# The Bahai Revelation

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> The Bahai Revelation*
> 
> *   Believed to have been published by Roy Cochran Wilheim (1875–1951).
> Beware of prejudice; light is
> good in whatsoever lamp it is
> burning. A rose is beautiful in
> whatsoever garden it may
> bloom. A star has the same
> radiance if it shines from the
> east or the west.
> ‘Abdu’l-Bahá*
> 
> *   ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Abdul Baha on Divine Philosophy, p. 25.   Note:   Old
> “transcriptions” have been revised.
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> The Bahai Revelation
> The Baha’í revelation is not an organization. The Baha’í cause can
> never be confined to an organization. The Baha’í revelation is the spirit
> of this age. It is the essence of all the highest ideals of this century. The
> Baha’í cause is an inclusive movement; the teachings of all religions and
> societies are found here. Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Mohammedans, *
> Zoroastrians, Theosophists, Freemasons, Spiritualists, etc., find their
> highest aims in this cause. Socialists and philosophers find their
> theories fully developed in this revelation.† 1
> The cause of Baha’u’llah is the same as the cause of Christ. It is the
> same Temple and the same Foundation. … In the coming of Christ the
> divine teachings were given in accordance with the infancy of the
> human race. The teachings of Baha’u’llah have the same basic
> principles, but are according to the stage of maturity of the world today
> and the requirements of this illumined age.‡
> —‘Abdu’l-Baha
> 
> *   Muslims.
> †   Y. S. Tsao, “The unity of civilization”, Bahá’í Year Book 1925–1926, vol. 1, p. 146.
> ‡   ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas, vol. 3, p. 535.
> The Bahá’í Cause*
> The Baha’í revelation, which had its rise in Persia in the year 1844,
> today has become known throughout the world. “… it is not so much a
> new religion as Religion renewed and unified.Ӡ
> This unique movement for social and spiritual reconstruction was
> first centered in a radiant youth called the Bab, whose mission it was to
> proclaim the coming of a great world messenger. Many European
> historians have described the wonderful charm of this pure-hearted
> hero of progressive religion, who was martyred in 1850 after six years of
> brilliant teaching.
> Baha’u’llah,‡ a Persian noble, then appeared as the one heralded by
> the Bab. He announced the dawn of a new age, an age when
> brotherhood and peace should cover the earth even as the waters cover
> the sea. The principles he advocated, however, were too universal for
> the limited minds of his contemporaries. He and a few of his followers
> were driven by the reactionary powers of Persia into exile and prison,
> and at last, in 1868, were immured in the desolate barracks of ‘Akka in
> Syria.
> But the persecutions of men cannot extinguish the light of God’s holy
> spirit when it shines from the heart of his prophets. From the “Most
> Great Prison” of ‘Akka, Baha’u’llah spread his gospel of unity and love
> throughout western Asia. In 1892, at the end of forty years of exile and
> imprisonment, he passed away, leaving his eldest son, ‘Abdu’l-Baha,§ as
> the appointed expounder of his word and the promulgator of his cause,
> the “Center of the Covenant”.
> Under the guidance of ‘Abdu’l-Baha the Baha’í message has been
> carried to all lands and all religions. It has bound Christians and
> Mohammedans, Buddhists and Parsis, Jews and Hindus, into the most
> spiritual brotherhood the world has ever known.
> The Baha’ís believe this is the beginning of that Golden Age upon
> earth, the age of universal peace and love when, as Christ foretold, men
> “shall come from the east and from the west, and from the north and
> from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.”**
> 
> *
> Y. S. Tsao, “The unity of civilization”, Bahá’í Year Book 1925–1926, vol. 1, pp.
> 146–7.
> †    ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas, vol. 1, p. viii.
> ‡    Lit. “Glory of God”.
> §    Lit. “Servant of Baha”.
> **   Quote from ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Abdul Baha on Divine Philosophy, p. 25.
> Twelve basic Bahá’í principles*
> 1.     The oneness of mankind.
> 2.     Independent investigation of truth.
> 3.     The foundation of all religions is one.
> 4.     Religion must be the cause of unity.
> 5.     Religion must be in accord with science and reason.
> 6.     Equality between men and women.
> 7.     Prejudice of all kinds must be forgotten.
> 8.     Universal peace.
> 9.     Universal education.
> 10.    Solution of the economic problem.
> 11.    An international auxiliary language.
> 12.    An international tribunal.
> 
> *     These twelve basic Baha’í principles were enunciated by Baha’u’llah over
> sixty years ago and are to be found in His published Writings of that time.
> Compiled from the
> words of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá*
> 1. The oneness of mankind
> Baha’u’llah addresses Himself to the world of man saying, “Ye are all
> the leaves of one tree and the fruits of one arbor.Ӡ That is, the world of
> existence is no other than one tree, and the nations or peoples are like
> unto the different branches or limbs thereof, and human individuals are
> similar to the fruits and blossoms thereof … while in all past religious
> books and epistles, the world of humanity has been divided into two
> parts: one called the “people of the Book”, or the “pure tree”, and the
> other, the “evil tree”. One-half of the people of the world were looked
> upon as belonging to the faithful, and the other as belonging to the
> irreligious and the infidel; one-half of the people were consigned to the
> mercy of the Creator, and the other half were considered as objects of
> the wrath of their Maker. But Baha’u’llah proclaimed the oneness of the
> world of humanity—He submerged all mankind in the sea of divine
> generosity.
> 2. Independent investigation of truth
> No man should follow blindly his ancestors and forefathers. Nay,
> each must see with his own eyes, hear with his own ears, and
> investigate truth in order that he may find the Truth; whereas the
> religion of forefathers and ancestors is based upon blind imitation—
> man should investigate the truth.
> 3. The foundation of all religions is one
> The foundation underlying all the divine precepts is one reality. It
> must needs be reality, and reality is one, not multiple. Therefore the
> foundation of the divine religions is one. But we can see that certain
> forms have come in, certain imitations of forms and ceremonials have
> crept in. They are
> 
> *   “Appendix 1: Summary of Baha’í teachings”, The Bahá’í World 1926–1928, pp.
> 294–6.
> †   See Baha’u’llah in Baha’i Scriptures, p. 281.
> heretical, they are accidental, because they differ; hence they cause
> differences among religions. But if we set aside these imitations and
> seek the reality of the foundation we shall all agree, because religion is
> one and not multiple.
> 4. Religion must be the cause of unity among mankind
> Every religion is the greatest divine effulgence, the cause of life
> amongst men, the cause of the honor of humanity, and is productive of
> life everlasting amongst humankind. Religion is not for enmity or
> hatred. It is not for tyranny or injustice. If religion be the cause of
> enmity and rancor, if it should prove the cause of alienating men,
> assuredly non-religion would be better. For religion and the teachings
> which appertain to it are as a course of treatment. What is the object of
> any course of treatment? It is cure and healing. But if the outcome of a
> course of treatment should be productive of mere diagnosis and
> discussion of symptoms, the abolition of it is evidently preferable. In
> this sense, abandoning religion would be a step toward unity.
> 5. Religion must be in accord with science and reason
> Religion must be reasonable; it must agree perfectly with science, so
> that science shall sanction religion and religion sanction science. The
> two must be brought together, indissolubly, in reality. Down to the
> present day it has been customary for man to accept a thing because it
> was called religion, even though it were not in accord with human
> reason.
> 6. Equality between men and women
> This is peculiar to the teachings of Baha’u’llah, for all former
> religious systems placed men above women. Daughters and sons must
> follow the same
> 
> form of study and the same education. Having one course of education
> promotes unity among mankind.
> 7. Abandonment of all prejudices
> It is established that all the prophets of God have come to unite the
> children of men and not to disperse them, and to put in action the law of
> love and not enmity. Consequently we must throw aside all these
> prejudices—the racial prejudice, the patriotic prejudice, the religious
> and political prejudices. We must become the cause of unity of the
> human race.
> 8. Universal peace
> All men and nations shall make peace. There shall be universal
> peace amongst governments, universal peace amongst religions,
> universal peace amongst races, universal peace amongst the denizens of
> all regions. Today in the world of humanity the most important matter
> is the question of universal peace. The realization of this principle is
> the crying need of the time.
> 9. Universal education
> All mankind should partake of both knowledge and education, and
> this partaking of knowledge and of education is one of the necessities of
> religion. The education of each child is obligatory. If there are no
> parents, the community must look after the child.
> 10. Solution of the economic problem
> No religious books of the past prophets speak of the economic
> question, while this problem has been thoroughly solved in the
> teachings of Baha’u’llah. … Certain regulations are revealed which
> insure the welfare and well-being of all humanity. Just as the rich man
> enjoys his rest and his pleasures surrounded by luxuries, the poor man
> must
> 
> likewise have a home, be provided with sustenance, and not be in want.
> … Until this is effected happiness is impossible. All are equal in the
> estimation of God; their rights are one and there is no distinction for
> any soul; all are protected beneath the justice of God.
> 11. An international auxiliary language
> An international auxiliary language shall be adopted which shall be
> taught by all the schools and academies of the world. A committee
> appointed by national bodies shall select a suitable language to be used
> as a means of international communication, and that language shall be
> taught in all the schools of the world in order that everyone shall need
> but two languages, his national tongue and the international auxiliary
> language. All will acquire the international auxiliary language.
> 12. An international tribunal
> A universal tribunal under the power of God, under the protection of
> all men, shall be established. Each one must obey ‘the decisions of this
> tribunal, in order to arrange the difficulties of every nation.
> About fifty years ago Baha’u’llah commanded the people to establish
> universal peace and summoned all the nations to the “divine banquet of
> international arbitration” so that the questions of boundaries, of
> national honor and property and of vital interests between nations
> might be decided by an arbitral court of justice.
> __________
> Remember, these precepts were given more than half a century ago.
> At that moment no one spoke of universal peace, nor of any of these
> principles; but Baha’u’llah proclaimed them to all the sovereigns of the
> world. … They are the spirit of this age, the light of this age; they are the
> well-being of this age.
> 
> Nine qualifications by which
> the Great Master may be recognized*
> 1.    That Great Master will be the educator of the world of humanity.
> 2.    His teachings must be universal and confer illumination upon
> humankind.
> 3.    His knowledge must be innate and spontaneous, and not acquired.
> 4.    He must answer the questions of all sages, solve all the difficult
> problems of humanity, and be able to withstand all the
> persecutions and sufferings heaped upon Him.
> 5.    He must be a joy-bringer and the herald of the kingdom of
> happiness.
> 6.    His knowledge must be infinite and his wisdom all-comprehensive.
> 7.    The penetration of his Word and the potency of his influence must
> be so great as to humble even his worst enemies.
> 8.    Sorrows and tribulations must not vex him. His courage and
> conviction must be God-like. Day unto day he must become firmer
> and more zealous.
> 9.    He must be the establisher of universal civilization, the unifier of
> religions, the standard-bearer of universal peace, and the
> embodiment of all the highest and noblest virtues of the world of
> humanity.
> __________
> Whenever you find these conditions realized in a human temple,
> turn to Him and look for guidance and illumination.†
> —‘Abdu’l-Baha
> The Manifestation of the Essence of God is like unto the sun, which
> has different risings. The dawning places are different but the sun is
> always the same. The lamps are different, but the light is one.‡
> —‘Abdu’l-Baha
> 
> *    ‘Abdu’l-Baha in Baha’i Scriptures, p. 300. Talk given at the Theosophical
> Society, Buda Pest, 12 April 1913.
> †    ibid.
> ‡    ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s visit to Philadelphia, 8–10 June 1912, in Star of the West, V:6, p.
> 86.
> From the Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh
> O sons of Adam! O ye discerning ones of the people! Verily the
> words which have descended from the heaven of the will of God are the
> source of unity and harmony for the world. Close your eyes to racial
> differences and welcome all with the light of oneness. Be the cause of
> comfort and promotion of humanity. Live among the people a life that
> will manifest signs of God. This handful of dust, the world, is one home:
> let it be in unity. Forsake pride, it is a cause of discord. Follow that
> which tends to harmony.
> O friends! Consort with all the people of the world with joy and
> fragrance. Fellowship is the cause of unity, and unity is the source of
> order in the world. Blessed are they who are kind and serve with love.
> O son of man! Wert thou to observe mercy thou wouldst not regard
> thine own interest, but the interest of mankind. Wert thou to observe
> justice, choose thou for others what thou dost choose for thyself.
> Verily, man is uplifted to the heaven of glory and power through
> meekness; again, through pride, is he degraded to the lowest station.
> In this day he who seeks the light of the sun of truth must free his
> mind from the tales of the past, must adorn his head with the crown of
> severance (from the world), and his temple with the robe of virtue.
> Then shall he arrive at the ocean of oneness and enter the presence of
> singleness. The heart must become free from the fire of superstitions,
> that it may receive the light of assurance, and that it may perceive the
> glory of God.
> Oneness, in its true significance, means that God alone should be
> realized as the one power which
> 
> animates and dominates all things, which are but manifestations of its
> energy.
> God, singly and alone, abideth in his own place which is holy above
> space and time, mention and utterance, sign, description and definition,
> height and depth.
> O my God! O my God! Adorn the heads of thy chosen ones with the
> crown of love and their temples with the robes of virtue.*
> O brothers! Deal with one another in patience: sever your minds
> from the world: boast not thyself when in honor: and be not ashamed
> in abasement. I declare by my beauty that I have created ye all from the
> dust and to dust shall I turn ye again. (See Hidden Words, Persian No.
> 48)
> The principle of faith is to lessen words and to increase deeds. He
> whose words exceed his acts, know verily, that his non-being is better
> than his being and death better than his life.
> The root of all knowledge is the knowledge of God: glory be to him!
> And this knowledge is impossible save through his Manifestation.†
> O children of men! Do ye know why we have created ye from one
> clay?
> That no one should glorify himself over the other. Be ye ever
> mindful of how ye were created. Since we created ye all from the same
> substance, ye must be as one soul, walking with the same feet, eating
> with one mouth, and living in one land, that ye may manifest with your
> being, and by your deeds and actions, the signs of unity and the spirit of
> oneness.
> This is my counsel to ye, O people of lights! Therefore follow it that
> ye may attain the fruits of holiness from the tree of might and power.‡
> O friends! Be not satisfied with the beauty that is mortal, discarding
> the eternal beauty, and attach not thyself to the world of clay. (See
> Hidden Words, Persian No. 14)
> 
> *   For this and the preceding paragraphs, see Baha’i Scriptures, pp. 157–8.
> †   For this and the preceding paragraph, Baha’i Scriptures, p. 158.
> ‡   Three paragraphs: Baha’u’llah, The Bahá’í World 1930–1932, vol. 4, p. 506.
> O son of existence! Be not engrossed with this world, for with fire
> we test the gold, and with gold we try the servants. (See Hidden Words,
> Arabic No. 55)
> O son of humanity! Rejoice not if fortune smile upon thee; and if
> sorrow overtake thee, mourn not because of it, for in their time, they
> both shall cease and be no more. (Baha’i Scripture, p. 174)
> O emigrants! The tongue is especially for the mention of me: stain it
> not with slander. If the fire of self overcome ye, be mindful to
> remember your own faults, and speak not evil of my creatures, because
> each one of ye is more conscious and better informed of his own self
> than of my creatures. (See Hidden Words, Persian No. 66)
> O my servant! The lowest of men are those who bear no fruit upon
> the earth; they are indeed counted as dead. Nay, the dead are preferred
> in the presence of God before those who are indolent and negligent.
> (See Hidden Words, Persian No. 81)
> O my servant! The best of people are they who gain by work, and
> spend for themselves and their kindred in the love of God, the Lord of
> the creatures. (Baha’i Scripture, p. 183)
> O son of man! Breathe not the sins of anyone as long as thou art a
> sinner. If thou doest contrary to this command thou art not of me: to
> this I bear witness. (See Hidden Words, Arabic No. 27)
> O son of spirit! Know verily that he who exhorts men to equity and
> himself does injustice, is not of me, even though he bear my name.
> (Baha’i Scripture, p. 173)
> O son of existence! Attribute not to any soul that which thou
> desirest not to be attributed to thyself, and do not promise that which
> thou dost not fulfil. This is my command to thee: obey it! (See Hidden
> Words, Arabic No. 29)
> O son of existence! Examine thy deeds each day, before thou art
> judged, for death will suddenly overtake thee, and then thy deeds shall
> judge thee. (Baha’i Scripture, p. 173)
> 
> The people of Baha must serve the Lord with wisdom, teach others
> by their lives and manifest the light of God in their deeds. The effect of
> deeds is in truth more powerful than that of words. (Baha’i Scripture, p.
> 158)
> The progress of man depends upon faithfulness, wisdom, chastity,
> intelligence and deeds. He is ever degraded by ignorance, lack of faith,
> untruth and selfishness. Verily, man is not called man until he be
> imbued with the attributes of the merciful. He is not man because of
> wealth and adornment, learning and refinement. (Baha’i Scripture, p.
> 158)
> O sons of earth! Know the truth that a heart, wherein lingers the
> least trace of envy, shall never attain unto my immortal dominion, nor
> feel the fragrances of purity from my holy kingdom. (Baha’i Scripture, p.
> 176)
> O ye tyrants on earth! Withdraw your hands from oppression, for I
> have vowed to pass not over any one’s oppression. (Baha’i Scripture, p.
> 181)
> O my friend by word! Reflect a little! Hast thou ever heard of the
> beloved and the stranger dwelling in the same heart? Therefore, send
> away the stranger, so that the beloved may enter his home. (See Hidden
> Words, Persian No. 26)
> In this day all must serve God with purity and virtue. The effect of
> the word spoken by the teacher depends upon his purity of purpose
> and upon his severance. Some are content with words, but the truth of
> words is tested by deeds and dependent upon life. Deeds reveal the
> station of the man. (Baha’i Scripture, p. 158)
> The source of these utterances is justice. It is the freedom of man
> from superstition and imitation, that he may discern the Manifestations
> of God with the eye of oneness, and consider all affairs with keen vision.
> (Baha’i Scripture, p. 159)
> —Baha’u’llah
> 
> Exhortation*
> O People! The doors of the Kingdom are opened the sun of truth is
> shining upon the world the fountains of life are flowing the daysprings
> of mercy have appeared the greatest and most glorious light is now
> manifest to illuminate the hearts of men: wake up and hear the voice of
> God calling from all parts of the supreme world “Come unto me, O ye
> children of men; come unto me, O ye who are thirsty, and drink from
> this sweet water which is descending in torrents upon all parts of the
> globe!”
> Now is the time! Now is the accepted time!
> Look ye at the time of Christ; had the people realized that the Holy
> Spirit of God was speaking to them through his divine mouth they
> would not have waited three centuries before accepting him.
> And now is it meet for you that ye are sleeping upon the beds of
> idleness and neglect, while the Father foretold by Christ has come
> amongst us and opened the greatest door of bounteous gifts and divine
> favors? Let us not be like those in past centuries who were deaf to his
> call and blind to his beauty; but let us try and open our eyes that we
> may see him, and open our ears that we may hear him, and cleanse our
> hearts that he may come and abide in our temples.
> These days are the days of faith and deeds not the days of words and
> lip service. Let us arise from the sleep of negligence and realize what a
> great feast is prepared for us, first eating t hereof ourselves, then giving
> unto others who are thirsting for the water of knowledge and
> hungering for the bread of life.
> 
> *   ‘Abdu’l-Baha, most of the text can be found in Star of the West, IV:15, p. 258.
> These great days are swiftly passing and once gone can never be
> recalled; so while the rays of the sun of truth are still shining, and the
> Center of the Covenant of God is manifest, let us go forth to work, for
> after a while the night will come and the way to the vineyard will not
> then be so easy to find.
> The light of knowledge hath appeared before which the darkness of
> every superstitious fancy will be annihilated. The hosts of the supreme
> concourse are descending to assist all those who rise up to serve their
> Lord, to subdue and gain the victory over the city of the hearts, to
> proclaim the glad tidings of the coming of the Lord, and to unite the
> souls of his creatures.
> —‘Abdu’l-Baha
> We desire but the good of the world and the happiness of the
> nations; yet they deem us a stirrer up of strife and sedition worthy of
> bondage and banishment …. That all nations should become one in faith
> and all men as brothers; that the bonds of affection and unity between
> the sons of men should be strengthened; that diversity of religion
> should cease, and differences of race be annulled—what harm is there
> in this? … Yet so it shall be; these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars
> shall pass away, and the ‘Most Great Peace’ shall come …. Do not you in
> Europe need this also? Is not this that which Christ foretold? … Yet do
> we see your kings and rulers lavishing their treasures more freely on
> means for the destruction of the human race than on that which would
> conduce to the happiness of mankind …. These strifes and this
> bloodshed and discord must cease, and all men be as one kindred and
> one family.... Let not a man glory in this, that he loves his country; let
> him rather glory in this, that he loves his kind ….*
> —Baha’u’llah
> 
> *   Baha’u’llah cited in E. G. Browne, Introduction to A Traveller's Narrative
> Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Bab, vol. 2, p. xl.
> To live the life is:*
> To be no cause of grief to any one.
> To be kind to all people and to love them with a pure spirit.
> Should opposition or injury happen to us, to bear it, to be 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 things are the gifts and favors of God.
> To be silent concerning the faults of others, to pray for them, and to help
> them, through kindness, to correct their faults.
> To look always at the good and not at the bad. If a man has ten good
> qualities and one bad one, look at the ten and forget the one. And if a man has
> ten bad qualities and one good one, to look at the one and forget the ten.
> Never to allow ourselves to speak one unkind word about another, even
> though that other be our enemy.
> To do all of our deeds in kindness.
> To cut our hearts from ourselves and from the world.
> To be humble.
> To be servants of each other, and to know that we are less than any one else.
> To be as one soul in many bodies; for the more we love each other, the
> nearer we shall be to God; but to know that our love, our unity, our obedience
> must not be by confession, but of reality.
> To act with cautiousness and wisdom.
> To be truthful.
> To be hospitable.
> To be reverent.
> To be a cause of healing for every sick one, a comforter for every sorrowful
> one, a pleasant water for every thirsty one, a heavenly table for every hungry
> one, a star to every horizon, a light for every lamp, a herald to every one who
> yearns for the kingdom of God.
> —‘Abdu’l-Baha
> Consider the candle, how it weeps its life away, drop by drop, that it
> may shed its light.†
> —‘Abdu’l-Baha
> 
> *
> These principles are attributed to ‘Abdu’l-Baha. However, no authoritative
> sources can be found for the exact wording. (‘Abdu’l-Baha, quoted in George
> Townshend, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: The Master, pp. 72–3)
> †   Marzieh Gail (tr.) in Summon Up Remembrance, p. 235. “Behold a candle how
> it gives its light. It weeps its life away drop by drop in order to give forth its
> flame of light.” (May Maxwell, An Early Pilgrimage, 1953, p. 42)
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> This is a new cycle of human power. All the horizons of the world
> are luminous, and the world will become indeed as a garden and a
> paradise. It is the hour of unity of the sons of men and of the drawing
> together of all races and all classes. …
> The gift of God to this enlightened age is the knowledge of the
> oneness of mankind and the fundamental oneness of religion. War shall
> cease between nations, and by the will of God the Most Great Peace
> shall come; the world will be seen as a new world, and all men will live
> as brothers.*
> —‘Abdu’l-Baha
> 
> *   ‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, pp. 19–20.
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> Boston, Mass.            35 Congress St., Room 811
> Cairo, Egypt             18 Margoush Street
> Chicago, Ill.            P. O. Box 283
> Cincinnati, Ohio         P. O. Box 27, Station “D”
> Cleveland, Ohio          P. O. Box 36, Station “B”
> Denver, Colo.            222 Temple Court Bldg.
> Honolulu, I. H.          431 So. Beretania St.
> London, England          32, Argyle Mansions, King’s Road, Chelsea, S.W.
> Los Angeles, Calif.      P. O. Box 1684
> Minneapolis, Minn.       2025 Sheridan Avenue, So.
> Montreal, Canada         716 Pine Street
> Newark, NJ               P. O. Box 9
> New York, NY             P. O. Box 89, Wall St. Sta.
> Paris, France            17 Rue Boissonade
> Philadelphia, Penna.     P. O. Box 2657, Station “J”
> Portland, Oregon         295 Twelfth Street
> San Francisco, Calif.    414 Mason Street
> Seattle, Wash.           P. O. Box 45
> Shanghai, China          A 51, Kiangse Road
> Spokane, Wash.           415 Rookery
> Springfield, Mass.       168 Bridge Street, Room 405
> St. Louis, Mo.           P. O. Box 578
> Stuttgart, Germany       23 Neue Weinsteig Strasse
> Teheran, Persia          10, Avenue Aladoleh
> Tokyo, Japan             42 Kyuden, 3 Yarai-Cho-Ushigome
> Washington, DC           P. O. Box 1319
> 
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> 
> 1   Statement based on an article by Isabel Fraser, The North Shore Review, 16
> May 1914. “The Baha’í Faith is not an organization. You can never organize
> the Baha’í Cause. The Baha’í Faith is the spirit of this age. It is the essence
> of all the highest ideals of this century. The Baha’í Cause is an inclusive
> Faith: The teachings of all the religions and societies are found here; the
> Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Muslims, Zoroastrians, Theosophists,
> Freemasons, Spiritualists, et. al., find their highest aims in this Cause. Even
> the Socialists and philosophers find their theories fully developed in this
> Faith.” (Star of the West, V:5, p. 67)
> There is a very similar statement in Eric Adolphus Dime, “Is the Millennium
> upon Us?” The Forum, LVIII (August, 1917), p. 175.
> The slight Bahai organization which exists is, in comparison with the
> Revelation itself, only as body in comparison to soul. Obviously, the
> cosmically conscious person of to-day cannot accept any arbitrary, limiting
> classification. (Horace Holley, Bahai: The Spirit of the Age (London: Kegan
> Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., Ltd., 1921), pp. 27–28)
> The supposed quotation from ‘Abdu’l-Baha that the Baha'í Cause is not an
> organization should read, “You cannot limit the Baha'í Cause to an
> organization.” The Baha’í Cause must be organized just as everything must
> be. Institutions are necessary. All institutions now are decadent, but
> without institutions we should have nothing but anarchy. Baha’ís regard
> institutions not as ends, but as means. (“Glimpses of the New World Order”,
> Part II: Notes on a visit to Haifa and ‘Akka”, Mabel and Sylvia Paine, Star of
> the West, XXIV:1, 1933, p. 19)
>
> — *The Bahai Revelation (Used by permission of the curator)*