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CONTENTS	PAGE
Introduction	xv
PART ONE
Bahá’u’lláh: The Voice of Religious Reconciliation	3
Aims and Purposes of the Bahá’í Faith	15
Martyrdom of the Báb (From Nabíl’s Narrative)	22
Survey of Current Bahá’í Activities in the East and West	43
Excerpts from Bahá’í Sacred Writings	100
PART TWO
The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh	133
1. Present-day Administration of the Bahá’í Faith	133
2. Excerpts from the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá	142
3. The Spirit and Form of Bahá’í Administration	148
4. Declaration of Trust by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada	149
5. Certificate of Incorporation by the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the City of New York	158
6. 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	165
7. Petition addressed by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada to the Prime Minister of the Egyptian Government	166
8. Excerpts from the Letters of Shoghi Effendi	170
9. Facsimile of Bahá’í Marriage Certificates adopted and enforced by the National Spiritual Assemblies of the Bahá’ís of Persia and of Egypt	182-183
10. Facsimile of the Certificate of the United States Federal Government to the Declaration of Trust entered into by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada	184
11. Facsimile of the Certificate of the Palestine Government incorporating the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada as a Religious Society in Palestine	185
12. Facsimile of the Certificate of Incorporation, The Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the City of New York	186
The Mashriqu’l-Adhkár	188
1. Foreword	188
2. Architecture Expressing the Renewal of Religion	189
3. God-intoxicated Architecture	195
4. The Bahá’í Temple	201
5. A Temple of Light	204
6. A Statement by the Architect	205
7. Dedication of the Temple	206
8. A Glorious Gift—from a Shrine to a Shrine	208
9. The Spiritual Significance of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár	210
References to the Bahá’í Faith	217
Further Developments in the Case of Bahá’u’lláh’s House: Extracts from the Minutes of the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations	237
1. Minutes of the Sixteenth Session: November 1929	237
2. Minutes of the Nineteenth Session: November 1930	238
3. Minutes of the Twentieth Session: June 1931	239
4. Letter from the British Government	243
5. Minutes of the Twenty-First Session: November 1931	246
6. Extracts from the Report to the Council of the League of Nations	247
Bahá’í Calendar and Festivals	248
1. Foreword	248
2. Bahá’í Feasts, Anniversaries and Days of Fasting	248
3. Additional Material gleaned from Nabíl’s Narrative (Vol. II) regarding the Bahá’í Calendar	249
4. Historical Data gleaned from Nabíl’s Narrative (Vol. II) regarding Bahá’u’lláh	253
Short History of the International Bahá’í Bureau at Geneva, Switzerland	257
In Memoriam	262
1. Miss Ethel Rosenberg	262
2. Mrs. C. S. Coles	263
3. Consul Albert Schwarz	264
PART THREE
Bahá’í Directory, 1931-1932	269
1. Bahá’í National Spiritual Assemblies	269
2. Bahá’í Local Spiritual Assemblies and Groups	271
3. Officers and Committees of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada	274
4. Local Bahá’í Spiritual Assemblies and Groups in the United States and Canada	276
5. Bahá’í Administrative Divisions in Persia	278
6. Address of Centers of Bahá’í Administrative Divisions in Persia	282
7. List of the Báb’s best-known works	282
Bahá’í Bibliography	283
1. Bahá’í Publications of America	283
(a) Books about the Bahá’í Faith	283
(b) Writings of the Báb	286
(c) Writings of Bahá’u’lláh	286
(d) Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá	286
(e) Writings of Shoghi Effendi	288
(f) Prayers	288
(g) Bahá’í Literature in Pamphlet Form	288
(h) Compilations	292
2. Bahá’í Publications of England	294
3. Bahá’í Literature in French	296
4. Bahá’í Literature in Italian	296
5. Bahá’í Literature in Dutch	296
6. Bahá’í Literature in Danish	296
7. Bahá’í Literature in Swedish	296
8. Bahá’í Literature in Portuguese	298
9. Bahá’í Literature in Albanian	298
10. Bahá’í Literature in Esperanto	298
11. Bahá’í Literature in Russian	300
12. Bahá’í Literature in German	300
13. Bahá’í Literature in Oriental Languages	303
(a) Persian	303
(b) Urdu	304
(c) Arabic	304
(d) Turkish	304
(e) Burmese	304
(f) Chinese	305
(g) Hebrew	305
(h) Tatar	305
(i) Gujrati	305
(j) Japanese	305
(k) Armenian	305
(l) Tamil	305
14. Bahá’í Literature in Braille (for the Blind)	305
15. Bahá’í Periodicals	305
16. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Books by non-Bahá’í Authors	307
17. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Magazines by non-Bahá’í Writers	312
Transliteration of Oriental Words frequently used in Bahá’í Literature with Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation of the Persian Alphabet	314
Definitions of Oriental Terms used in Bahá’í Literature. Glossary.	318
PART FOUR
The Goal of a New World Order: A Letter of Shoghi Effendi	325
The Way of the Master, by G. Townshend	337
Italy and the Bahá’í Cause, by General Renato Piola Caselli	344
The World Economy of Bahá’u’lláh, by Horace Holley	351
Education as a Source of Good Will, by President Bayard Dodge	368
Unity through Diversity: A Bahá’í Principle, by Alain Locke, A.B., Ph.D.	372
A Short Chronicle of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Visit to London, 1911-1912, by Lady Blomfield	375
Professor Auguste Forel and the Bahá’í Teaching, by Stanwood Cobb	390
A Tribute from Dr. Edmond Privat	395
A Visit to ‘Akká, by Mrs. Alexander Whyte	396
The First Fruits of Victory, by Keith Ransom-Kehler	400
Where is the Key to World Unity, by Louise Drake Wright	405
A Visit to Bahjí, by Nancy Bowditch	411
Religion in Asia, by Herbert A. Miller	416
China’s Tribute to the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh	420
Appreciations of the Bahá’í Movement, by Martha L. Root	429
The Supreme Affliction, by Alfred E. Lunt	435
The Bahá’í Movement and North American University Circles, by Martha L. Root	461
Bahá’í Ideals of Education, by Stanwood Cobb	470
Man and Mankind on the Way of Progress, by Lydja Zamenhof	474
The Epidemic of the Persian Jews, by A. J. Wienberg	481
The Younger Generation, by Mardiyyih Nabíl Carpenter	483
Light on Basic Unity, by Louis G. Gregory	486
The Bahá’í Movement in Japan, by Tokujiro Torii	490
Science and Religion, compiled by Loulie A. Mathews	494
A Bahá’í Traveler in Palestine, by Walter B. Guy, M.D.	509
Dr. David Starr Jordan, by Willard P. Hatch	513
Song-offerings	517
Echoes from the Spheres	525

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