# The Dunns: Keys to Their Success

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> Source: Bahá'í Library Online (bahai-library.com), curated by Jonah Winters. Used by permission of the curator. Original citation: Madge Featherstone, The Dunns: Keys to Their Success, bahai-library.com.
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> The Dunns:
> 
> Keys to Their Success
> 
> Madge Featherstone
> Kaye Waterman
> published in 75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia
> 
> Rosebery: Association for Bahá'í Studies Australia, 1996
> 
> By way of introduction to this presentation I (Kaye Waterman) would like to say that
> had it not been for my mother, Madge Featherstone who knew Clara Dunn, I would not be here
> today - in more ways than one that is! The initial plan for this paper was hers and hers
> alone. And although we have worked together in assembling the material, she was to do the
> presentation. So it is with regret that she is unable to be here today, as she is in Papua
> New Guinea, combining a visit to family and additionally embarking on a visit to Bahá'ís
> in other areas. Dates clashed. To make it easier for me, and for you the audience as well,
> this presentation has been rewritten from my perspective, since I also knew Clara Dunn.
> 
> With a commemorative year of this nature, it is not surprising we have made many mental
> excursions back into the past. At the same time we have also been sorting through the many
> files and letters which my father Collis Featherstone had put together and came across
> many reminders of the events and influences which affected our lives so deeply.
> 
> This presentation has been divided into several component parts.
> 
> The first part deals briefly with our association with Mother, then we take a look at
> the people themselves and the influences on their lives; this will be followed by
> investigating some of their activities, and finally a summation relevant to the topic.
> 
> PREAMBLE
> 
> Seventy five years ago this year, two indomitable souls set foot on this continent with
> the sole objective of establishing the Bahá'í Faith in this vast nation. They weren't
> young people who would fit the mould of earlier pioneers to this country, but two elderly
> people, considered past their prime even in today's terms, who achieved their objective.
> They were John Henry Hyde Dunn and Clara Mary Dunn[1], known as Hyde
> and Clara Dunn[2] and subsequently simply as Father and Mother
> 
> Dunn, not because there are any titles in the Bahá'í Faith, but because they were the
> spiritual parents to the Bahá'ís of Australia and New Zealand. Father Dunn had already
> reached retiring age and Mother was in her fifties.
> 
> Madge Featherstone recalls how the Dunns came into the lives of her and her husband,
> Collis, in this way:
> 
> "My husband and I learnt of the Bahá'í Faith in 1944 in Adelaide and our
> first teacher Bertha Dobbins together with her husband Joe had always spoken of the Dunns
> with great reverence and love. Father Dunn passed away in 1941 and although it was not our
> destiny to have met him there were other Bahá'ís who had known Father and spoke of him
> with great love and devotion. Because of this great love and respect for our beloved
> pioneers, Collis and I waited ever so eagerly for the opportunity to meet Mother. We were
> left in no doubt by Bertha of the great honour and privilege it would be to meet her.
> During the first week of her visit to Adelaide in May 1945, we went to several gatherings
> where Mother spoke words of wisdom and of her meeting with 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 1912 in San
> Francisco. We were simply overjoyed when it was arranged for her to come to our home to
> attend a fireside, which happened to coincide with her 76th birthday."
> 
> Collis wrote in his diary on Saturday 12th May 1945:
> 
> It was a wonderful night ... the atmosphere was electrified ... Mrs Dunn was
> overjoyed and her face was radiant."
> 
> Although my parents hadn't been Bahá'ís for very long they became very much aware of
> the transforming power of the Faith. We felt and saw this particularly with Mother Dunn's
> glowing "radiance", that special powerful glow that people have when, devoid of
> ego and desire, they are devoted to the love of God and submission to His will, humbly
> seeking His guidance.
> 
> Madge and Collis had a very close association and contact with Mother Dunn for many
> years and corresponded with her regularly.
> 
> That Mother Dunn had a profound influence on their lives is a simple enough fact, and
> of enormous consequence given the events which transpired in their lives as Bahá'ís. All
> their children also were blessed to know one who had known the Master, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, and
> one of Australia's two links with the Heroic Age of the Faith.
> 
> So, why did they come and how did they achieve their objective? These are two very
> simple questions which will be addressed in this paper. At the outset, however, it should
> be obvious that within the constraints of this paper, it will be impossible to do anything
> more than scratch the surface of the subject.
> 
> What we do know is that the significance of their contribution to the establishment and
> development of the Bahá'í communities of Australia and New Zealand is incalculable.
> 
> Indeed in 1939, Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith (from 1921 to 1957)
> wrote a book, The Advent of Divine Justice,[3] in which he paid
> tribute to the early Bahá'ís who arose to take the Bahá'í Faith to other countries.
> Accompanying the gift copy he sent to the Dunns was a letter written on his behalf by his
> secretary which reads in part as follows:
> 
> "The tribute so abundantly & yet so deservedly paid by the
> Guardian in this unique epistle to your magnificent teaching services is assuredly
> destined to transmit to future Bahá'í generations, & in
> particular to the Bahá'í teachers & pioneers of succeeding
> centuries, such measure of inspiration & such example of the pioneer service as cannot
> but inspire & guide them to follow in your footsteps & emulate your noble example."[4]
> 
> It is obvious then that there is every reason to take a look at the significance of the
> achievements of Hyde and Clara Dunn, and more particularly, what made it all
> "happen".
> 
> The first question, why did they come, can be dispensed with rather summarily, by
> saying that they came in response to the Master's call in the Tablets of the Divine Plan,
> unveiled in New York in 1919. They had each accepted Bahá'u'lláh's teachings for
> humankind in the first decade of this century and had dedicated their lives to the Will of
> God and to the spread of His teachings given by Bahá'u'lláh and turned to His appointed
> son 'Abdu'l-Bahá, also known as the Master, for guidance and inspiration. Incredibly,
> when Father had already reached retiring age and Mother was in her fifties,
> they had set sail from San Francisco for this continent with little more than their faith
> to sustain them. But they had a goal and a mission.
> 
> PERSONAL QUALITIES
> 
> So far, very little has been written about the kind of qualities Mother and Father had.
> 
> In light of the fact that the Guardian referred other Bahá'ís to enquire of them how
> they had succeeded in establishing the Faith here,[5] it is
> interesting indeed to delve into this aspect of their lives, and to ask what qualities
> they had which enabled them to achieve their goal. What follows now is a brief background
> synopsis of their earlier lives.
> 
> Hyde Dunn, born and raised in England, engaged in business in that country and in
> Europe before he emigrated to the United States, where he worked as a travelling salesman.[6] His work in Australia too was that of a salesman, enabling him to
> travel the length and breadth of this continent.[7] He also had met
> 'Abdu'l-Bahá in San Francisco in 1912. His first wife Fannie Dunn passed away early in
> 1916.[8] In July 1917 Hyde and Clara were married and lived in San
> Francisco.
> 
> When we think of the requirements of a salesman, and a successful salesman Father Dunn
> was, some of the words these days which come to mind are: "Self starter, self
> motivated, persistent, persevering, persuasive." Whilst we do not find accounts
> describing Father in this way, the fact that he was a successful salesman suggests he must
> have had these qualities. We do know, however, that he was capable of "cold
> calling" his customers, that is, approaching them "out of the blue", or, to
> use a less colloquial expression, approaching people directly without prior introduction.
> 
> In addition, we do know that he was regarded as a distinguished English gentleman,
> notwithstanding his many years in the United States. He was of handsome appearance and had
> snow white hair. He dressed immaculately and usually wore a bow tie. Don't think that bow
> ties are out even now - James Strong, now head of Qantas always wears one! Father's shirts
> were immaculately laundered. In addition to his natural dignity of bearing, he was
> courteous, sincere, his manner was at all times kind and gentle, he was patient and
> radiated joy and love;[9] "...he gave generously material help to
> those who needed it" and "by practising rigid economy in expenditure upon
> himself, he always had funds to contribute to the support of the institutions of the
> Bahá'í Faith and to help, secretly, in the emergencies of others."[10]
> 
> My mother recalls hearing from the early Bahá'ís who knew Father Dunn that although
> he never hesitated for one moment to talk to anybody about the Bahá'í Faith, his
> personality was such that people were drawn to ask questions of him, so that he was never
> seen to be pushy or overbearing.
> 
> Father Dunn was posthumously raised to the rank of a Hand of the Cause in 1952.
> 
> The following quotation from the In Memoriam written for the Bahá'í World by the
> National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Australia and New Zealand very beautifully
> sums up the cherished qualities of Father Dunn:
> 
> "...he was a brilliant example of one in whom the confirmations
> of the spirit had become a living force, vitalizing every thought and action. Bahá'u'lláh, as the embodiment of Reality, was the spring from which he drew his ever-increasing supply of spiritual sustenance. It was not alone the great message of
> which he was the bearer that arrested attention, but, in addition, the unearthly light
> that suffused his whole personality when giving the message, endowing him with a quality
> which set him on a spiritual plane to which others were blindly groping...His faith in the
> ultimate triumph of the Beloved's Cause was firm as a rock that no buffetings of
> indifference or adversity in the path could move."[11]
> 
> Clara Dunn was born in England but went to Canada to live when she was a small
> child. The Catholic/Protestant mix of her parents was always a source of contention and to
> escape the unhappy family situation, she married very young.[12]
> However, she was widowed when still a teenager and the mother of a small child, and the
> years which followed were extremely difficult.
> 
> Mother was not formally trained in nursing, but with her great gift for tending the
> sick she was trained by a doctor when she was living in Canada to assist him and would
> tend people in their homes, both wealthy and poor. She was very proud of her achievements,
> particularly after she had saved the life of a child, but after a dream in which she saw
> herself seven feet high, she knew she had to become more humble. Mother contracted Typhoid
> fever whilst she was in Canada[13] and after a long and debilitating
> illness she went to the United States early this century, and worked in Walla Walla in
> Washington State for a group of doctors who had developed the Viavi Treatment. Viavi means
> Way of Life, according to Harold and Florence Fitzner.[14]
> 
> It was during this time, about 1907 that Hyde Dunn walked into her Viavi office where
> Mother was in charge and asked her if she was interested in spiritual things, to which she
> replied, "I would be if I knew of any spiritual things!"[15]
> Hyde Dunn invited her to come to the hotel to meet Mr Ward Fitzgerald, who was a lawyer,
> and who had just returned from Akka with a wonderful message. What struck Mother was that
> she had never seen a man like him, with "something new in his face, a new
> light", so she decided to close the office earlier and go to meet Mr Fitzgerald, who
> incidentally, didn't impress her one little bit. She asked if the Bahá'í message was for
> everybody in the world, for every kind and colour, and they said it was, so she said it
> must be from God and as a result she became a Bahá'í.[16] Father had
> given up his good job in San Francisco to go on this trip to Walla Walla.[17]
> 
> Mother suffered many difficulties during her nursing career and struggled in her little
> town for 5 years to interest people in the Faith but to no avail. Eventually she had to
> give up her job with the doctors because another doctor in the same building called her a quack
> - the Viavi treatment which utilised massage was a new technique. In consequence of all
> this she had a nervous breakdown. When she got the urge to go to California to meet
> 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 1912, her landlady, who had really helped her so much during her illness
> told everyone she had lost her mind over this new religion, which upset Mother enormously.[18]
> 
> The point of briefly mentioning this here, is that Mother suffered everything a woman
> can suffer; but as she said, this was meant to be for otherwise how could she understand
> the trials of others without experiencing them herself. Although this was undoubtedly true
> of the early days of her life both here and in Canada and the United States, in 1958 when
> she was asked at a conference of hundreds of Bahá'ís, to recount her difficulties, she
> said she didn't have any![19]
> 
> Although we only knew Mother in the evening of her life, so to speak, she was a very,
> warm, loving, gentle but determined person. She could relate to anybody of any age or
> circumstance - a truly amazing ability to talk unaffectedly and humanly with anybody; she
> could be giving "s'prises" and telling stories to children one minute and
> talking to the mothers and grandmothers the next or even the mayor or Prime Minister
> Chifley![20] She radiated love and her beliefs and convictions were
> very reassuring and certain. There never was any sense of fanaticism or egocentricity,
> just humility, grace and serenity that made her the centre of attraction. In fact the
> Fitzners who knew her much earlier said she had a regal bearing.
> 
> In addition, she was fun loving and could be very witty and had a delightful sense of
> humour. Did you know that the one thing that actually improves with age is your
> "forgettery"? When she addressed a large gathering of Bahá'ís, she told them
> the Bahá'í Faith was like the Measles - catching. She loved the sense of speed and like
> any teenager today, liked to be driven faster and faster!
> 
> Mother was also well known for her ability to heal the sick by calling on the Divine
> Power. Indeed in her earlier years in this country she was well known among the ladies for
> massage and the healing touch of her hands. In one of her letters to my parents she wrote
> of a young man who had been involved in a motorcycle accident having his memory restored
> after the laying on of hands and prayer.
> 
> Mother was "humbled to the dust" as she put it, when she was made a Hand of
> the Cause in February 1952. She said she never expected anything like that.
> 
> Both Mother and Father lived simply, had few wants of their own, ate simple food and
> watched their diet carefully. Mother always supplemented her food with Parke Davis Abadon
> vitamin pills, and had her orange juice in the morning with a whole egg yolk - while my
> sisters and I looked on horrified at the thought. The whites were always discarded as
> Mother said they were indigestible.
> 
> DESTINY & SPIRITUAL INFLUENCES
> 
> Of her meeting with 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Mother said that "there was something about His
> presence that was indescribable". She was the last one to arrive from anywhere
> in the world to seek the presence of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in San Francisco, only to find no one
> would answer the door. When she looked through the windows she saw a large throng of
> Bahá'ís, whose faces looked "glorified". She decided to try the knob,
> and discovering the door was unlocked, walked in to be greeted by Hyde Dunn whose duty it
> was to look after the door and the arriving guests!
> 
> Mother was invited to join 'Abdu'l-Bahá for dinner that night and one of the points
> she always made was how much she enjoyed that Persian rice because she was
> "starved". Until that moment she had not been able to eat because she had been
> so upset that her landlady had said she had lost her mind over this religion.[21]
> 
> From a story 'Abdu'l-Bahá told, looking straight at Clara Davis, about a woman who
> took her great big duck to the market, saying her duck was the biggest duck, Mother got
> the message that she shouldn't exaggerate any more. For many to whom Mother told the
> story, whenever anyone has been exaggerating or ego-tripping, the phrase 'my duck is the
> biggest duck", and "my duck is a great big duck"[22]
> has been enough to restore reality and a little laughter! For me too, the eldest of four
> daughters (a son came later), Mother gave a set of china ducks, a large one which she said
> represented me, with three small ones. Having been thus made the "sitting duck"
> of the situation, the point has not been lost on me either! But then in my travels the
> three little ducks got broken. But Ah, there's more! When my parents were in Thailand on
> one occasion, my mother was presented with, guess what? - three little china ducks! So the
> "duck" saga goes on!
> 
> It was inevitable that someone, sometime was going to work at establishing the Bahá'í
> Faith in this country; it was destined to happen. The call was made by
> 'Abdu'l-Bahá for the Bahá'ís to arise and take the Faith all over the world, and it was
> the Dunns who volunteered to come to Australia, some seven years after meeting
> 'Abdu'l-Bahá. But fame and glory don't come without a price tag or without your motives
> being tested.
> 
> There is no doubt that both Mother and Father were tried in the crucible of tests and
> trials. The most difficult time for them was the first two years here. They obviously had
> looked at the possibility of setting up their own business in some way, and had for
> example, secured the rights to sell the bio-chemistry tissue salts here.[23]
> Also, they had bought jewellery in Hawaii which was to be part of their business plan.
> When they arrived, however, Father had not declared for Customs the jewellery he had
> bought in Hawai and was fined all the spare money they had. We remember Mother telling the
> story and saying how Father hoped they would send him to gaol so that he would know what
> Bahá'u'lláh suffered, but of course Mother hoped that wouldn't happen. And then Father
> became ill to such an extent that he was unable to work, so for six months Mother was the
> breadwinner.
> 
> They had earlier written to 'Abdu'l-Bahá and at this low point, a response to their
> letter came telling them that "great results" will come and that "later on
> favour, comfort and happiness will be bestowed."[24] They were
> thus encouraged and supported.
> 
> When 'Abdu'l-Bahá passed away in 1921, the friends everywhere were distraught - it was
> as though a light had gone out of their lives. What sustained them, was the Covenant and
> appointment by 'Abdu'l-Bahá of the Guardian, Shoghi Effendi. Whenever pilgrims had gone
> to visit the Master and subsequently the Guardian, the pilgrim notes recording the sayings
> of the Master and the Guardian were meticulously recorded and shared through the whole
> Bahá'í community. Of course they corresponded with their Bahá'í friends in California
> who shared news with them and sent them copies of notes Bahá'ís had made when they
> visited 'Abdu'l-Bahá in the Holy Land. And later on there was a succession of visits from
> American Bahá'ís which provided great upliftment for them.
> 
> Although they had given up everything and lost everything they didn't lose sight of
> their goal, this burning passion to achieve their objective. We might pause here a moment
> and ask: How many of us in our fifties and sixties have goals and a burning passion to see
> them fulfilled? Most people of their age would be happy to stay put in one place, but
> Mother and Father were on the move, from city to city across the nation and to New
> Zealand.
> 
> Nevertheless, in spite of all their efforts at trying to establish local Assemblies
> which are the foundation upon which any National body could be established, they
> repeatedly experienced disappointment. Their earlier attempt in 1926 to have a national
> convention for the election of a National Assembly did not materialise and by 1932, Father
> and Mother felt they had failed. Mother was on pilgrimage to the Holy Places in January
> 1932 and when she met with the beloved Guardian, Shoghi Effendi she "begged" him
> to replace them. She said she felt clumsy and awkward and uneducated.
> 
> The Guardian reminded her that Peter the Fisherman could neither read nor write and did
> not even know the days of the week. He told her to go back to Australia and form the
> National Assembly. Mother returned with a new spirit and the National Assembly was formed
> in 1934 on the foundation assemblies of Adelaide, Sydney and Auckland.[25]
> 
> Calling on the Divine power
> 
> Recently when we were in Adelaide with a group of Bahá'ís who knew Mother the one
> thing that everyone remembered was the way she prayed. And when Frank Wyss spoke in Sydney
> early in April about Mother, what he remembered was the way she prayed. She taught us all
> how to pray - not by giving lessons, but just by doing it.
> 
> To think of prayer as being something you rattle off to an invisible deity is to miss
> the point entirely. When Mother prayed it was every word that had meaning to her and she never
> rushed. It was more akin to a performer of music in full swing, transformed by the
> music being played, and in turn transforming others. To read prayers to oneself without
> voicing them is like playing a musical instrument in one's head, but without the sound
> effects that create the mystical magic.
> 
> Harold and Florence Fitzner too, recall the sweet melodious voices of both Father and
> Mother in prayer, an experience they deeply enjoyed. They also felt that Mother was guided
> and inspired with her responses to questions about the Faith. Indeed only recently in
> Adelaide one of the Bahá'ís recounted the circumstances of her initial encounter with
> the Faith. She attended two meetings in succession when Mother was present, and had
> questions in her mind that she wanted answers to but was too shy to ask. Mother answered
> both questions. Phyl Cameron was so taken with this that she plucked up courage after the
> second question was answered to mention that twice Mother had answered her unasked
> questions, to which Mother replied that Bahá'u'lláh uses us in mysterious ways.
> 
> THEIR ACTIVITIES
> 
> Miraculously, (or was it?) Father eventually secured a position with Nestles, which
> enabled him to travel the length and breadth of the continent.
> 
> With Father's job taking him all over the country, it was possible for them to spend
> some time in all the state capital cities, setting up a flat, meeting up with like minded
> people who were searching outside mainstream religion such as the New Thought Society, for
> example, whose rooms were shared by the Bahá'ís in Adelaide even after my parents became
> Bahá'ís, the Theosophists and people open to non-conventional form of treatment for the
> improvement of health.
> 
> Mother would organise meetings while Father was away, and when he returned he would be
> the principal speaker. They would hold regular meetings which attracted large numbers of
> people. But you can't have meetings with large numbers of people without meeting people
> and inviting them. And that's exactly what they did. Harold and Florence Fitzner recorded
> that "Father taught wherever he could. He never missed an opportunity. On trains. At
> railway stations. Hotel lounges. Dining rooms, Cafes. In the street. At work etc."[26] And so this pattern was repeated over and over, as the Dunns moved from
> city to city to interest people in the Bahá'í Faith.
> 
> Further, Mother would involve others too in charitable works, also collecting clothes
> for distribution to the poor and the like.
> 
> A great network of correspondence grew up over the years. The Guardian had encouraged
> the Dunns and other Bahá'ís to correspond with him to share news. Mother and Father
> wrote regularly to the Guardian recounting all their visits and activities such that the
> Guardian wrote in his book God Passes By first published in 1944, three years after
> the passing of Hyde Dunn, that "he was able to carry the Message to no less than
> seven hundred towns throughout that Commonwealth."[27]
> 
> When my parents became Bahá'ís there were all manner of carefully typewritten copies
> of Tablets and letters from the Master and Shoghi Effendi. These were the lifeline of the
> early believers. "Father used to sit up late at night after a hard day's work and
> type out these precious Tablets then he would distribute them to the friends at the
> meetings. It was this kind of personal self sacrifice which so endeared Mother and Father
> Dunn to the friends."[28] Late in his life when Father was going
> blind, he would still type out the Holy Words, with Mother dictating to him, because by
> that time he had learnt where the keys were. He apologised for his errors, though of
> course sense could still be made of what he had typed.
> 
> In consequence of typing so much material to share with all, Father and Mother, were
> constantly being immersed in the sea of knowledge, the gems from which they shared with
> others constantly. For example Mother said that 'Abdu'l-Bahá had told one of the early
> Bahá'ís that "ambition in the Cause was an abomination to God", as
> referred to in the Getsinger notes.[29] Our Bahá'í Writings are a
> treasure trove of personal guidance for our prosperity, both spiritually and materially.
> 
> Whenever a letter was received from the Guardian there was such excitement and
> anticipation of its contents. Equally, at Convention time, there was always a
> communication from the Guardian and how excited and eager everybody was to hear what he
> had to say. In spite of the handful of books which were available then, the knowledge of
> the friends was truly remarkable.
> 
> Although Mother was very proud of her nursing achievements, she nevertheless considered
> herself to be uneducated, and made this very clear in one of her letters to Eric and
> Marjory Bowes.[30] In spite of the lack of formal education, however,
> her simple letters written in her large scrawl provided the sustenance and encouragement
> the Bahá'ís needed. For example, in passing she would briefly mention an up coming
> Bahá'í event and how wonderful it would be to meet up.
> 
> Mother used to tell us that when she was on pilgrimage, the Guardian used to send the
> daily newspaper to her every morning. From that she said she understood she should keep up
> to date with world affairs, which she always did and would make comment. But she was human
> and liked reading the women's magazines, the Reader's Digest and listening to Blue Hills
> on the radio.
> 
> We especially remember Mother as a wonderful source of inspiration and consolation. She
> was always full of praise for people's achievements and always gave encouragement to
> others. She never complained.
> 
> TO SUM UP
> 
> From all the forgoing there are a number of conclusions we have drawn:
> 
> The Dunns had total dedication to the achievement of their goals and unswerving
> belief. Although there were times when they felt they were unequal to the task they had
> set themselves, they never, never doubted the validity and greatness of the Cause they
> were espousing.
> 
> Their self sacrifice was unquestionable, there is no doubt they gave everything they
> had.
> 
> They were self-starters, individuals who took the initiative to do things, to
> organise meetings, and to get things done. They persevered and persisted.
> 
> They knew their source of assistance and used it. In other words they turned to the
> Holy Writings for answers to their problems and they knew how to pray and call on that
> source of power and assistance, to tune in their radio receivers to the Master Channel in
> the skies (and they didn't have satellites in those days). They knew how to refill their
> cups and restore their souls. They had 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the Guardian as guiding supports
> in a similar way as the Bahá'ís have the Universal House of Justice today.
> 
> They never missed an opportunity to tell people about the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh.
> Father was perhaps the first "street teacher", the way he invited Mother to her
> first Bahá'í meeting being a prime example.
> 
> Wherever they went they held regular meetings as those who attended testify.
> 
> They wrote regularly to the Bahá'ís giving every encouragement, sharing with
> everyone the guidance and direction given by the Master and the Guardian.
> 
> They had absolute obedience to Bahá'u'lláh's teachings, to 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the
> Guardian, because they believed that the solutions to all the world's problems lies in the
> healing message of the Bahá'í Faith.
> 
> They were engaged in the charitable assistance of others, giving selflessly of their
> time and substance.
> 
> They radiated love and joy and were humble.
> 
> So, they had a goal, they had a plan, they had a DREAM. Their dream was fully realized,
> because their plan contained the ingredients for total success. We too can be successful
> with our plans and dreams if we use the right ingredients.
> 
> References
> 
> 1. Canadian Marriage Certificate, Australian Bahá'í Archives
> 
> 2. Wedding announcement, 9/7/17, Collis Featherstone Collection
> 
> 3. Shoghi Effendi, The Advent of Divine Justice, Bahá'í
> Publishing Trust, USA, 2nd Ed, 1963, pp 6-8.
> 
> 4. Shoghi Effendi through his secretary to Dunns, 2/6/39 Collis
> Featherstone Collection
> 
> 5. Clara Dunn personal letter to Collis & Madge Featherstone,
> 16/6/47
> 
> 6. ... To Follow a Dreamtime, National Spiritual Assembly of the
> Bahá'ís of Australia, 1970, p 4
> 
> 7. ibid, p 2
> 
> 8. Star of the West, VII No 4, May 1916, p 30
> 
> 9. Harold and Florence Fitzner, Story of the Hands of the Cause,
> Mr John Henry Hyde-Dunn and Clara Hyde-Dunn. 1965, Collis Featherstone Collection
> 
> 10. The Bahá'í World Vol IX, 1940-1944, Bahá'í Publishing
> Committee, Wilmette, Illinois 1945, p 594
> 
> 11. ibid, p 596
> 
> 12. Harold and Florence Fitzner, op cit.
> 
> 13. Clara Dunn letter to Eric and Marjory Bowes 8/10/52, Private
> Collection of Graham Bowes
> 
> 14. ibid
> 
> 15. Mother Dunn on audio tape, made by Collis Featherstone 1954
> 
> 16. ibid
> 
> 17. Harold & Florence Fitzner, op cit
> 
> 18. Mother Dunn on audio tape, op cit
> 
> 19. Audio tape 1958 Conference, Collis Featherstone Collection
> 
> 20. Harold and Florence Fitzner, op cit
> 
> 21. Mother Dunn on audio tape, op cit
> 
> 22. ibid
> 
> 23. Clara Dunn in letter to Eric & Marjory Bowes 14/10/52
> Private collection of Graham Bowes
> 
> 24. Graham H Hassall, The Bahá'í Faith in Australia 1920-34, ABS
> Conference, Yerrinbool Apr 1983
> 
> 25. Harold & Florence Fitzner, op cit
> 
> 26. ibid
> 
> 27. Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, Bahá'í Publishing Trust,
> Wilmette, Illinois 1957, p 308
> 
> 28. Harold and Florence Fitzner, op cit
> 
> 29. Clara Dunn letter to Eric & Marjory Bowes, 28/12/54,
> Private Collection of Graham Bowes.
> 
> 30. ibid undated letter circa Nov 1952
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