world interferes with the condition of the soul in the world to come. These forces are real, but are not be active upon this plane."
"The child in the womb has its eyes, ears, hands, feet, etc., but these powers are not in activity. The whole purpose of the womb life is the coming forth into this world. So the whole purpose of this matrix world life is the coming forth into the world of Reality, where all these forces will be active. They belong to that world."
I don't think anything could be clearer than that. I trust this will meet with your approval. I should love to know that those words were being driven home into the hearts of the people who are in doubt as to their attitude toward this Movement.
Anna Mason Hoar.
Obituary
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JOSEPH H. HANNEN
A great calamity has befallen the Washington (D. C.) friends, or to better express it has befallen the Cause in general, through the sudden departure from this world of our good spiritual brother, Joseph Hannen, on January 27th, 1920. We are quite heart-broken over our loss, and we are so shocked and
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stunned over the abruptness of it all that we scarcely realize that he is no longer with us in this material realm.
In crossing a street he was struck by an auto car which knocked him down and passed over his body. He was hurried in an ambulance to a hospital and later taken to his home. The best possible medical advice was obtained and the friends supplicated and prayed unceasingly upon his behalf. He seemed quite unconcerned over his condition, and those who conversed with him could not discern that he realized he was dying. A few minutes after 9 o'clock in the morning of the fifth day after the accident his spirit took flight from this phenomenal world and ascended to the realm of the eternal reality beyond.
Upon the third day after Brother Joseph's departure the friends gathered at the Hannen home for the reading of the burial service. Both colored and white were there. They brought flowers until not only was the bier hidden from view by these floral offerings, but the chimney piece and various articles of furniture in the room were likewise smothered with blossoms, while the entire house was filled with fragrance thereof. The ceremony was quite simple. It consisted of the reading of a commune followed by the Bahai burial service with its choral responsive prayers and was concluded by the reading of several selections from the Words of BAHA'O'LLAH and Abdul-Baha upon this subject of the immortality of the soul and of its continuance and perpetuity in the worlds beyond.
At the conclusion of the reading seven of the men Bahais bore the body from the house. The interment was in the family burial plot in Prospect Hill Cemetery within the city, not very far distant from the Hannen home. Mrs. Knobloch's mortal remains also rest in this plot. At the grave nine utterances from the Hidden Words from the Arabic were read, the friends then chanted in the Persian language in chorus three times the prayer, "The Remover of Difficulties" and a short commune was read, after which the family cast sprays of roses into the open grave and we all returned to our respective homes saddened by this distressing tragedy.
It was during the time of Mirza Abul Fazl's Bahai ministrations in Washington that Mr. and Mrs. Hannen and the Knobloch family (Mrs. Hannen's mother and sisters) came into the knowledge of the Covenant. Since then up until the very moment when Brother
Joseph was stricken he was ever active and serving in the Cause. The last material service which he did for the friends was to go to the postoffice to get the mail to be forwarded to our traveling Bahai teachers, Messrs. Gregory, Roy Williams and Mirza Ahmad Sohrab. After the fatal accident the family gave me the letters which he had had upon his person to be forwarded to these friends. Upon examining the envelopes I found them to be stained and bespattered with Brother Joseph's blood, which was a symbolic testimony of his last service to the friends.
During these years of Mr. Hannen's labors he carried many burdens of service to the Cause. He was the standby in the Washington assembly—the one upon whom every one depended. He was always in the meetings and gatherings of the friends, and when anyone wanted anything done quickly and without delay he was the one to whom they turned, knowing that on him they could depend with certainty. Moreover, Brother Joseph was always cheerful and happy in his service, and his firmness in the Covenant was a fortress and protection to all who knew him. He made great sacrifices in the path of Abdul-Baha, the fruits of which many of the friends have already witnessed, while those who knew him are convinced that in time the far-reaching effects of his Bahai work will become more generally and widely recognized and acknowledged than it is at present.
Joseph Hannen served alike the white and the colored friends. At the request of his family both colored and white united in carrying his remains to the grave. He was ever striving to create unity and good fellowship between the two races.
The friends in all parts of America have telegraphed and written beautiful messages of sympathy and love to the Hannen family. While Mr. Hannen's mother, wife, sons and other relatives are suffering most intensely because of this separation, they are, however, completely resigned to the Will of God and are happy and tranquil in their souls because of God's bounty bestowed upon them and upon their departed loved one in his accepted services to the Center of the Covenant of God.
Charles Mason Remey.
MRS. ELIZABETH DIGGETT
Mother was born and reared in South Carolina. She received the message in August, 1904, and ever since that time had been a devoted believer and worker
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in the Cause. She taught from Coast to Coast and from the Gulf to the Great Lakes. She was especially gifted in attracting new believers. Mother personally served Abdul-Baha at the table during his sojourn in Chicago. He rewarded her with several roses. She died May 7th, 1919, saying the Greatest Name, age 51 years. She was buried in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago.
I have brought her Bahai books and literature in anticipation of opening a memorial room to her in Atlanta, (Georgia). We are looking for the proper location now.
Madie Minge.
WILLIAM LUDWIG
William Ludwig died at Chicago, in August, 1919. The family requested Bahai services.
FRANCIS C. NEWTON
On May 29th, 1919, at Brooklyn, N. Y., Francis C. Newton passed on at the age of 34 years. He met Abdul-Baha in 1912. His last words were, "Ya-Baha-el-Abha!"
CHARLES F. HANEY
On the morning of July 22nd, 1919, with spiritual armor burnished and bright, there soared from the prison of this earthly world—this world which is "the shadow of a shade"—into the realm of light and spiritual victory, a loyal servant of the holy threshold and of the Center of the Covenant, our dear brother Charles F. Haney.
For many years his bodily existence had been one of unending martyrdom, but this offering in an ever unfolding flame of evanescence was laid in love and service at the feet of his Beloved. Out of this school of wonderful preparation came the crown of triumph begemmed with "death in God." Thus, unencumbered, his conquering spirit has been promoted to a larger arena of service in that bright home and its atmosphere of the fire of the love of God, which now he comprehends to a degree impossible for those yet limited to this finite world to comprehend and remain longer here, however glorifying are our many spiritual experiences in partaking of this table from which we derive our heavenly sustenance for each day.
If I might be permitted to add a brief personal word, I would love to refer to the last three, of many beautiful, contacts throughout the years with our brother when, in 1917, I unexpectedly met him in Los Angeles, Calif., Portland, Ore., and Salt Lake City during a business trip which he was making through the far western states. In the last mentioned city, where his engagements detained him for a week after my arrival, we found ourselves located at the same hotel and in the wonderful occasional spiritual hours which we enjoyed together, reading and communing upon the holy utterances of God, there was unveiled in this dear brother a spirit so rarely matured, so replete with realization of the heights of consecration, of the deeds which alone count, so clear a vision of divine happiness and great peace under constant physical pain, that the actual remembrance of those hours is like that of a full-blown rose of the Abha Kingdom!
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The key to all of this summit of attainment was steadfastness in the Covenant and Testament of God, which the beloved of our hearts has defined as "love and obedience to the commands of Abdul-Baha."
The extent of his devoted services to the Cause, and especially to that divine edifice, the Mashrekol-Azkar, are only known to God. But his place is empty!
A close spiritual tie, covering a number of years, between this spiritual brother, his blessed wife and myself, has vouchsafed to me the privilege of expressing this imperfect tribute. Well may we smile with that dear wife and
child, knowing how well he had recognized "the caress of favor in the dart of tests." Concerning him, among other precious words, Abdul-Baha said, that "he was one of those nearest to God, not one of those far from Him."
In the holy name of BAHA'O'LLAH and His glorious Center,
Isabella D. Brittingham.
Tablet from Abdul-Baha to Charles F. Haney, May, 1911:
Thou art not and shalt never be forgotten. Be thou strong and firm. Be thou resolute and steadfast. When the tree is firmly rooted, it will bear fruit. Therefore, it is not permitted to be agitated by any test. Be thou not disheartened. Be thou not discouraged. The trials of God are many, but if man remains firm and steadfast, test itself is a stepping stone for the progress of humanity.
I hope that thou mayest show such firmness in the Cause of the Kingdom that all may remain astonished.
ABDUL-BAHA ABBAS.
(Translated by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab.)
MRS. SOPHIE SCHEFFLER
On July 29, 1919, one of the pioneers of the Bahai Cause in America, who was much loved by believers in all parts of the country, was called to the Kingdom. The passing of Mrs. Sophie Scheffler of Chicago, the mother of Mrs. Loeding and Carl Scheffler has filled all hearts with grief. The vacancy she leaves in the assembly will be felt by those who are ill and in need, as she found opportunity for service even in her advanced years through visiting the sick and needy. She was born in Germany in 1843 and came to this country at the age of 13. She became a believer more than twenty-one years ago and has been constant in her devotion to Abdul-Baha. Her spare moments were spent in reading and studying the Holy Utterances and translating them into the German language. To give the Message was her greatest joy, and the end of a life that saw many hardships, struggles and deprivations was blessed at its close with the greatest bounty, the knowledge of the Blessed Perfection and devotion to the Glorious Cause.
MRS. SHERMAN
Mrs. Sarah A. Sherman of Menasha, Wis., passed away August 20, 1919.
THOMAS MACMECHAN
Thomas MacMechan, a devoted Bahai and beloved follower of the Center of
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the Covenant, was summoned to the Kingdom of eternal service November 7th, 1919. He was born April 6th, 1862, in Dumfrieshire, Scotland, and had lived thirty-six years in the United States. For twenty years previous to his acceptance of the Bahai message of glad tidings, he was a Christadelphian. The pure heart of this beloved brother reflected the Abha glory and his face shone with winsome and unmistakable light of the holy spirit of sanctity. Throughout his Bahai life he manifested invincible steadfastness in the Cause of God, spoke the heavenly message to many souls, and ascended to the Supreme Concourse in the ineffable beauty of the glory of God. The theme of his
words and teachings often set forth the divine responsibility and priceless privilege of living in this day of days and ultimate cycle to which prophets, seers and saints have looked forward in prayer and vision. He spoke continually and with confident certainty of the life beyond, manifested the reality of love for all mankind, and after a long illness joyfully ascended to the station prepared for those who serve the Cause of the most high God in words and works.
Often he told of Abdul-Baha's love for him—how in June, 1912, during the stay of the Center of the Covenant in New York, that wonderful being took him in his arms, saying: "You are my friend! You are my friend! You are my friend and will ever be my friend!"
Over his devoted head we read the verses of joy and exaltation, "Blessed are they who die in the Lord!" "Blessed are those who understand!" "Peace be upon those who follow guidance."
Howard MacNutt.
MRS. IDA BRUSH AND MRS. FRANCES ROE
Word of the passing away of two maid-servants well-known to the early Bahais of Chicago has been received. Mrs. Ida Brush died November 22, 1919, at Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and Mrs. Francis M. Roe died November 23rd, at Chicago.
MRS. BOETTLE
A very dear Bahai sister, Mrs. Fanny Boettle of Philadelphia, ascended to her heavenly home in February of this year. Mother was her last visitor and her last words to mother were "Allaho'Abha."
Jessie Revell.
SANFORD KINNEY
While I was in Boston a great sorrow befell the friends of that entire assembly in the departure from this mortal world of Sanford Kinney. The Kinneys are most dearly beloved by all of the Bahais. Their firmness in the Covenant and their assurance in the Kingdom is so strong and fragrant as to bring joy and happiness to many souls. In whatsoever condition they may be or wherever they dwell their home is always a center where the breezes of the Covenant of God blow and where the Message of the Kingdom is voiced.
When I first knew this family they were living in affluence in New York City. Their door was always open and every one was received and large meetings were held for the glory of El-Baha. Then trials and tribulations visited them and they moved to New England and while there various other tests and trials came to them. At one time they were very poor and lived in a very small cabin at Green Acre. Nevertheless, under these conditions the same spiritual fragrance surrounded them. Their hospitality was the same and their home was a center of spiritual activities—thus the people all love them very much.
On my arrival in Boston I learned that "Sandy" was very ill, so I went to their home in the suburbs of the city. There I found a number of the friends gathered in service and in prayer. So strong was the union between these friends that everyone felt as if it were his own blood brother who was ill. Doctors and nurses were in attendance and every physical help was at hand, while the friends offered their prayers in behalf of the sick one. The family was in the greatest state of resignation and not once did the sick boy desire for anything save that the will of God should be accomplished. Thus several days and nights passed.
The night that Sandy passed out of this realm several of us, including Mr. and Mrs. Ober and two nurses, remained almost the entire night at his bedside in prayer. It was a spiritual experience that moved me very deeply, for above and beyond all the physical distress
and pain of the illness, there was a spirit of acquiescence and sacrifice of personal desire which made a deep impression upon one's soul.
Upon the third day after the departure, almost the entire assembly from Boston, with representatives from New York, gathered at the Kinney home at Massachusetts. Prayers and Tablets were read and the holy Words chanted. During the ceremony a short bit of candle burned in the room. This had been brought many years before from the Holy Tomb of BAHA'O'LLAH. It had illuminated the room nineteen years before at the time of Sandy's birth. There was just enough wax left to burn during the ceremony. At the close of the prayers, when the burial ring had been placed upon the boy's finger, the candle burned up high, then flickered and went out.
The interment was in the village cemetery at Quincy, a short distance from the Kinney home. There, more Tablets and Holy Words Were read and, as the body was lowered into the ground, the friends chanted in the Persian tongue the prayer for the "removal of difficulties." Many flowers were cast into the grave by loving hands and, when the earth had been filled in, there was yet a quantity of flowers sufficient to entirely cover the mound. It was a perfect morning—not a cloud in the sky. All of the hearts were pained and distressed from the human standpoint, yet all realized that a spirtual benediction was present as each wended his way to his respective home.
Charles Mason Remey.
Extract from recent Tablet from Abdul-Baha to Charles Mason Remey:
"I have been greatly affected by the death of Mr. Sandy Kinney. What a lovely child he was. On my behalf tell Mr. and Mrs. Kinney: 'Do not grieve and do not lament. That tender and lovely shrub has been transferred from this world to the rose garden of the Kingdom, and that longing dove has flown to the divine nest. That candle has been extinguished in this nether world that it may be rekindled in the Supreme Concourse. Ye shall assuredly meet him face to face in the world of mysteries at the Assemblage of Light.'"
Recent Tablet revealed by Abdul-Baha for Abdul-Ali Sanford Kinney after his departure.
For Abdul-Ali Sanford Kinney—Upon him be Baha-el-Abba!
He Is God!
O Thou divine Providence!
Sanford was a child of the Kingdom and, like unto a tender shrub, was in the utmost freshness and grace in the Abha Paradise. He has ascended to the world of the Kingdom, that in the everlasting rose-garden he may grow and thrive on the banks of the river of Everlasting Life and may blossom and attain fruition.
O Thou divine Providence! Rear him by the outpouring of the cloud of mercy and nourish him through the heat of the sun of pardon and of forgiveness. Stir him by the breeze of bounty and bestow patience and forbearance upon his kind father and mother, that they may not deplore his separation, and may rest assured in meeting their son in the everlasting kingdom. Thou art the Forgiver and the Compassionate!
(Signed) ABDUL-BAHA ABBAS.
(Haifa, Palestine, November 23, 1919. Brought by Mrs. Wm. H. Randall to Saffa and Vaffa Kinney.)
PHILIP BURNETT
At the request of his wife, we are sending you news of the passing away of Philip Burnett, December 26th, 1919, at Philadelphia.
MIRZA HAJI NIAZ
This servant of God and of Abdul-Baha passed peacefully into the Kingdom of the Supreme One, Dec. 5, 1919, at Cairo, Egypt, after a brief illness. Born in Persia, an early follower of BAHA'O'LLAH, to whom his whole life was devoted in loyal service. In his younger days he traveled quite extensively. His great love and devotion to the Center of the Covenant made him a joyful servant in this Glorious Cause. Though he lived to be a very old man, so old that no one knew his exact age, yet he kept strong and vigorous in body. This state of health, with his wonderful faith and love for the Bahai Movement and its followers, kept him young in spirit, always cheerful and smiling, that it was ever a great pleasure for the friends to meet him, and the younger Bahais were much attracted to him. He had lived in Cairo many years, and always he was in his accustomed place at the weekly Bahai Assembly. It was ever such a joy for me to meet him there, with his kindly grasp of the hand, and cheery words of welcome. He had seen all of the American believers who had ever been to Cairo, and he always remembered them all most affectionately, frequently inquiring of me of the different ones by name whom he had seen, and wishing me to send them his loving greetings whenever I wrote. You will all remember him who have seen him, as he was the oldest Bahai here, with a long white beard, and wearing a white turban, so that he approached in appearance the nearest of anyone to Abdul-Baha. We all shall greatly miss him. But we have loving memories of him, still feel his spiritual presence here with us, and rejoice with him upon his joyful entrance into the glorious Kingdom of God. Elinor Hiscox.
ABDUL-HOSSEIN DJAFFAROFF
We have lost one of our friends in Vladivostock, Russia. Abdul-Hossein Djaffaroff, the eldest son of Mirza Mehdy Reshty of Ishkabad, died January 23, 1920.
Mirza Hossein Touty.
INDEX TO VOLUME 10
| ARTICLES— | PAGE |
| A day in Kenosha—By Molly D. Butts | 251 |
| Bahai Pilgrims (The story of little Rahbar)—By Mrs. J. Stannard | 291 |
| Celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Bab—By Jean Masson | 236 |
| Declares Zionists must work with other races (Interview with Abdul-Baha)—By Marion Weinstein | 195 |
| Eighth annual Feast of Commemoration—By Martha L. Root | 134 |
| Idea of the League of Nations given by Abdul-Baha in 1875—By Fred Mortensen | 6 |
| In praise of the "Greatest Branch" (From The Bahai Proofs)—By Mirza Abul Fazl | 260 |
| Spiritual communication (A talk with Abdul-Baha)—By Mrs. J. Stannard | 336 |
| The Bahai Movement: Is it the coming Universal Religion?—By Jean Mason | 33 |
| The Center of the Covenant—By Mirza Abul Fazl | 259 |
| The Central States second Bahai Teaching Convention—By Albert Vail | 132 |
| The heart—By Mirza Abul Fazl | 115 |
| The resurrection of Christ after "three days"—By Mirza Abul Fazl | 323 |
[Page 352] INDEX TO VOLUME 10—Continued
| ARTICLES—Continued | PAGE |
| The teaching campaign—By Albert Vail | 5 |
| Three kinds of martyrdom—By Monever Khanum | 16 |
| What is Truth?—By Stanwood Cobb | 147 |
| EDITORIALS— | |
| By The Editors | 4, 52, 128, 151, 202 |
| An edict from Abdul-Baha—By "Mother" Beecher | 129 |
| "But as the days of Noe were"—By The Editors | 152 |
| Psychic forces—By Anna Mason Hoar | 344 |
| The Southern States contributes a general outline—By Joseph H. Hannen | 88 |
| ELEVENTH ANNUAL MASHREKOL-AZKAR CONVENTION AND BAHAI CONGRESS, HELD AT HOTEL MCALPIN, NEW YORK CITY, APRIL 26TH TO 30TH, 1919— | |
| Addresses— Talk by Alfred Martin at the Feast of El-Rizwan |
62 |
| Purposes and hopes of the Congress—By Harlan F. Ober | 65 |
| The sacred fire—By Howard MacNutt | 83 |
| The power of the Holy Spirit—By Louis G. Gregory | 84 |
| Religion must be the cause of amity and friendship—By Joseph H. Hannen | 92 |
| The mysterious force of civilization—By Albert R. Windust | 116 |
| The universal house of worship—By Corinne True | 119 |
| The power of the influence of BAHA'O'LLAH—By Dr. Frederick W. D'Evelyn | 179 |
| To live the life—By Mary Hanford Ford | 182 |
| The oneness of the world of humanity—By Urban Ledoux | 211 |
| The seed sowing of the ages—By Mrs. May Maxwell | 213 |
| The collective Center—By Hooper Harris | 275 |
| The manifestation of divinity through inspiration—By Saffa Kinney | 279 |
| The meeting of the East and West—By Charles Mason Remey | 293 |
| The solution of the economic and industrial problem—By Alfred E. Lunt | 295 |
| [Note—Three addresses delivered at this Congress appear in [[Star of the West/Volume 10/../Volume 11|Volume 11]].] | |
| Announcement of the Convention and Congress—Letter from Secretary of Executive Board and two letters from Mirza Ahmad Sohrab | 20 |
| The Call (poem)—By Joseph H. Hannen | 50 |
| The Convention of Abdul-Baha—By Joseph H. Hannen | 54 |
| Opening of the Convention and Congress. The feast of El-Rizwan—By Louis G. Gregory | 56 |
| Program—Fac-simile (in miniature) of pages | 54-63 |
| Group photograph of delegates and friends attending Convention | 64-65 |
| Words of BAHA'O'LLAH—Recited by Mrs. Agnes S. Parsons | 91 |
| Minutes of the Eleventh Annual Mashrekol-Azkar Convention | 325 |
INDEX TO VOLUME 10—Continued
| FRONTISPIECES— | PAGE |
| "Every century has its own ideal"—Words of Abdul-Baha | 178 |
| "Glad Tidings"—Words of Abdul-Baha | 98 |
| Message of Abdul-Baha to the American Bahais | 306 |
| Tablet revealed by BAHA'O'LLAH | 1 |
| "Today, all the people of the world"—Words of Abdul-Baha | 146 |
| GENERAL TABLET TO THE AMERICAN FRIENDS— | |
| English translation of Tablet | 154 |
| Fac-simile of Tablet in Persian | 167-166 |
| Outline of how supplication was drafted—By Carl Scheffler | 168 |
| Post card from Shoghi Rabbani | 165 |
| Supplication to Abdul-Baha signed by hundreds of American friends | 156 |
| ILLUSTRATIONS— | |
| Abdul-Baha walking near the holy tomb | 194 |
| Grave of Thornton Chase, California | 339 |
| Groups— Abdul-Baha and eighteen friends in Holy Land, including Mons. and Mme. Dreyfus-Barney |
82 |
| Abdul-Baha and friends on Mt. Carmel | 290 |
| Abdul-Baha with Oriental and Occidental Bahais | 322 |
| Bahais assembled on Mt. Carmel | 242 |
| Delegates and friends attending Eleventh Annual Mashrekol-Azkar Convention and Bahai Congress | 64-65 |
| Friends in Kenosha, Wisconsin | 255 |
| Portraits— Abdul-Baha |
51, 175, 258, 274 |
| Thornton Chase | 338 |
| Mrs. Elizabeth Diggett | 346 |
| Charles F. Haney | 347 |
| Joseph H. Hannen | 345 |
| Shoghi Rabbani | 210 |
| Two views of the Mashrekol-Azkar grounds, May 23d, 1919 | 114 |
| Ruins of the fortress of Nur, Persia | 242 |
| Fac-simile of note to the STAR OF THE WEST from Shoghi Rabbani | 23 |
| MISCELLANEOUS— | |
| Supplication revealed by Abdul-Baha | 272 |
| Cablegram from Abdul-Baha | 344 |
| NEWS LETTERS— | |
| From Egypt—Letter from Mohamed Said Adham | 329 |
| From Haifa, Palestine—Letters from Mrs. Corinne True, Dr. Zia M. Bagdadi and George Latimer |
INDEX TO VOLUME 10—Continued
| NEWS LETTERS—Continued | PAGE |
| From Holy Land—Letter from Shoghi Rabbani and Major W. Tudor-Pole | 36 |
| From Holy Land and Persia—Letter from Shoghi Rabbani | 104 |
| From India—Letters from Abbasali, Mirza Mahmood and Seyed Mustafa | 139 |
| From Japan—Letter from Agnes Alexander | 311 |
| From Persia—Letter from Elizabeth H. Stewart | 37 |
| From the Southern field—Letter from Joseph H. Hannen | 89 |
| Diary Letters of Shoghi Rabbani, grandson of Abdul-Baha—February 8th to 11th, 1919 | 216 |
| How the door of communication was opened—Letter from Mirza Azizollah Shirazi | 141 |
| Proposed world tour of Abdul-Baha—Letter from Shoghi Rabbani | 135 |
| OBITUARY— | PAGE | PAGE | |
| Boettle, Mrs. | 349 | Kinney, Sanford | 349 |
| Brush, Mrs. Ida | 349 | Kruger, Caroline | 342 |
| Bryant, Mrs A. M. | 343 | Ludwig, William | 346 |
| Burnett, Philip | 350 | Mac Mechan, Thomas | 348 |
| Butler, Thad | 343 | Newton,Francis C. | 347 |
| Djaffaroff, Abdul-Hossein | 351 | Niaz, Mirza Haji | 351 |
| Diggett, Elizabeth | 346 | Roe, Mrs. Frances | 349 |
| Euler, Mrs. Anna | 342 | Scheffler, Mrs. Sophie | 348 |
| Haney, Charles F. | 347 | Sherman, Mrs. Sarah A. | 348 |
| Hannen, Joseph H. | 345 | ||
| OTHER RECENT TABLETS FROM ABDUL-BAHA— | |||
| To the Bahais of the British Isles | 136 | ||
| To the Bahais of Egypt | 73 | ||
| To the believers of Egypt (first Tablet after door of communication opened) | 142 | ||
| To Lotfullah Hakim, London | 137 | ||
| To the Paris (France) Assembly | 226 | ||
| To the Bahais of Persia | 131 | ||
| To an eminent Bahai in Persia | 24 | ||
| To Mrs. J. Stannard, London | 110 | ||
| To a well-known friend in Teheran | 105 | ||
| To Fuyo Muchizuki, Japan | 18 | ||
| To Tokujiro Torii, Japan | 17 | ||
| PERSIAN— | |||
| Fac-simile of General Tablet to American friends | 167-166 | ||
| Fac-simile of Tablet to Bahais of Egypt | 75-74 | ||
| Fac-simile of Tablet to Bahais of Persia | 131 | ||
| Fae-simile of Tablet to an eminent Bahai in Persia | 25-24 | ||
| PERSIAN SECTIONS— | |||
| First—Written by Dr. Zia M. Bagdadi | 176-165 | ||
| Second—Written by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab | 208-190 | ||
| Third—Written by Dr. Zia M. Bagdadi | 256-223 |
INDEX TO VOLUME 10—Continued
| RECENT TABLETS FROM ABDUL-BAHA TO AMERICAN BAHAIS— | |
| Assemblies— | PAGE |
| Akron, Ohio | 77 |
| Bahais of California | 265 |
| Bahais of the Central States | 247 |
| Cleveland, Ohio | 76, 221 |
| Executive Board of Bahai Temple Unity | 233 |
| Los Angeles, California | 264 |
| Racine, Wisconsin | 320 |
| Santa Barbara, California | 76 |
| Urbana, Illinois | 77 |
| Individuals— | |
| Alexander, Agnes | 17, 246 |
| Bagdadi, Dr. Zia. M | 12, 107, 249 |
| Barton-Peeke, Dr. Pauline | 270 |
| Beckett, Mr. and Mrs. | 339 |
| Beecher, "Mother" | 245 |
| Belmont, Edna Bellora | 341 |
| Boyle, Louise D. | 79 |
| Breed, Alice Ives | 39 |
| Brittingham, Isabella D. | 41 |
| Brooker, Mrs. | 184 |
| Buchanan, David | 42 |
| Buikema, Gertrude | 248 |
| Carmichael, Anna | 29 |
| Chamberlain, Isabel | 13 |
| Clark, Flora | 342 |
| Coles, Claudia Stuart | 43 |
| Comfort, Will Levington | 185 |
| Cooper, Ella Goodall | 8, 263 |
| Couch, Dr. Olive S. | 185 |
| Coy, Genevieve | 28 |
| Ditmars, Cora | 231 |
| Gift, Mr. and Mrs. | 342 |
| Gilligan, J. E. | 319 |
| Hackley, Elizabeth P. | 42 |
| Hall, Mary | 270 |
| Hannen, Joseph H. | 94 |
| Harris, Sarah Gertrude | 40 |
| Herlitz, Elizabeth | 221 |
| Jack, Marion | 7 |
| Khanum, Shanaz, (Louise R. Waite) | 9, 96, 185 |
| Kinney, Sanford | 350 |
| Klos, Ruth | 319 |
| Kluge, Viola | 316 |
| Latimer, George | 3 |
| Leo, Agnes | 267 |
| Lesch, Mary | 268 |
| Lunt, Alfred E. | 143, 329 |
| Luxmore, Belle | 32 |
| Luxmore, Geraldine | 31 |
| MacCutcheon, Kokab | 231 |
| MacNutt, Howard | 153 |
| Masson, Jean | 43 |
| Maus, Peter | 319 |
| Morrison, Mary | 246 |
| Morton, James | 320 |
| Nelson, Dorothy | 44 |
| Nickerson, Mabel | 31 |
| Ober, Harlan Foster | 233 |
| Olsen, Emily | 320 |
| Owens, Beatrice | 11 |
| Parmerton, Annie L. | 231 |
| Parsons, Agnes | 38 |
| Quant, Ella | 250 |
| Rabb, Mary | 263 |
| Rasmussen, Mrs. | 340 |
| Remey, Charles Mason | 19, 144 |
| Revell, Jessie | 13, 317 |
| Rice-Wray, Ella and Ellah A. | 144 |
| Richter, Mr. and Mrs. | 340 |
| Robertson, Maria Rebecca | 318 |
| Root, Martha | 29, 234 |
| Scheffler, Mr. and Mrs. | 268 |
| Thompson, Juliet | 109, 222 |
| True, Corinne | 10, 230, 246 |
| True, Edna | 143 |
| Van Blarcom, Anna | 28 |
| Van Winkle, Sarah | 233 |
| Vail, Albert | 78 |
| Vail, Mr. and Mrs. | 3 |
| Wagner, Henrietta | 32 |
| Waite, Edgar | 318 |
| Walters, Ernest | 267 |
| Watts, Ollie James | 319 |
| Whitney, Helen | 318 |
| Whitton, Vitula Edith | 41 |
| Wilhelm, Roy C. | 9, 95, 230 |
| Wilkinson, Amy | 8 |
| Williams, Amy | 236 |
| Williams, Roy | 271 |
| Wilson, Norma | 272 |
| Windust, Albert R. | 249 |
INDEX TO VOLUME 10—Concluded
| UNVEILING OF THE DIVINE PLAN— | PAGE |
| For the United States | 67, 99, 122, 197 |
| For the Dominion of Canada | 227 |
| For the Western World | 280 |
| For the Islands of the Sea | 307 |
| [Note—For the Whole World, appears in [[Star of the West/Volume 10/../Volume 11|Volume 11]].] | |
| Tablets (nine)—Revealed by Abdul-Baha: | |
| To the Northeastern States (one) | 69 |
| To the Southern States (one) | 100 |
| To the Central States (one) | 124 |
| To the Western States (one) | 198 |
| To the Dominion of Canada (one) | 227 |
| To the United States and Canada (three) | 280, 283, 307 |
| [Note—One Tablet appears in [[Star of the West/Volume 10/../Volume 11|Volume 11]].] | |
| Talks—By Mirza Ahmad Sohrab: | |
| To the Northeastern States | 67 |
| To the Southern States | 99 |
| To the Central States | 122 |
| To the Western States | 197 |
| WORDS OF ABDUL-BAHA— | |
| "Concerning the matter of receiving Orientals"—Tablet to Joseph H. Hannen | 94 |
| "Every latest (new) order should be acted upon because the general conditions vary and change"—Tablet to Dr. Zia M. Bagdadi | 107 |
| "Praise be to God! In New York the divine believers are united and agreed"—Tablet to Juliet Thompson | 80 |
| Strikes—(From Some Answered Questions) | 14 |
| "Strive ye in the promulgation of this growing magazine only for service to the Cause of God"—Tablet to Bahais of Persia | 131 |
| "The Covenant of God is like unto a vast and fathomless ocean"—Tablet to Howard MacNutt | 153 |
| "The Covenant of God shall remain staple and secure"—Tablet to Roy C. Wilhelm | 95 |
| "The economic teachings shall, henceforth, be written in detail"—Tablet to Juliet Thompson | 109 |
| "The ocean of the Covenant shall send forth a wave"—Tablet to Louise R. Waite | 96 |
| "These are the teachings which are the Spirit of this century and the Light of this age"—Tablet to Paris Assembly | 226 |
| "Undoubtedly, the standard of universal peace shall be unfurled"—Tablet to Mrs. J. Stannard | 110 |
| "Universal peace is one of the principles of BAHA'O'LLAH"—Tablet to Hon. William Sulzer | 315 |
| "You will find Bahai centers in most parts of the world"—Talk by Abdul-Baha given at San Francisco in 1912 | 243 |
[Pages 357, 358 and 359 have been omitted. They are identical with pages 2, 4 and 5 respectively of Vol. XI, No. 1. Page 360, the last of this volume, appears after the title page of Vol. 6 of this reprint.-ED. July 1978.]
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STAR OF THE WEST
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