Messages to the Bahá’í World: 1950–1957

1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi

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Title: Messages to the Bahá’í World: 1950–1957

Author: Shoghi Effendi

Release Date: September 2006 [Ebook 19280]

Language: English

***START OF THE PROJECT MESSAGES TO THE BAHÁ’Í

GUTENBERG EBOOK WORLD: 1950–1957***

Messages to the Bahá’í World: 1950–1957

by Shoghi Effendi

Edition 1, (September 2006)

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Contents

Baha'i Terms of Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Review of World Progress of the Faith . . . . . . . . . . . An Enterprise Transcending Any National Institution . . . Opening Door to Pilgrimage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Formation of First International Bahá’í Council . . . . . . Spiritual and Administrative World Center . . . . . . . . . Transcending in Sacredness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pilgrim Kings to Pay Humble Tribute . . . . . . . . . . . Epoch-Making Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reorientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Invite Valiant Co-Sharers in Holy Enterprise to Join Me in Prayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Acquisition of Area on Mount Carmel . . . . . . . . . . . Old and New Covenant-Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jubilee Centenary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Guardian Announces Appointment of Hands of the Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second Appointment of Hands of the Cause . . . . . . . . Triple Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Historic Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . God’s Avenging Wrath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Irresistible March of the Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rapid Progress of a World Center—Decline in Fortunes of Covenant-Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Summons of the Lord of Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fulfilment of National Teaching Plans . . . . . . . . . . . Launching the World-Embracing Spiritual Crusade . . . . Acquisition of Vitally-Needed Property . . . . . . . . . . Representatives for Intercontinental Conferences . . . . .

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Twofold Victory in Holy Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Treacherous Ruhi Afnan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 The Paramount Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Sealing the Triumphant Festivities of Holy Year . . . . . . 85 Roll of Honor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Twenty-One Virgin Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Fast-Dwindling Band of Covenant-Breakers . . . . . . . . 93 World Crusade Forges Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Hand of Cause Appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Appeal for Pioneer Settlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Hand of Cause Appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Roll of Honor—Additional Inscriptions . . . . . . . . . . 103 Institution of Hands of the Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 A Divinely-Guided Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Glad Tidings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 A Succession of Victories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Administrative Seats of Divinely-Appointed Institutions . 127 International Archives Building and Design for Temple in Persia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Achievements of Second Year of Ten Year Plan . . . . . . 133 TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX TERRITORIES NOW OPENED TO THE FAITH . . . . . . . . 135 NUMBER OF RACES, LANGUAGES, INCORPO- RATED ASSEMBLIES AUGMENTED . . . . . 137 ACTIVITIES AT THE WORLD CENTER . . . . . . 139 ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE CRADLE OF THE FAITH 141 GOALS ATTAINED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 PROPERTIES ACQUIRED AROUND THE WORLD 145 SIXTEEN NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES BY RIDVAN, 1957 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 HANDS OF THE CAUSE TO ATTEND HISTORIC CONVENTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

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GUARDIAN’S APPEAL TO UPHOLDERS OF THE FAITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Achievements—Supplementary Report . . . . . . . . . 153 Prayers for Faith in Persia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Appointment to International Bahá’í Council . . . . . . 157 Implications and Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Archbreaker of Bahá’u’lláh’s Covenant . . . . . . . . 161 World-Wide Reverberations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Hand of Cause Appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 So Significant a Victory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 A REMARKABLE VICTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 PROGRESSIVE UNFOLDMENT OF THE TEN- YEAR CRUSADE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 FAST-AWAKENING CONTINENT OF AFRICA . . 175 FORTY-THREE NATIONAL HAZÍRATU’L-QUDS . 177 TEMPLE SITES AND ENDOWMENTS . . . . . . . 179 DEVELOPMENT OF BAHÁ’Í WORLD CENTER . . 181 EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . 183 OTHER VICTORIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS . . . . 185 APPEAL TO UNITED NATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 187 ENROLLMENTS IN VIRGIN TERRITORIES . . . . 189 NEXT PHASE OF WORLD CRUSADE . . . . . . . . 191 A MAJOR TURNING POINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Evidences of the Resistless March of the World Crusade 197 PORTENTOUS PROPHECIES . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 VICTORY OVER ECCLESIASTICAL FORCES . . . 201 ACHIEVEMENTS OF WORLD CRUSADE . . . . . 203 THE QIBLIH OF A WORLD COMMUNITY . . . . . 207 THE TEN-YEAR PLAN IN THE UNITED STATES . 209 IN THE AFRICAN CONTINENT . . . . . . . . . . . 211 IN THE PACIFIC AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 THE MOTHER-TEMPLES OF THREE CONTINENTS215 KNIGHTS OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH AND HEROIC PIO- NEERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

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CONFERENCES AND INSTITUTES . . . . . . . . . DYNAMIC POWER OF FAITH . . . . . . . . . . . . SOLEMN RENEWAL OF DEDICATION . . . . . . . TASKS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR . . . . . . . . . THE GUARDIAN’S APPEAL TO ALL BAHÁ’ÍS . . Epoch-Making Victory Won Over Covenant-Breakers . Call to Hands of Cause and National Assemblies . . . Restitution of Bahá’í Properties in Persia . . . . . . . . Purification of$aram-i-Aqdas . . . . . . . . . . . . . Announcement of Series of Five Intercontinental Con- ferences and Appointment of Eight Additional Hands of the Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PHENOMENAL ADVANCE ACHIEVED IN WORLD CRUSADE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANOTHER CONTINGENT OF HANDS OF THE CAUSE OF GOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE GUARDIAN’S REPRESENTATIVES AT THE CONFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FOURTH PHASE OF TEN-YEAR PLAN . . . . . . . MESSAGES TO THE BAHÁ’Í WORLD 1950–1957 A Supplementary Collection . . . . . . . . . . . New Step in Building the Báb’s Shrine . . . . . . Construction of Shrine Moves Forward . . . . . Pilgrimage to World Center Again Permitted . . Administrative Headquarters in Africa . . . . . . William Sutherland Maxwell Passes—Rúhíyyih Khánum Appointed Hand . . . . . . . . Progress on Shrine of the Báb . . . . . . . . . . Achievements of Heroic Pioneers in Africa . . . Rapid Progress of Twin Sacred Undertakings . . African Intercontinental Conference . . . . . . . TRIBUTE TO PIONEERS IN AFRICAN FIELD

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FIRST AFRICAN PILLAR OF UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE . . . . . . . . . . 277 AFRICAN PROJECTS TO BE LAUNCHED . . 279 A SPIRITUALLY WELDED UNIT . . . . . . . 283 Fivefold Historic Celebration in America . . . . 285 All-America Intercontinental Conference—First Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 SIX DECADES OF ACHIEVEMENT . . . . . . 289 SPECIAL TASKS OF FOUR NATIONAL AS- SEMBLIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 PORTRAIT OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH SENT . . . . . 293 All-America Intercontinental Conference—Second Message . . . . . . 295 ELEVEN PILLARS OF THE UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE RAISE CEN- TERS TO 2500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 PRELUDE TO PRODIGIOUS EXPANSION . . 303 A PLANETARY SPIRITUAL CRUSADE . . . . 305 BEGIN NINTH PART OF MAJESTIC PROCESS307 Appeal for Funds to Purchase Temple Site in Italy 311 Joyful Announcement of Progress . . . . . . . . 313 European Intercontinental Conference . . . . . . 315 EMERGENCE OF FAITH’S EUROPEAN IN- STITUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 CRUSADE PROJECTS TO BE UNDERTAKEN 319 OPENING OF A GREAT SPIRITUAL REVIVAL323 Magnificent Response by Communities of East and West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Asian Intercontinental Conference . . . . . . . . 327 EARLY STAGES OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH’S FAITH 329 ASIA’S HOUR IN THE GLOBAL CRUSADE . 331 ON THE THRESHOLD OF A NEW SPIRI- TUAL ERA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Triple Announcement on Conclusion of Holy Year337