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| CONTENTS | PAGE |
Introduction | xxi |
PART ONE |
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Aims and Purposes of the Bahá’í Faith | 3 |
Survey of Current Bahá’í Activities in the East and West | 15 |
Excerpts from Bahá’í Sacred Writings | 169 |
Commemoration of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Visit to America | 213 |
PART TWO |
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The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh | 225 |
1. Present-day Administration of the Bahá’í Faith | 225 |
Introductory Statement | 225 |
Excerpts from the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá | 253 |
Excerpts from the Letters of Shoghi Effendi | 262 |
Certificate of Incorporation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada | 309 |
Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada | 310 |
Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Írán | 325 |
Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Germany and Austria | 332 |
Certificate of Incorporation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India and Burma | 340 |
Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of ‘Iráq | 341 |
Declaration of Trust of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Egypt | 348 |
Facsimile of Document related to the Incorporation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Egypt | 350 |
Certificate of Incorporation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Australia and New Zealand | 354 |
By-Laws of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of New York, N. Y., U. S. A. | 356 |
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of New York, N. Y., U. S. A. | 360 |
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Kenosha, Wisconsin, U. S. A. | 365 |
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Racine, Wisconsin, U. S. A. | 373 |
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Detroit, Michigan, U. S. A. | 380 |
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Los Angeles, California, U. S. A. | 383 |
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U. S. A. | 398 |
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A. | 404 |
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Minneapolis, Minn., U. S. A. | 405 |
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Bombay, India | 410 |
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Poona, India | 411 |
Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Adelaide, Australia | 412 |
Trade Mark Certificate obtained from the United States Government covering the "World Order Magazine” | 413 |
Bahá’í Marriage Certificate adopted and enforced by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Írán | 415 |
Bahá’í Marriage Certificate adopted and enforced by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Egypt | 416 |
Bahá’í Marriage Certificate adopted and enforced by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of ‘Iráq | 417 |
Certificate of Marriage issued by the Palestine Government and delivered to the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Haifa for official registration | 418 |
Bahá’í Divorce Certificate adopted and enforced by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Írán | 419 |
Bahá’í Divorce Certificate adopted and enforced by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Egypt | 420 |
Translation of the Record of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s voice | 421 |
Map of Bahá’í holdings showing extension of properties surrounding and dedicated to the shrine of the Báb on Mt. Carmel | 422 |
2. The Institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár | 423 |
Foreword | 423 |
The Spiritual Significance of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár | 424 |
Progress of Temple Ornamentation | 429 |
Interesting Experiences with Temple Visitors | 432 |
References to Bahá’í House of Worship in U. S. Steel News | 444 |
When Bahá’ís Build a Temple | 445 |
3. Bahá’í Calendar and Festivals | 447 |
Foreword | 447 |
Bahá’í Feasts, Anniversaries and Days of Fasting | 447 |
Bahá’í Holy Days on which Work should be Suspended | 448 |
Additional Material Gleaned from Nabíl’s Narrative (Volume II) regarding the Bahá’í Calendar | 448 |
Historical Data Gleaned from Nabíl’s Narrative (Volume II) regarding Bahá’u’lláh | 451 |
4. Youth Activities Throughout the Bahá’í World | 456 |
The World Activities of Bahá’í Youth, 1936 to 1938 | 456 |
Excerpts from “Bahá’í Youth,” 1937 to 1938 | 477 |
References to the Bahá’í Faith | 498 |
1. Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania | 498 |
2. Prof. E. G. Browne, M.A., M.B., Cambridge University | 501 |
3. Dr. J. Estlin Carpenter, D.Litt., Manchester College, Oxford | 503 |
4. Rev. T. K. Cheyne, D.Litt., D.D., Oxford University, Fellow of the British Academy | 504 |
5. Prof. Arminius Vambéry, Hungarian Academy of Pesth | 504 |
6. Harry Charles Lukach | 505 |
7. Sir Valentine Chirol | 505 |
8. Prof. Jowett, Oxford University | 506 |
9. Alfred W. Martin, Society for Ethical Culture, New York | 506 |
10. Prof. James Darmesteter, Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris | 507 |
11. Charles Baudouin | 507 |
12. Dr. Henry H. Jessup, D.D. | 509 |
13. Right Hon. The Earl Curzon of Kedleston | 510 |
14. Sir Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E. | 511 |
15. “The Christian Commonwealth,” Anonymous | 512 |
16. Rev. J. Tyssul Davis, B.A. | 512 |
17. Herbert Putnam, Congressional Library, Washington, D. C. | 513 |
18. Leo Tolstoy | 514 |
19. Dr. Edmund Privat, University of Geneva | 515 |
20. Dr. Auguste Forel, University of Zurich | 516 |
21. General Renato Piola Caselli | 516 |
22. Rev. Frederick W. Oakes | 516 |
23. Renwick J. G. Millar, Editor of “John O’Groat Journal,” Wick, Scotland | 517 |
24. Charles H. Prisk | 518 |
25. Prof. Ialari Prasad Shastri, D.Litt. | 518 |
26. Shri Purohit Swami | 518 |
27. Prof. Plerbert A. Miller, Bryn Mawr College | 518 |
28. Viscount Samuel, G.C.B., M.P. | 519 |
29. Rev. K. T. Chung | 520 |
30. Prof. Dimitry Kazarov, University of Sofia | 520 |
31. Rev. Griflith J. Sparham | 521 |
32. Ernest Renan | 521 |
33. The Hon. Lilian Helen Montague, J.P., D.H.L. | 522 |
34. Prof. Norman Bentwich, Hebrew University, Jerusalem | 523 |
35. Émile Schreiber, Publicist | 523 |
36. Dr. Rokuichiro Masujima, Doyen of Jurisprudence of Japan | 525 |
37. Miss Helen Keller | 526 |
38. Sir Flinders Petrie, Archaeologist | 526 |
39. President Masaryk of Czechoslovakia | 526 |
40. Archduchess Anton of Austria | 526 |
41. Dr. Herbert Adams Gibbons | 526 |
42. H.R.H. Princess Olga of Jugoslavia | 526 |
43. Eugen Relgis | 527 |
44. Arthur Henderson | 527 |
45. Prof. Dr. V. Lesny | 527 |
46. Princess Marie Antoinette de Broglie Aussenac | 528 |
47. President David Starr Jordan, Leland Stanford University | 528 |
48. Prof. Bogdan Popovitch, University of Belgrade, Jugoslavia | 528 |
49. Ex-Governor William Sulzer of New York | 528 |
50. Luther Burbank | 528 |
51. Prof. Yone Noguchi | 528 |
52. Prof. Raymond Frank Piper | 528 |
53. Angela Morgan | 529 |
54. Arthur Moore | 529 |
55. Prof. Dr. Jan Rypka, Charles University, Praha, Czechoslovakia | 529 |
56. A. L. M. Nicolas | 529 |
57. President Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia | 530 |
In Memoriam | 531 |
1. Alfred E. Lunt | 531 |
2. Dr. Zia Bagdádí | 535 |
3. Mrs. Laurie C. Wilhelm | 539 |
4. Mrs. Mary Hanford Ford | 541 |
5. Elmore E. Duckett | 543 |
6. Colonel Dr. I. Pírúzbakht | 545 |
7. Mírzá Muḥammad Káẓim-Púr | 547 |
8. Dr. Y. S. Tsao | 548 |
9. Dr. Muḥammad Basshír | 549 |
10. Miss Malakat Núshúgatí | 550 |
11. Extracts from "Bahá’í News” | 551 |
PART THREE |
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Bahá’í Directory, 1937-1938 | 555 |
1. Bahá’í National Spiritual Assemblies | 555 |
2. Bahá’í Local Spiritual Assemblies and Groups Alphabetically listed according to Nations | 556 |
Abyssinia | 556 |
Albania | 556 |
Australia | 556 |
Austria | 556 |
Belgium | 556 |
Brazil | 556 |
Bulgaria | 556 |
Burma | 556 |
Canada | 556 |
Caucasus | 556 |
China | 556 |
Czechoslovakia | 556 |
Denmark | 557 |
Egypt | 557 |
France | 557 |
Germany | 557 |
Great Britain and Ireland | 557 |
Hawaiian Islands | 558 |
Holland | 558 |
Hungary | 558 |
Iceland | 558 |
India | 558 |
Írán | 559 |
‘Iráq | 559 |
Islands (Society Islands) | 559 |
Italy | 559 |
Japan | 559 |
Jugoslavia | 559 |
New Zealand | 559 |
Norway | 559 |
Palestine and Transjordania | 559 |
Poland | 559 |
Rumania | 559 |
Russia | 559 |
South Africa | 559 |
Súdán | 559 |
Sweden | 559 |
Switzerland | 559 |
Syria | 559 |
Tunisia | 560 |
Tunisia | 560 |
Turkistan | 560 |
United States of America | 560 |
West Indies (British) | 560 |
3. Officers and Committees of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada | 561 |
4. Local Bahá’í Spiritual Assemblies, Groups and Isolated Believers in the United States and Canada | 565 |
5. Bahá’í Administrative Divisions in Írán | 571 |
6. Addresses of Centers of Bahá’í Administrative Divisions in Írán | 575 |
7. Alphabetical List of Bahá’u’lláh’s Best-Known Writings | 576 |
8. List of the Báb’s Best-Known Works | 577 |
Bahá’í Bibliography | 578 |
1. Bahá’í Publications of America | 578 |
Books About the Bahá’í Faith | 578 |
Writings of the Báb | 581 |
Writings of Bahá’u’lláh | 581 |
Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá | 581 |
Writings of Shoghi Effendi | 583 |
Prayers | 585 |
Bahá’í Literature in Pamphlet Form | 585 |
Compilations | 588 |
Outlines and Guides for Bahá’í Study Classes | 589 |
2. Bahá’í Publications of England | 590 |
3. Bahá’í Publications in French | 591 |
4. Bahá’í Publications in Italian | 591 |
5. Bahá’í Publications in Dutch | 591 |
6. Bahá’í Publications in Danish | 593 |
7. Bahá’í Publications in Swedish | 593 |
8. Bahá’í Publications in Portuguese | 593 |
9. Bahá’í Publications in Albanian | 593 |
10. Bahá’í Publications in Esperanto | 593 |
11. Bahá’í Publications in Russian | 594 |
12. Bahá’í Publications in German | 594 |
13. Bahá’í Publications in Bulgarian | 597 |
14. Bahá’í Publications in Rumanian | 597 |
15. Bahá’í Publications in Czech | 597 |
16. Bahá’í Publications in Serbian | 598 |
17. Bahá’í Publications in Hungarian | 598 |
18. Bahá’í Publications in Greek | 598 |
19. Bahá’í Publications in Maori | 598 |
20. Bahá’í Publications in Spanish | 598 |
21. Bahá’í Publications in Norwegian | 598 |
22. Bahá’í Publications in Croatian | 599 |
23. Bahá’í Publications in Icelandic | 599 |
24. Bahá’í Publications in Oriental Languages | 599 |
Íránian | 599 |
Urdu | 600 |
Arabic | 601 |
Turkish | 601 |
Burmese | 601 |
Chinese | 601 |
Hebrew | 601 |
Tatar | 601 |
Gujrati | 602 |
Japanese | 602 |
Armenian | 602 |
Tamil | 602 |
Kurdish | 602 |
Sindhi | 602 |
Bengali | 602 |
Hindi | 602 |
Abyssinian | 602 |
25. Bahá’í Literature in Braille (for the Blind) | 602 |
26. Bahá’í Periodicals | 603 |
27. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Books and Pamphlets by non-Bahá’í Authors | 604 |
28. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Magazines by non-Bahá’í Writers | 611 |
29. References to the Bahá’í Faith by Bahá’ís in non-Bahá’í Publications | 613 |
Transliteration of Oriental Words frequently used in Bahá’í Literature with Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation of Íránian Alphabet and Notes on the Pronunciation of Íránian Words | 614 |
Definitions of Oriental Terms used in Bahá’í Literature | 618 |
PART FOUR |
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Articles and Reviews | 623 |
1. The Seven Valleys by Bahá’u’lláh; A Meditation, by G. Townshend | 623 |
2. The World of Heart and Spirit, by Horace Holley | 626 |
3. A Session at the World Congress of Faiths, by Helen Bishop | 624 |
4. Importance de l’Idée Spirituelle dans la Vie Actuelle, by Lucienne Migette | 646 |
5. Racial Amity in America, by Louis G. Gregory | 652 |
6. Aus dem Leben des Báb, by Erna Schmidt | 667 |
7. Dawn over Mount Hira, by Mardiyyih Nabil Carpenter | 676 |
8. The Bahá’í Faith and Eastern Scholars, by Martha L. Root | 682 |
9. The Unity of Nations, by Stanwood Cobb | 693 |
10. Changing Race Relations, by Maxwell Miller | 698 |
11. Bahá’í, from “La Sagesse de l’Orient,” by Dr. Edmund Privat | 701 |
12. Sources of Community Life, by Marion Holley | 703 |
13. A Brief Account of Thomas Breakwell, by May Maxwell | 707 |
14. Unity of Races, by Genevieve L. Coy | 712 |
15. Mankind the Prodigal, by Alfred E. Lunt | 716 |
16. The Fulfillment of Religion, by Bertha Hyde Kirkpatrick | 721 |
17. A World Community, by George O. Latimer | 725 |
18. The Call to Germany, by Alma Knobloch | 732 |
19. The Manifestation, by Albert P. Entzminger | 746 |
20. Hear, O Israel, by Dorothy K. Baker | 754 |
21. The Rosary, by Nellie S. French | 757 |
22. Marriage in the Bahá’í Faith, by Rosemary Sala | 761 |
23. Learning to Live Together, by Martha L. Root | 767 |
24. Bahá’í Radio Program, delivered over Station “WHN,” New York | 769 |
25. The Bust of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, by Mrs. Stannard | 786 |
26. African Experience, by Loulie A. Mathews | 788 |
27. The Non-Political Nature of the Bahá’í Cause, by Emily M. Axford | 793 |
28. Teaching the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh in Distant Lands, by Nellie S. French | 797 |
29. Two Letters of Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst from "Persia by a Persian” | 801 |
30. A Tribute from Iceland, by Hólmfrídur Arnadóttir | 803 |
Song Offerings | 804 |
Echoes from the Spheres | 813 |
Map of the United States and Canada Showing Bahá’í Centers | Inside back cover |
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- Bahá’í World/Volume 7/In Memoriam
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- Bahá’í World/Volume 7/Racial Amity in America
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- Bahá’í World/Volume 7/Dawn over Mount Hira
- Bahá’í World/Volume 7/The Bahá’í Faith and Eastern Scholars
- Bahá’í World/Volume 7/The Unity of Nations
- Bahá’í World/Volume 7/Bahá’í, from “La Sagesse de l’Orient”
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- Bahá’í World/Volume 7/A Brief Account of Thomas Breakwell
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- Bahá’í World/Volume 7/Mankind the Prodigal
- Bahá’í World/Volume 7/The Fulfillment of Religion
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- Bahá’í World/Volume 7/The Call to Germany
- Bahá’í World/Volume 7/The Manifestation
- Bahá’í World/Volume 7/Hear, O Israel
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