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Bahá’í World/Volume 14/In Memoriam

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Bahá’í World/Volume 12/The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh

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Bahá’í World/Volume 12/Documentation of the Bahá’í Administrative Order

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Bahá’í World/Volume 12/The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh

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World Order/Volume 13/Issue 9/Text

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 His wealth, bastinadoed, imprisoned
 in a stench-laden underground dungeon
-{{page|280|file=World_Order_Vol13_Issue9.pdf|page=30}} with thieves and cutthroats, His feet in stocks, His neck weighted with chains the imprint of which He bore all His days, exiled again and again, victim of cowardly jealousy and attempts upon His life by members of His own family, His followers martyred by the thousands,—these are among the tribulations which history records as having pursued this Messenger of God for half a century. Against such a lurid background, the Beauty of God shone forth like unto the mid-day sun, pouring His rejuvenating rays of certitude upon a lifeless earth. For Bahá’u’lláh not only reveals the pattern for present-day victorious living, but, by the decree of God, has bequeathed unto the world that mysterious energizing power of the Holy Spirit, enabling his devoted disciples to bring into being the glorious civlization of man's maturity. This new era has been unfolding imperceptibly, despite formidable setbacks, throughout Bahá’í communities in all parts of the world during the past century. Here are to be found the people of certainty, their eyes upon the resplendent goal to which the path of the world convulsion is inevitably heading, their backs bent to the superhuman undertaking of assisting a weakened, discouraged humanity to reach that goal ere it perishes.
+{{page|280|file=World_Order_Vol13_Issue9.pdf|page=30}} with thieves and cutthroats, His
 {{center|FOUNDATIONS OF WORLD GOVERNMENT}}
-An age whose leaders are grasping frantically at futile expediencies, is seeking collective security in the fallacy of national sovereignty. Airplanes, the atom bomb, as well as innumerable planet-wide enterprises have outmoded the once valid sovereignty of the separate state. In contrast, Bahá’u’lláh reveals that recognition of the sovereignty of the Prophet of God, and the translation of His Teachings into a world commonwealth is the basis of true security. ". . . .They Who are the Luminaries of truth . . . in whatever age and cycle they are sent down from their invisible habitations of ancient glory unto this world, to educate the souls of men and endue with grace all created things, are invariably endowed wth an all-compelling power, and invested with invincible sovereignty." (p. 97) "That sovereignty is the spiritual ascendancy which He exerciseth to the fullest degree over all that is in heaven and on earth, and which in due time revealeth itself to the world in direct proportion to its capacity and spiritual receptiveness." (pp. 107-108) "This sovereignty must needs be revealed and established either in the lifetime of every Manifestation of God or after His ascension . (pp. 110-111) The great Jewish, Christian and Islamic civilizations vindicate this law of universal progress through their unities of family, tribe, city-state and nation, up to the threshold of world federation. Even those who have refused to accept these Prophets, none the less acknowledge their over-powering influence in sweeping away all obstacles, establishing their Cause, and building a foundation of protection and security in each particular age.
+An age whose leaders are grasping
-The problem of a unifying center that will attract the allegiance and capture the imagination of the masses of humanity is one aspect of world government which has not as yet
+The problem of a unifying center
-{{page|281|file=World_Order_Vol13_Issue9.pdf|page=31}}
+that will attract the allegiance and
-== SECURITY ==
+capture the imagination of the masses
 of humanity is one aspect of world
-found a solution. Here again, history records that each of the Messengers of God Who has founded a civilization has successfully met this problem according to the capacity of His era. Bahá’u’lláh points the way for this age. ". . . consider the welding power of His Word . . . how numerous are those peoples of divers beliefs, of conflicting creeds, and opposing temperaments, who, through the reviving fragrance of the divine springtime . . . have been arrayed with the new robe of divine Unity (pp. 112-113) He then reiterates the efforts to obstruct this plan of God. "Though they recognize in their hearts the Law of God to be one and the same, yet from every direction they issue a new command, and in every season proclaim a fresh decree. No two are found to agree on one and the same law, for they seek no God but their own desire . . . In leadership they have recognized the ultimate object of their endeavor. With all their power and strength they strive to secure themselves in their petty pursuits, fearful lest the least discredit undermine their authority. . ." (pp. 30-31) Returning to the accomplishment of the Prophet, He continues, "Observe, how those in whose midst the Satan of self had for years sown the seeds of malice and hate became so fused and blended through their allegiance to this wondrous and transcendent Revelation that it seemed as if they had sprung from the same loins. Such is the binding force of the Word of God, which uniteth the hearts of them that have renounced all else but Him (p. 112)
+government which has not as yet
 Through this power the unities of tribe and nation have come into being. Why should we refuse to acknowledge the possibility of the next logical step, unification of all peoples into the great commonwealth? Indeed, Bahá’u’lláh has definitely provided for such an expression of human maturity. The failure of past civilizations to continue their unity indefinitely lay in the fact that their immaturity prevented the Prophet from revealing a complete provision for the continuance of divine authority within His immediate followers. We sense the hint of its coming in the theocracy of early Israel, in Christ's commendation of Peter's understanding of His Divine authority, in the line of divinely guided Imáms of Islám. In the Kitáb-i-Íqán we read, "Those words uttered by the Luminaries of truth must needs be pondered, and should their significance not be grasped, enlightenment should be sought from the Trustees of the depositories of Knowledge, that they may expound their meaning, and unravel their mystery. For it behooveth no man to interpret the holy words according to his own imperfect understanding, nor, having found them contrary to his inclination and desires, to reject and repudiate their truth." (pp. 181-182) In later writings Bahá’u’lláh applies this principle in the institutions of the center of the Covenant, the Guardianship, and the Universal House of Justice, bases of continued divinely guided interpretation of the Laws of God, and their application to the emerging World Order. It is increasingly evident that Bahá’u’lláh is offering the balm of reconciliation as the refuge to which each and every contending group and individual can turn as the fulfilment of his deepest

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Bahá’í World/Volume 12/The Inauguration of the World Bahá’í Crusade 1953-1963

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World Order/Volume 13/Issue 9/Text

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Bahá’í World/Volume 12/The Inauguration of the World Bahá’í Crusade 1953-1963

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-== Security that Endures ==
+{{center|<big>'''Security that Endures</big>
-WHAT is the most insistent demand of people everywhere today? For security. We see this overwhelming desire in many guises. It may be focused upon assurance of food and shelter and provision against the exigencies of illness and old age. It may be an unreasoned clinging to the belief that war will be no more. It may be concerned with man's faith in human capacities; it may involve questioning the moral order of the universe. Consciously or unconsciously our hearts are reaching out for some evident solicitude for the destiny of the individual soul, for restored confidence in some source of unfailing protection against the fearsome unknown.
+''Glimpses of the Kitáb-i-Íqán
-Where shall you and I look for such assurance? Where is certainty to be found? It has not resulted from our educational system. It has not been discovered by science, titanic though its achievements be. It has been sought for in vain by economists. It continues to elude the political leaders and rulers of the world, time-honored anchors of public safety. It has been born of none of the conflicting ideologies of the moment. What evidence that even the world's historic religious foundations of the civilizations past, are enduing us with a positive faith, a sense of direction and of security? What agencies, what individuals are coming forward with an adequate answer to our imperative need and our persistent questioning? Many and confusing are the purported solutions, but that revealed by Bahá’u’lláh is unequalled and satisfying.
+MAYE HARVEY GIFT}}
-Consider that Bahá’u’lláh revealed this unique and mighty book of assurance before He announced His mission of prophethood unto mankind. In the year 1862, within the space of two days and two nights, He set forth in less than two-hundred pages the great redemptive scheme of God, condensing, so He tells us, all the Scriptures and their
+WHAT is the most insistent demand
-{{page|279|file=World_Order_Vol13_Issue9.pdf|page=29}}elucidation into this brief account.
+of people everywhere today?
 The Kitáb-i-fqán is in embryo the Revelation of God to guide us out of our adolescent turmoil into the far-stretching path of maturity—into an age so wondrous that it has been envisioned as the "Millenium," the "Golden Age,” the “Kingdom of God upon Earth," and now, more concretely, the "Federation of the World," the "World Commonwealth.” For a period of forty years Bahá’u’lláh continued to expand the potentialities of this brief work into no less than one hundred volumes of divinely-inspired laws, counsels, prophecies, and epistles to the world's spiritual and political rulers, and to His followers. There is no phase of world civilization, no aspect of individual growth for which He does not provide a pattern. To meditate upon His words is to explore a never-ending panorama of majesty, love, and wisdom.

Bahá’í World/Volume 12/The Inauguration of the World Bahá’í Crusade 1953-1963

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Bahá’í World/Volume 12/The Completion of the Construction of the Sepulcher of the Báb in the Holy Land, 1953

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World Order/Volume 13/Issue 9/Text

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Bahá’í World/Volume 16/Excerpts from the Bahá’í Sacred Writings

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Bahá’í World/Volume 16/Aims and Purposes of the Bahá’í Faith

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	~~REL} GION~~ has two objectives, the regeneration 'of men and the advancement of mankind.		RELIGION has two objectives, the regeneration 'of men and the advancement of mankind.
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World Order/Volume 13/Issue 9/Text

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 growth.”
-News from ———, a most difficult country for outsiders to live in as those not born to the extreme altitude often develop mountain sickness and find a prolonged stay at that height impossible. But the Bahá’í woman pioneering there voices no complaint; on the contrary: "It has been a joy and a tremendous privilege to be here, and as time goes by I only feel a deeper love and a more urgent desire to be able, with the small but devoted group of Bahá’ís E-ushered into the Faith, to serve this country and to make to shine within it the Light of the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh, which it needs so very much... Oh, beloved Guardian, what a place for a Bahá’í group; what a place for the great life-giving principles of love and justice which the Cause not only embodies, but makes dynamic in every life which sincerely seeks this universal truth and consecrates its energies to it . . .
+News from ———, a most difficult
-"One becomes weary here with little or no exertion, and when night comes with possible leisure one is often too exhausted to do more than eat the late dinner and go to rest and sleep. Living constantly at an altitude of twelve thousand feet is like {{page|276|file=World_Order_Vol13_Issue9.pdf|page=26}}living on a mountain top. But how I love it—how I wish I could describe its blue, blue skies, its pure air, brilliant sunshine, and the majesty of the Cordillera of the Andes With my whole heart and soul I am prepared to remain and share here the priceless gift of Bahá’u’lláh, which came to me seven years ago, and which is my life and the life of the world."
+“One becomes weary here with
 Such are some of the physical hardships being met by Bahá’ís with not only a spirit of courage but of joy. In other places they come up against the high, prickly walls of intense racial prejudice. But these hindrances, too, are being overcome as excerpts from letters written from the Southern United States prove: "The South is still difficult territory, although I can see the traditional tendencies and prejudice becoming less strong. We had this fact demonstrated at the public lecture in Jackson (Mississippi). I invited an interested colored girl . . . to attend the lecture, which was held in the ballroom of the hotel. Never before had a colored person been admitted as a guest on this floor. She sat on the front row and in order to make her feel she was wanted, I introduced her to the two people who sat next to her. Their attitude was most friendly. Later, when the meeting was opened for questions, I called upon Miss P— (the colored girl) to say a word. This talk she gave was so sincere, and showed such a spiritual understanding, that everyone present was deeply touched... We all felt that she was the outstanding feature of the evening. These are the miracles which Bahá’u’lláh is performing in order to demonstrate His plan for the oneness of mankind."

Bahá’í World/Volume 12/Bahá’í Directory 1953-1954

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