Dawn of a New Day

1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi

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Title: Dawn of a New Day
Author: Shoghi Effendi
Release Date: September 2006 [Ebook 19271]
Language: English
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DAWN OF A NEW DAY***Dawn of a New Day
by Shoghi Effendi
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Baha'i Terms of Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
[Frontispiece] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE N.S.A. OF INDIA . . 5
Letter to believers in India & Burmah . . . . . . . . . 7
Excellent Field of Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Position of Baha’i Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Baha’i News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
An Era of Unprecedented Activity . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Nothing Must Dampen Our Zeal . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Unite in Promoting the Work of the Cause . . . . . . . 19
Consolidation of the Foundations of the N.S.A. . . . . 21
The House of Baha’u’llah in Baghdad . . . . . . . . . 23
Inaugurate a Fresh Campaign of Teaching . . . . . . . 25
Increasing Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Bring Together the Hindus and Mohammedans . . . . 29
Cause Will Ultimately Conquer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Publication of Kaukab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
The Baha’i News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Widen the Scope of Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Conduct of the Work of N.S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Extend the Scope of Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
[Letter of November 16, 1927] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 of May 6, 1928] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
[Letter of June 22, 1928] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 of August 21, 1928] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Present the Teachings at Various Conventions &
Gatherings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
The Faith Publicized in Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55viii Dawn of a New Day
Maintain and Strengthen the Unity of the National
Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
“Baha’i World”—Foremost Baha’i Publication . . . . 61
“Huquq” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Syed Jenab Ali—Distinguished Baha’i Leader . . . . . 65
Martha Root Visits India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Baha’i Representation at the All-Asian Women’s
Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Publication of the “Dawn-Breakers” . . . . . . . . . . 71
Advertisements in Baha’i Periodicals . . . . . . . . . . 73
Mrs. Ransom Kehler Visits India . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Translation of Baha’u’llah & the New Era . . . . . . . 77
Mrs. Kehler Visits Calcutta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Translation of Baha’u’llah and the New Era . . . . . . 81
Need of Baha’i Teachers all over the World . . . . . . 83
Passing Away of the Greatest Holy Leaf . . . . . . . . 87
Publication of Baha’u’llah & the New Era . . . . . . . 89
Baha’i Center in Calcutta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Teaching Among the Masses in India . . . . . . . . . . 93
Baha’i Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Publication of Baha’u’llah & the New Era . . . . . . . 97
Passing Away of Brilliant Teacher—Mrs. Kehler . . . 99
Twentyfive Printed Versions of Baha’u’llah & the New
Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Registration of Bombay Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Bedrock of Baha’i Administrative Order . . . . . . . . 105
Accept Justified Resignation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Revival of the Spirit of Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Changes in Membership of Baha’i Assemblies . . . . . 111
Intensify Teaching Throughout India . . . . . . . . . . 113
Persecution of the Baha’is in Iran . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Training of Baha’i Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Registration of L.S.A. of Karachi . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Formation of an Assembly in Lahore . . . . . . . . . . 121Baha'i Terms of Use ix
Circulation of Abdu’l-Baha’s Photographs . . . . . . . 123
Splendid Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Baha’i Holidays must be Observed . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Effective Publicity Throughout India . . . . . . . . . . 129
Correspondence with the Guardian . . . . . . . . . . . 131
“New-Era” in Sindhi & Bengali Printed . . . . . . . . 133
Union With Loved Ones in the Next World . . . . . . 135
Voting is Sacred Obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
It is But a Beginning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Daidanaw Baha’i School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Two Main Principles to Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Visit of Mr. Schopflocher to India . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Inflexible Determination Required . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Welcome Extended to Mr. Schopflocher . . . . . . . . 151
Theosophists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Baha’i Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Baha’i Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Obligatory Prayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Progress of Teaching Most Gratifying . . . . . . . . . 161
National Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Martha Root’s Teaching Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Resting Place of Holy Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
L.S.A. & Summer School in Simla . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Six-Year Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
First Indian Baha’i Summer School . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Task Immense—Time Short . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Splendid Work Accomplished by Miss Root . . . . . . 177
Baha’i Youth Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Summer School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Inheritance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Reason of Severe Laws Revealed by the Bab . . . . . . 187
Teaching—The Paramount Task . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Meaning of Resurrection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191x Dawn of a New Day
Teaching—The Paramount Task . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Martha Root’s Arrival in Bombay . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Paramount Task Facing the Believers . . . . . . . . . . 197
Passing Away of Dearest Martha . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Sacred Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Steady Extension of the Teaching Campaign . . . . . . 203
Financial Assistance to Baha’i Teachers . . . . . . . . 205
Translation of Baha’u’llah’s Writings . . . . . . . . . 207
Training of Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Appearance of two Davids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Importance of the Teaching Campaign . . . . . . . . . 213
Greatest Need of the Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Priceless Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Refrain from Imposing New Rules . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Every Obstacle Should Be Surmounted . . . . . . . . . 221
Persecution of Baha’is of Kadwai . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Use of A’rabs (Vowel Points) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Two Davids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
He Whom God Will Make Manifest . . . . . . . . . . 229
The Holy Book—The Aqdas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Use of A’rabs (Vowel Points) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Writings of the Bab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
The Universal House of Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Surmount Every Obstacle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Remarkable Evidence of Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Future is Blessed and Glorious . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
New Assemblies of Hyderabad & Kotah . . . . . . . . 245
Prizes to be Won . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Passing of Abd’ul-Jalil