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CONTENTS	PAGE
Introduction	xxv
PART ONE
Aims and Purposes of the Bahá’í Faith	3
Survey of Current Bahá’í Activities in the East and West	13
Excerpts from Bahá’í Sacred Writings	136
PART TWO
The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh	181
Present-day Administration of the Bahá’í Faith	181
Introductory Statement	181
Excerpts from the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá	204
Excerpts from the Letters of Shoghi Effendi	211
Certificate of Incorporation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada	253
Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada	254-267
Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Írán	269-274
Declaration and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Germany and Austria	275
Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India and Burma	284
Certificate of Incorporation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India and Burma	286
Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of ‘Iráq	294-300
Text of Authorization Issued for Registration by the Mixed Court in Egypt of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Egypt	302
Declaration of Trust of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Egypt	303-304
By-Laws of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of New York	305
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of Bahá’ís of New York	307-311
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of Bahá’ís of Teaneck, New Jersey, U. S. A.	314-316
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of Bahá’ís of Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A.	317-319
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of Bahá’ís of Washington, D. C., U. S. A.	320-322
Petition of the Bahá’ís of Montreal, Canada	323
Certificate of Incorporation of the Bahá’ís of Montreal, Canada	324-326
By-Laws of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Montreal, Canada	328
By-Laws of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Esslingen, Germany	333
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Esslingen, Germany	334
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Karachi, India	336
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Calcutta, India	337
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Delhi, India	338
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Rangoon, Burma	339
Certificate of Registration of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Daidanaw, Burma	340
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Mandalay, Burma	341
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Auckland, New Zealand	342
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	343
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	344
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	345
Certificate of the Palestine Government Incorporating the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India and Burma, Palestine Branch	346
Trade Mark Certificate obtained from the United States Government covering the word “Bahá’í”	347-348
Trade Mark Certificate obtained from the United States Government covering the symbol of the Greatest Name	349-350
Trade Mark Certificate obtained from the Canadian Government covering the name “Bahá’í”	351-353
Trade Mark Certificate obtained from the Canadian Government covering the symbol of the Greatest Name	354-357
Bahá’í Marriage Certificate adopted and enforced by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Írán	359
Bahá’í Marriage Certificate adopted and enforced by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Egypt	360
Bahá’í Marriage Certificate adopted and enforced by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of ‘Iráq	361
Bahá’í Divorce Certificate adopted and enforced by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Írán	362
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	363-379
Text of the Farmán issued by Sulṭán ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz banishing Bahá’u’lláh to ‘Akká, Palestine	380
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	381-387
Map showing Travels of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh	388
Map showing Section of Route followed by Bahá’u’lláh on His Journey from Baghdad to Constantinople	389
Map showing Path of Travel of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in the United States of America and Canada, 1912	390
Facsimile of Tablet addressed by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to the Chicago “House of Justice”	391
The Institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár	392
Foreword	392
The Spiritual Significance of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár	393
The Bahá’í Temple—Why built near Chicago?	397
The Five Billion Carat Gem Bahá’í Temple at Wilmette, Ill.	403
Temple Echoes from the World’s Fair	406
The Bahá’í Temple—An Appreciation	410
A Temple of Universal Religion	411
Concrete Fulfills a Promise	413
Bahá’í Calendar and Festivals	418
Foreword	418
Bahá’í Feasts, Anniversaries and Days of Fasting	418
Bahá’í Holy Days on which Work should be Suspended	419
Additional Material Gleaned from Nabíl’s Narrative (Volume II) regarding the Bahá’í Calendar	419
Historical Data Gleaned from Nabil’s Narrative (Volume II) regarding Bahá’u’lláh	422
Youth Activities Throughout the Bahá’í World	426
Bahá’í Youth—An Estimate and Survey of International Events	426
Bahá’í Youth in Írán	434
Plays and Pageants	436
Story of the Pageant “The Gate of Dawn”	436
The Drama of the Kingdom	442
Pageantry as a Factor in Education	445
References to the Bahá’í Faith	449
1. Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania	449
2. Prof. E. G. Browne, M.A., M.B., Cambridge University	453
3. Dr. J. Estlin Carpenter, D.Litt., Manchester College, Oxford	455
4. Rev. T. K. Cheyne, D.Litt., D.D., Oxford University, Fellow of British Academy	455
5. Prof. Arminius Vambéry, Hungarian Academy of Pesth	456
6. Harry Charles Lukach	457
7. Sir Valentine Chirol	457
8. Prof. Jowett, Oxford University	458
9. Alfred W. Martin, Society for Ethical Culture, New York	458
10. Prof. James Darmesteter, École des Hautes Études, Paris	459
11. Charles Baudouin	459
12. Dr. Henry H. Jessup, D.D.	462
13. Right Hon. The Earl Curzon of Kedleston	463
14. Sir Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I.; K.C.I.E.	464
15. The Christian Commonwealth, Anonymous	465
16. Rev. Tyssul Davis, B.A.	465
17. Herbert Putnam, Congressional Library, Washington, D.C.	466
18. Leo Tolstoy	466
19. Dr. Edmund Privat, University of Geneva	467
20. Dr. Auguste Forel, University of Zurich	467
21. General Renato Piola Caselli	468
22. Rev. Frederick W. Oakes	468
23. Renwick J. G. Millar, Editor of John O'Groat Journal, Wick, Scotland	468
24. Charles H. Prisk	469
25. Prof. Hari Prasad Shastri, D.Litt.	469
26. Shri Purohit Swami	470
27. Prof. Herbert A. Miller, Bryn Mawr College	470
28. Right Hon. Sir Herbert Samuel, G.C.B., M.P.	470
29. Rev. K. T. Chung	470
30. Prof. Dimitry Kazarov, University of Sofia	471
31. Rev. Grifith J. Sparham	471
32. Ernest Renan	472
33. The Hon. Lilian Helen Montague, J.P., D.H.L.	473
34. Prof. Norman Bentwich, Hebrew University, Jerusalem	473
35. Émile Schreiber, Publicist	473
36. Dr. Rokuichiro Masujima, Doyen of Jurisprudence of Japan	477
37. Miss Helen Keller	477
38. Sir Flinders Petrie, Archaeologist	478
39. President Masaryk of Czechoslovakia	478
40. Archduchess Anton of Austria	478
41. Dr. Herbert Adams Gibbons	478
42. H.R.H. Princess Olga of Jugoslavia	478
43. Eugen Relgis	478
44. Arthur Henderson	479
45. Prof. Dr. V. Lesny	479
46. Princess Marie Antoinette dc Broglie Aussenac	480
47. President David Starr Jordan, Leland Stanford University	480
48. Prof. Bogdan Popovitch, University of Belgrade, Jugoslavia	480
49. Ex-Governor William Sulzer	480
50. Luther Burbank	480
51. Prof. Yone Noguchi	480
52. Prof. Raymond Frank Piper	480
53. Angela Morgan	481
54. Arthur Moore	481
55. Prof. Dr. Jan Rypka, Charles University, Praha, Czechoslovakia	481
56. A. L. M. Nicolas	481
57. President Eduard Beneš	482
In Memoriam	483
1. Susan I. Moody	483
2. Hooper Harris	486
3. Harry H. Romer	488
4. Howard Luxmoore Carpenter	491
5. Edward C. Getsinger	493
6. Sarah Blundell	496
7. Khalíl Qamar	498
8. Hájí Muhammad Yazdí	500
9. Extracts from “Bahá’í News”	501
PART THREE
Bahá’í Directory, 1935-1936	505
1. Bahá’í National Spiritual Assemblies	505
2. Bahá’í Local Spiritual Assemblies and Groups	507
3. Officers and Committees of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada	511
4. Local Bahá’í Spiritual Assemblies, Groups and Isolated Believers in the United States and Canada	515
5. Bahá’í Administrative Divisions in Írán	521
6. Addresses of Centers of Bahá’í Administrative Divisions in Írán	524
7. Alphabetical List of Bahá’u’lláh’s Best-Known Writings	525
8. List of the Báb’s Best-Known Works	526
Bibliography	527
1. Bahá’í Publications of America	527
Books About the Bahá’í Faith	527
Writings of the Báb	530
Writings of Bahá’u’lláh	530
Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá	530
Writings of Shoghi Effendi	532
Prayers	533
Bahá’í Literature in Pamphlet Form	534
Compilations	537
Outlines and Guides for Bahá’í Study Classes	538
2. Bahá’í Publications of England	538
3. Bahá’í Literature in French	539
4. Bahá’í Literature in Italian	540
5. Bahá’í Literature in Dutch	540
6. Bahá’í Literature in Danish	540
7. Bahá’í Literature in Swedish	540
8. Bahá’í Literature in Portuguese	540
9. Bahá’í Literature Albanian	540
10. Bahá’í Literature Esperanto	541
11. Bahá’í Literature Russian	541
12. Bahá’í Literature German	542
13. Bahá’í Literature Bulgarian	545
14. Bahá’í Literature Rumanian	545
15. Bahá’í Literature Czech	545
16. Bahá’í Literature in Serbian	545
17. Bahá’í Literature in Hunarian	545
18. Bahá’í Literature in Greek	545
19. Bahá’í Literature in Maori	545
20. Bahá’í Literature in Spanish	547
21. Bahá’í Literature in Norwegian	547
22. Bahá’í Literature in Croatian	547
23. Bahá’í Literature in Oriental Languages	547
Íránian	547
Urdu	548
Arabic	548
Turkish	549
Burmese	549
Chinese	549
Hebrew	549
Tartar	549
Gujrati	549
Japanese	549
Armenian	549
Tamil	549
Kurdish	550
Sindhi	550
Bengali	550
Hindi	550
Abyssinian	550
24. Bahá’í Literature in Braille (for the Blind)	550
25. Bahá’í Periodicals	550
26. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Books and Pamphlets by non-Bahá’í Authors	552
27. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Magazines by non-Bahá’í Writers	558
28. References to the Bahá’í Faith by Bahá’ís in non-Bahá’í Publications	560
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	561
Definitions of Oriental Terms used in Bahá’í Literature	565
PART FOUR
Articles and Reviews	571
1. Religion and World Order, by Horace Holley	571
2. Queen Marie of Rumania, by Martha L. Root	580
3. The Epic of Humanity, by Christophil	584
4. President Eduard Benes, by Martha L. Root	589
5. Spiritual Perspectives, by Prof. Raymond Frank Piper	592
6. Splendor at the Core, by Angela Morgan	601
7. Bahá’í-Glaube und Christentum, by Dr. Engen Schmidt	604
8. Bahá’ísmo kaj la Socia Problemo, by Prof. Paul Christaller	610
9. Bahá’u’lláh’s Ground Plan of World Fellowship, by Archdeacon George Townshend	614
10. Die Bahá’ís und meine Erfahrungen, by Prof. Dr. J. Rypka	621
11. Impressions of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, by Louise R. Waite	625
12. Zwei Heilige Grabstätten, by Dr. Adelbert Mühlschlegel	629
13. In Praise of Words, by Helen Bishop	632
14. The Continuity of Religion, by Stanwood Cobb	638
15. The Most Great Peace, by Marion Holley	645
16. King Haakon of Norway, by Martha L. Root	651
17. Some Memories of the Sojourn of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Paris, by Lady Blomfield	654
18. Racial Likenesses and Differences: the Scientific Evidence and the Bahá’í Teachings, by Louis G. Gregory	659
19. Denmark’s Oriental Scholar, by Martha L. Root	665
20. La Baháa Filozofio, by Lidja Zamenhof	668
21. The Bahá’í Movement, by Renwick J. G. Millar	675
22. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Historic Meeting with Jane Addams, by Ruth J. Moffett	684
23. The Soul of Iceland, by Martha L. Root	684
24. Ein Junger Glaube wird Bekannt, by Dr. Hermann Grossmann	689
25. South America: Journey Taken in the Interest of the Bahá’í Cause, by Loulie A. Mathews	692
26. Glimpses of Sweden, by Olivia Kelsey	701
27. Russia’s Cultural Contribution to the Bahá’í Faith, by Martha L. Root	707
28. A Bahá’í Incident from the Netherlands, by Louise Drake Wright	713
29. Mr. Harald Thilander and his Publications for the Blind in Sweden, by Nellie S. French	716
30. The Modern Miracles of Palestine, by Beatrice Irwin	719
31. A New Future for Radio, by Shirley Warde	725
Song Offerings	728
Echoes from the Spheres	737
Map of Írán Showing Bahá’í Centers	Inside back cover
Map of the United States of America Showing Bahá’í Centers	Inside back cover

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