# Reality Magazine: Volume 1 *Exported from [Holy-Writings.com](https://www.holy-writings.com/) on 2026-06-19 — 1 clipping.* --- > V. > > . / > b(i>6 > > ■r > \ > •r > > ■•fr; 'a',-.- > > » •!** J ■ > > * .:■ > > •.'-■' > > ■ '■■',», > I.-:''-!'' ^. > . ‘v > '*-4'- • > > V: :i, .J > .- V > s ^ > > V •■ > REATITY > >1 'K \ ' ;■:•■ > > / V, > i'/ . :' '£P3oo > ' , ' -Ki- > > w\ > \ > > \ > > C r, ?■ f > > •■ > > > T^Wi, )>3AJv\t.i t > E- r: »i-U. /(iJ (j. > -f V . > > ■ ■/.' « > > c" > > l,:r':';. i > r > ’ > < ■ > > M'.- ■ ■,! > > : ‘I > .":i; .) > *■’ «< > > ;r. ' V > ■V. > ABDUL BAHA > ' : V ■ > T^he Servant of God > .V ■ > I' > ■ ‘ .' '''■ > V > > •s > i > > r :- * > > r JN offering this little pamphlet to the > Public with its great Spiritual and > Human Feeling — I am fulfilling part of > my. debt of gratitude to the Bahai Re­ > velation for the reconstruction of rify > . I > own life — and it takes its MessaTge > to any hungry heart — then it has > succeeded in its Mission.^ > THii EDITOR. > ' ■ > > • \ • , > / > v,:'i > > • t.. > > .A ■' > > ■ • i.-- . > . • i ■ > > ■ V ■; > > \ > > . I > > /* > ^ f > ;:::7;inT;:7nT::;riWiTnsnMMTii...iiiiiiiiiHniimtiTi'niMnjTijnni^^^^^^^ > > ■ V. 'v,. ' > > LESSED is he -who. is' charitable for he shalj inherii > B Eternal Life. O' > > Blessed is he who o'^oks the faults of others fpi- he shall > enjoy Divine Beatithde. > Blessed is he who associates with all with joy and fragrance > for he has obeyed the commands of BAHA’O’LLAH. > .Blessed is he who is kind to his enemies for he has walked > in the footsteps of Christ.' > ' Blessed ijS he who proclaims the doctrine of Spiritual Brother- > hbod for he s'nall be the Child of Li^ht.^ ^ ' > f . Blessed is he whose heart is tender and compassionate for- > he will throw ^at^nes at no one. , f ' > Blessed is he“ who will speak evil of no one for hp hajhr at- . > {ained to the^good pleasure of the. Lol?3; ' > Blessed is'^he who will not uncover the sins 6f others for he > will become favored at the Threshold‘of the Almighty. > Blessed is he who hath a forgiving nature for he will win > the spiritual graces of God. ' ■ ' .! > Ble.ssed is he who diffuses only the sweet'fragrance of the > flowera of friendship and rnutual association for\^e will obtain > a goodly portion of the bounties of the Mereiful. i > Blessed is he who teaches union and, concord |or he will., > shine like unto a star in heaven. ' V > r.y Blessed is he who practices loving kindness and co-operation > for he will be encircled with celestial benediction. > Blessed is he who comforts the downtrodden for he will J3e > the friend of jGod. > > \: -Words of ABDUL-BAHA. ^ > cO > > 77“ ‘i7iiiimm7miiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiM|iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiii > > ■ 1 > A Late Letter From Abdul Baha. To Live The Life Is— ^ > To be no cause of grief to any one. > 'T/ His Honor To be kind of all people and to love them with a pure spirit. > David Buchanan, - Should opposition or injury happen to us, to bear it, to be > Portland, Oregon. as kind as ever we can be, and-through all, to love^the people. > Should calamity exist in the greatest degree, to rejoice, for these > Upon him be Baha’o’llah el Abha! ' n things are the gifts and favors of God. > HE IS GOD! " , To be silent concerning the faults of others, to pray for them, . > and to help them, through kindness, to correct their faults. > O thou who are turning thy face to tlie Kingdom of GOD!' > Thy letter dated Dec. ^nd, 1918, was received. Altho the To look always at the good and not at the bad. If a man has > r^resentatives of various governments are assembled in Paris, ten good qualities and one bad one, look at the ten and forget the > in order to lay the foundations of Universal Peace, and thus one. And if a man has ten bad qualities and one good one, to > bestow rest and comfort upon the world of humanity, yet mis­ look at the one and forget the ten. > / > understanding among some individuals is still predolhinant and Never to allow ourselves to .speak one unkind word about > self-ihterst still prevails. '^nother,. even though that other 'be our enemy. > A > In such an atmosphere Universal Peace will not be pra^ic- To do all oi(r deeds in kjndness. ^ ^ > able; nay rather, fresh difficulties will arise. This, is because > interests are conflicting and aims are at variance. To cut our hearts from ourselves and from the world. > We pray and beseech at the Divine Threshold and beg for To be humble. ' > the world of humanity, rest and composure. For Universal P^e "To be servants of each other, and to-know, that we are less > will not be brought alwut thru human power, and shall not shine than any one elsef ' , 7 . > in full splendor unless this weighty and important matter shall > be realized thru the Word of GOD, and be made to shine forth To be as one soul in many bodies; for the more we love each > thru fthe influence 0^ the Kingdom of GOD. other, the nearer we shall be to God; but to know that eur love, > Elventually it shall be thoroly established thru the power .qur unity," our obedience must not be by confession, but of reality. > of BahaVllah. To act with cautiousness and wisdom. > Vejily, his honor. President Wilson, is self-sacrificing in To be' truthful. ' \ > this path, and is striving heart and soul, with perfect good will > in the world of humanity. To be hospitable. > Similarly the equitable government of Great Britain is ex­ To be reverent. > pending a great deal of effort. > To be a cause of healing for every sick one, a comforter for > Undoubtedly the general condition of the people and the state every sorrowful one, a pleasant water for every thiristy one, a > of small oppressed nations will not remain as before. Justice > heavenly table for every hungry one, a star to every horizon, a > and right; shall be fortified, but the establisment of Universal > Peace will be realized fully only thru the Power of the Word of light for every lamp, a heralj} tc> every one who yearns for the > GOD. ' I kingdom of God. * 7 * > (Signed) ABDUL BAHA ABBAS. ^ , —ABDUL BAHA. ; > r A. > r.Art Incident of the Capture of Haifa and TO THE EDITOR OF REALITY > How Tliey Found Abdul Baha Your publication .“Reality” desired to be Another “voice > crying in the wilderness”, will, I am sure meet, with a hearty re­ > sponse by the seekers of Light, and the Pilgrims who have, lost > As told by his Secretary Mirza Ahmad Sohrab. th sir wsy • ■ > May its columns fee alive with the words of Baha’o’llah and > Abdul-Baha! J , ^ > That Sun of Reality,, Baha’o’llah has indeed risen, heralding > There is to be held in New York, April 26—30 inclusive, at the day of Life, of bestowal, of deeds. It.will illumine and dirwt > the Hotel McAlpin a convention of t^ese people whcT call them­ the world of motive, enlighten the sphere of thought, and shed its > selves Bahais whose greeting is “Alaho Abha.” They are fol­ rays of the love of God upon action. ■ A.u > lowers of the Persian Prophet AbdHl' Eaha. ' \- This Sun of Redlity has risen at the appointed time,- that > This is- interesting from the fact that several months ago • time foretold byi all the prophets. No night will follow its rising. > Abdul Baha and his follo\Yers were found alive .and in good health “But it shall be one day which shall be known to the -Lord not day > by the British upon their occupation and capture of Haifa, Syria. nor night but it shall come to pass that at evening time it shall > > The capture of Acca was most dramatic and inspiring, as the This Sun of Reality will illumine the West and the East, and > taking of Acca and Haifa were the most brilliant and spectacular * > wilf shine !*■____n__ J?____ > eternally from4.1.^ > the meridian of its rrlnrv > glory. Tf.fl > Its rflvs-arp. > rays are > ‘ ______ TS-Mi-v unll > of the Holy Land campaign. the fire of the \de of God, that pure alchemical Kre that will > refine and purify the hesirts of humanity. Through knowledge > There is a'small chain of mountains just bade of these towns > and the understanding of wisdom it will adorn the right hand of > and upon the other side: lies an extensive plain. The British the West and the East with the mystery of the spirit of the > occupied the plain and directed a bombardment over the mount­ > Brotherhood of Man,, that will fulfill the purpose of God and His > ains which lasted for a number of days. Then without a > moment’s warning fifteen thousand British cavalry comppsed Verily His greatest harmony is in His greatest \jiversity! > mostly of Colonial and Indian horsemen charged through the > passes,’split into three columns artd each yelling his own battle ' A. N. JJ. C. > cry surrounded the two cities, broke up into smaller columns and > entered through every street. • - > This was accomplished with such promptness that though > the Turks had their horses ready for instant flight, over a thous­ Reality > and were captured. It seems that, panor to this, all the division > Commanders had been instructed that, immediately upon occupa­ By Isab^el Fraser Chamberlain. > tion, Abdul Bal^ was to be found at once and that he and all his V > followers were to be placed under the protection of the British > The word “reality” is on the tongues of men. k. > Flag. ' ‘ > ' The great reality of this age is the teaching of Baha’o’llah. > ' When the .Commanding General arrived at the-house of • ■ Who^s Bal)a’o’llah? , ; > Abdul' Baha, he found the venerable prophet serene and undis- In the last century the reaUty of all things has been un­ > 1 urbed—the General’s greeting was “Al^a Abha”—for he was > covered. " > a Bahais. There appeared oh earth three great beings—The Bab or^ > > J > > Herald—Baha’o’llah or Glory of God—Abdul Baha or. Station of THE SIXTH SPNSE. > Servitude. > The Bab foretold the coming of one through whom all nations > j,nd peoples of the earth would be united. After sight, hearing and taste, after touch and smell—after > \ Baha’o’llah came as prophesied and proclaimed the law for or before the five senses—inscrutably the si.xth sense reigns. No > the age of peace. man but is dominated by its power. It is the image we feel ever > behind our own when we gaze^to the mirror of consciousness, > Abdul Baha isUhe expounder of the law. the image that never stands revealed because we ourselves are in > Verily this is'the fulfillment of all the prophicies in all the the way. It is the shadow of the kiffower falling upon and de.s- > Holy Books. Iroying knowledge. It is the recoiling ecstasy of remorse, those > Abdul .Baha in addressing the sons of men declares that , wings feathe ed black and gold. , It is the calm majestic reces' > “The Hosts of the Kingdom of Abha are drawn up in battle' sion of triumph, like the flowihg''of waters or the drawing of > ‘array oiuthe plane of th^ supreme apex,and are expecting that curtains, by which the mind learns the futility of all desire save > a band of volunteers step upon the field of action with the inten- the desire to be. It invokes the mo.st sensitive element in us all. > rion of “service so that they may assist that band and make it whether memory or hope, will or desiref fear or love, bringing > victorious and triumphant.” , • by whatever means are available an awareness of a beyond, an > outside, less of place than of self; an awareness not so much > knowledge as-compulsion, like the irresistable on-thrust of time. > vLike sleep it comes'and goeS:—^present, it is most absent; absent, > nearest at hand, Superior intelligence can more closely seize its > Prayer When Assuming Daily Duties apprehension, though thought cannot bid it come. Virtue can > ' ■ refine its influence and effect, though even love may not encom­ > pass its flight. It levels all experience as the sun levels the hills. > He is the Exalted and Truthfol! . It levels all experience by the suggestion, the promise or the > threat, of one imminent experience, i'nfinitely different and > I have Come to this day, 6 my God, by 'Thy Generosity, and supreme. Before that imminence^whatever life has been seems > 1 depart from the-house, depending upon Thee and delivering my the shadow of nonbeing, poetry written upon water, motherhood > affairs unto Thee. > expended for a doll. The sixth sense in men is the sense of > Send down upon me from the heavens of Thy Mercy a special mystery. > blessing from Thy Presence: Then bring me bacic in peace and All motive, whether primal instinct or intellectualized con­ > righteousness, as Thou hast sent me forth. . viction, flows into our pe*sonal apprehension of mystery as > . The e is no God but Thee! Thou art the One bf‘Knowledge st' earns flow into the sea. It gathers every experience into its > and Wi.sdom! ‘ - Own invisible deep. Experience enacts itself for each life within, > a landscape friendly or ominous as each life’s contact with mys­ > tery has descried. In the sense of my4te’*y our values take their > I ask Thee, 0 Ruler of exi.stence and Beloved of all who. are essence and their form. For some, its light turns things evil to > in the world of creation, to assist me in all conditions, that I may good. For some, its darkness turns things good to evil. The > advance toward the Goal of Thy Command, and that 1 inay ever sincere witness, c”oss-examining himself, will testify at last on* > show forth Thy Love among Thy creatures: Then grant me, thing only; the nature of that vision he had whCn the world of > through*Thy Bounty, that which^ill benefit m’e in this world the five senses withdraw, the ^xth sense compe|ling. The sin­ > and in the world to come. ’Thou art the Almighty, the Supreme, cere witnesses he who finds hiijnself beyond the range of word > the Precious, the Powerful! or sign. ' ’ . ^ > Rut where words and signs dominate, the, mystery with- > - —From HIDDEN WORDS. > ■ r > > drawn, they divide conviction as-the seasons divide the \ear. the pattern is upon the wall. But if he turns about, now’ to one > For the sense of mystery leaves \>ehind among men two different side, now to another, and still sees the same pattern, he must > impressions, by which men are stationed more truly than by mind realize that the pattern is not of the wall but of his own spectacles. > or hand or blood. There comes from old the witness of the The test is w'hether the pattern moves with his moving, or re­ > mystery of dice—^blind chance, without meaning, without interpre­ mains motionless in one place. But the philosophies elaborated > tation, without responser More than half the symbols by which 1.0 justify intuition move constantly as experience moves. And > the race has recorded its spiritual landscapes could be expressed thus since the sense of mystery accompanies thought and emotion > by the gambler’s apparatus. As the dice fall, so the day and the to their farthest bound, both in the devotee of chance and in the > y nian. As the dice fall, so the- days and mankind. The high and believer of spiritual truth, we know' that neither philosophy had > [ the low of earth alike wait helpless before the revolving wheel. its origin nor its justification in outer fact, but each alike derives > Rewards and penalties are various, but chance is one. Illusion inevitably from the quality of the consciousness to which it is > has many veils, b^t reafity is one. Go to the end of your own habitual. There is but one^ustifiable form in w’hicW the ever­ > (ether—but none can ever break the invisible cord. Freedom— lasting debate may be,discussed: whether consciousness itself;;^!! > that is the subtlest illusion of them all. And why not? The its essence, is, a mechanical or a s^ritual thing. > ■stars ride above all, the fatal stars, themselves haphazard flung And it is no slight, unimportant furtherance of inquiry to > within the nothingness of space. The kipg’s robe, 'brpidered come to feel that the inquiry stands upon this particular ground. > with knowledge and dream—the king’s robe, too, covers a For the external wmrld of space'and event has ever favored a be­ > prisoner’s c^ain. / ■ . • lief in chance as the essence of fate. To search a lifetime > Across.'the watershad, where experience flows the, opposite, throughout matters external is to become at last part of their > w'ay, mystery from of old takes to itself another form. To the restless movement and actuality. It is to lose the sensitive dis­ > child, music is mysterious, yet music can be learned. To the crimination testing the qualities of e.xperience by the recollection > savage, mathematics are mysterious, yet from /savages mathe­ of faith-—by the recollection that faith once justified itself to the > matics slowly, gradually came. And so it is that altough war ..inner guardian—and acce"pt a "standard for things offered by the > follows war, and famine on famine feeds, and the world’s increas­ things themselvete. It is a fact that- the mystery of fchance a.^r > ing control of nature is only matched by its increasing reckless­ dominating j;he world never came from the depths of life, but is > ness of life, yet those in whom the sense of mystery has registered the glittering surface of 'concrete things and evehts permitted all > not as chance but as the attainable unattained—those meet the too unwisely to blind the lustful eye. It is a fact' that w’hile two > argument of fact -wdth hopeful insistence, relying upon a truth opposite mysteries seem unalterably opposed, there is but one > for which no reality avails. And as scieitte shifts its attack’ mystery to which illusion itself opposes. But there is a gradual > from the emptiness of space to the mechanics of heredity, these i;ransition from the sense of mystery to'the sense'of illusion > " still faithful toJ;heir vision admit even their own pre-natal infer-' seemingly mysterious, a transition so gradual that any' one con- > iority but exult in a superiority that knows nor birth nor death. .sciousness may pass over without awareness of the fact. It is a > Let life be chemistry, if it must, yet the-seething caldron of t'-ansition downward, a subtle degradation of vital energy into > consciousness has for some at least set free an element with which destructive motion—motion, .which, once released, never/can of > they feel themselves familiar to an eternal God.' i itself be raised to that height of energy again.^ So to accept the > Impression cannot be matched against impression, for all debate upon the grounds of truth as truth? is presented by the > are equal in the democracy of truth. It is thropgh its alliance universe is for the spiritual to lose their entire cldim. It is ever\ > with e.xternal fact that impression acquires currency and value. mo-e—^they join themselves, unwittingly, 'to their enemies and > And so the two opposed intuitions have, throughout the ages of make a hostile cause their own. > .speculation, attached them.selves to the uniye"se of sen.se and If We draw’ closely to the debate as it has gone on from school > , event, brooding over it, drawing near and nearer then far and to school, w'e perceive very readily that the force behind each > farther away, constantly changing their perspective in the' effort argument can be measured in terms of a certain condition in > to set claim to one more weapon in the clash of minds. No-w if - social development. It is more particularly w'hert the individual > »■ a man sees a pattern before him-in a dim light, he will believe mind is surrounded* by a great accumulation of treasure—w'hen, > ■ I, > > > > Its own capacity seems weak in comparsion with its inherited cannot perceive w'hence the forces come. For a new experience > knowledge—^that the doctrine of chance becomes generally ac­ enters the mind by the most accesible door—and the mind judges > ceptable The universe, and consciousness itself, become ap­ it by comparsion with the experience entering most often the > parently mechanical and devoid of spiritual claim precisely when .same way. It is only by standing outside the personal attitude, > consciousness tends least to exert its own innate power. As a and estimating the force historically, that one can perceive that > merely passive force employed to register an abundant inherit­ behind the force whose influence begot confidence in the soul--- > ance of art, philosophy and experience, the soul actually comes confidence to be—invariably a Messenger stood. Invariably it > tt5 iustifv the mechanical theory. As society grows in institu- has been the Message that inspired the soul. It is the Message > Lns, the soul diminishes by functions. It witnesses power all that awakens the soul to itself, as the lover awakens the uncon­ > about itself, and the spectacle overawes its own instincts. Then scious heart of a girl. Being is a gift from without, not an > the soul is caught up into the restless movement of mechanical attainment from within. > . things, and the only record it leaves behind is the record of aim­ The sense of mystery in life is a harkening to the Messenger’s > less wandering abroad for a happiness and a peace it left unre­ footsteps; the footsteps that echoed away long since, but surely > cognized at home. ;■ to return, > For all knowledge and all art, yes all wealth too, originally ^ —HORACE HOLLEY. > came from active functions of the soul. The soul dismayed at > the world is dismayed at/its own creation. For the soul gave > these things of its own abundance to the, world; the world never The following are from the Persian > •>-ave one thing to the soul. The \vorld is a dry desert filled only > from the overflow of the soul. It is in this desert that so many “Hidden Words” > are walking, walking, each with his cup which nevey can be filled > save with.the bitterness of Salt; an eternal spring all unknown O MY SON! ■ . > flowing in the deeps of his own heart. Before him rises a V , The Cohipany of the wicked increaseth sorrow, and the > mirage which day after day he pursues, past the bodies of the fellowship of the righteous removetli the rust of the mind. > dead, until he too lies down wearily among them, dying. The He who desires to associate with God, let him associate with > glitter of the world is the glitter of a mirror, bright by the sheer . His Beloved; and he who desires to hear the word of God, > perfection of its own nothingness. . . let him hear the'Words of His chosen ones. > ' “/ have created thee rich, why hant thou made thyself poor? > Noble have I crowned thee, why hast thou deyraded thyself?” o'fRIENDS! X, ' ' 7 . > As the soul ^ibsides within itself, like a flame to ashes, the Truly I say — all that ye have, concealed in yoiir hearts,' > presence of God grows incredible and remote. For God is to the is clear to Us, clear, manifest and open as the day; but the > soul as heat is to the flame, and the only “proof” of God is His cause of concealment is from Our Generosity and Mercy^ not > possession. God does not inhabit the world of chance; His law ■A from your merit. > does not control that world; Ills traces are a^nt from it. The O SONS OF ADAM! ^ > world of chance derives from men’s own ex|ferience of darknes.s “The good word”,and pure and holy deeds ^cend to the > and cold. To escape that world, and enter the world where God glorious Heaven of Oneness. Strive that thy deeds may be > is, one must rekindle the flame. This is of the essence of spiri­ cleansed from the dust of hypocrisy and from the tuihidness > tual experience: that the realization of soul is identical with thei of self and passion, and thus enter the glorious Presence of > realization of Gbd. Acceptance. For soon the Assayers of Existence, in the > But there is a characteristic condition o^ society, also, when, portico of the Presence of the Worshipped One, shall accept > .■the soul comes into its own. From time to time strange force.« naught except pure deeds. This is the Sun of Wisdom and > blow across .the world of minds, as winds blow across the wheat. Significances which has dawned from the horizon of the > • And before the.se fbfces men bow and are bent, .even while they Mouth of the.Divine.Wilh Blessed are they wfho advance. > I 15 > A. > (,4 > ciples have since been presented there, at monthly meetings, by > THE STEPPING STONE iS Bahai friends, together with excellent music. > > THAT GATHERS NO MOSS In connection with the “Bread-line”, spontaneously organ­ > ized at the two Stepping Stones, thousands have been fed. In > all, about 35,000 people have been freely provided with food, > Trials are stepping stones unless we make them stumbling blocks. > about 3,000 with lodging, and hundreds helped along to positions. > Through securing work for the “Breacjliners,” the backbone of > Some seven months ago was the above sign engrossed in the “Breadline”''!^ been broken and both suffering and danger > golden letters on the show' window of a modest store, No. 203 > averted. > East 9th Street, New York City.. > \ Some thirty days ago a similar sign went up at No. Some of the Bahai friends have come forward with both > Bowery, about twenty blocks away, close to Chinatown and the service and financial help, and are now paying the rent of the ori­ > “Tin-Pan Market”, between Bayard and Canal Street. ginal Stepping Stone, on Nintfe; Street, contributing to its fur­ > Poor Men’s Clubs are they, wherein material and spiritual nishing and decollating, as well as helping to furnish and support > food is served night and day with Bahai ,1‘love and fragrance’. > the Bahai Home, now being organized at No. 12 Stuyvesant > Bom in Loving Service, their household desires to remain - > , Street, just across the way, whero aged working-women will find > unknown except as the “Servants of the Servants”. ' ’Oieir ^ > founder craves but for the station of “The Shepherd s Dog at the lodging amidst loving service. > Shepherd’s Feet”. / „ . i, i • And what inspired all this—the following passages of* the > These are stepping stones in fact as well as in name, helping , Hidden Words: . . > men to step from the lowest .of earth’s strata to the highest of > The poor among ye are My trust. Therefore ^ard My > heaven’s realms. x- i Trust, and be not wholly occupied with your owAease. > Followmg the example of the Master, the hup^y are first > fed wholesorne material food ‘ere t^iey list’ to the spiritual har- • Guidance hath ever been by words, but at this time, it > '' is by deeds. That is, all. pure deeds must appear from the ' > Strict vegetarianism is practiced. Neither are coffee, tea, temple of man, because all are partners in words, but pure > nor condiments, served. ?moking is absolutely prohibited. ' and holy deeds belong especially to dur friends. Then strive > Bahai meetings are held in t^e evehing, bringing together with your life to be distinguished among all people by deeds: > the most cosmopolitan of people from all parts of the city, parti­ Thus We exhort ye in the holy and radiant Tablet. > cularly frbm the East Side. . .. j > r 4- '' These Stepping Stones are, simply the Glad Tidings announc- > The Message has been delivered to thousands o| eager list- > ' eners of all 'creeds-, races and stations, who in turn sow the seed * ed by the Master*in a Tablet addressed ‘^To.the Ass^bled Friends > in all parts of the city and country. ' in the Bowery Mission”, April 5th, 1913, in which he said: > \ > In co-operation with Joe Justice — Joe fhe Jew , ma­ ’ • Glad tidings be unto you, for the Doors of the Kingdom > terial and spiritual food has been delivered every Wednesday ■S of God are open before your faces and the Glances olthe'^eyes > night at the Midnight Mission, of the Rescue Society, at No. 5 . of Mercifulness have encircled you. • ‘ n , > Doyers Street, Chinatown, and in co-operation with John Carroll, . > / at the All-Night Mission, every Friday night. About 10,000 ; ‘ The noble .soul in.spired to do this Great X^ork i.s iirbain j > men were thus fed.- The very bfest of vocal and instrumental Ledoux — whose name is on the lijjs of thousands who have > music was, also furnished by Bahai friends. ^ .■ heard of his.Mi.ssion and whose image is engraved injoving ■- > . ■ remembrance of kindness, sympathy and helpfulness or, ; > By invitation of Dr. Hallimond, the Sixth Anniversary of. the ' •' ! hundreds of hearts > visit of Abdul Baha at the Bowery Mission was held, at that , ' ■ (Editor’s note.!. > Mission on .April'19th, 1918, and the Twelve Basic Bahai Prin- > From A Worlding Eleventh Annual Mashreck El Askar > r The Hope of the Multitude is in- the Spiritual Education of > Bahai Congress > .-VJStD > the Individual. v ' > WHAT IS A BAHAI? x Feast Of El-Rizwan > He is the richest man on Earth—-his Heaven is Here and > Now—liis home is the World—he can not be lonely—for every. ■ -' "X - > > * man is his Brother—he cannot be sad for the Joy of Knowledge HOTEL McALPIN — NEW YORK CITY > is his—^he can not be poof for the Treasury of God is open to him April 26^-30, 1^19. > —^he cannot worry for his hand is in the Hand of the Great > Protector. • ' :—^ ' > S.VrURDAY, APRIL 26th. > A woman once told me she thought every one Iiad a soul save 5 P. M. Rec'eption In Ci>ngress Hair to all the friends. , > a plumber—she did not stop to think that much of the refinement 6 P. M. Feast of EI-Bizwan — > and exquisiteness of life comes from the work of a plumber. Chairman:/.Mrs. AMce Ives ,Breed. New .York City.^ r > / ■ < * “ > > If you worry too much to-day you won’t live to worry to­ SECOND SESSION BAHAI CONGRESS ’ > morrow. - SUNDAY, APRIL 27thr — .3 o’clock P. M. > Chainnan: Howard MacNiitt. Brooklyn, » > If you love enough and have faith enough in the Greatest > Love of All you ean change your own condition and the condition SUNDAY APRIL — 8 o’clock P. M. ’ .' 7 > Chairman: Mrs. Mabel Rice-Wray, Detroit. > of the World. > .AIONDAY, APRIL 28th, — 10 o’clock: > Meeting of Masheck el A.skar > Man struggles to amass a fortune—so he may “take it easy.” ■X Convention for transaction of business. ' 4 > __The greatest slave on earth is the man who has to take care > MONDAY, APRIL .28th, — 3 o’clock P. M. > of millions. Chairman: Horace Holley, New York. > Lust is like the tiger brought in its infancy from the jungle MONDAY, APRIL 28th, — 8 o’clock P. M. > ' __it is sweet and playful at first^but bye and bye it turns and Chairman: Grace Oher, CamVidge, Mass. • > rends you. 'I'UESDAY, APRIL 29th, - 10 o’clock A. M. > Meeting of Mashreck el Askar , . > Com’ention for the tran.saction of business. > Hurry up and do a great work for Humanity—millionaires > are dying every day and taking nothing with them—if you help TUESDAY, APRIL 29th, - 3 o’clock P. M. > the needy you will take their prayer^" and if you don’t think they Chairman: Roy C. Wilhelm, New York City. •' > are any good now you will When you “cross over.” TUESDAY. APRIL .29th, -.8 o’otockxP. M. > Chairman: Zoraya Fraser Chariberlain, Boston. > The quest for a new sensation is the most boring thing in AVEDNESDAY, APRIL 30th, - 3 o’cldck P M > the world—try helping others for a while and being good,—It’s Chairman: William H. Hoar, _ Pan wood. N. 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