Messages to America Selected Letters and Cablegrams Addressed to the Bahá'í's of North America 1932–1946   By: Effendi Shoghi (1897-1957)

by Shoghi Effendi

Edition 1, (September 2006)

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Baha'i Terms of Use [Frontispiece] NABÍL'S NARRATIVE IMMORTAL SPIRIT UNITED WILL, CONCERTED ACTION NON PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL AFFAIRS PERSONALITIES SUBORDINATED MOMENTOUS CONVENTION AN EMINENT RANK POTENTIALITIES OF MAJESTIC EDIFICE THE VOTING RIGHT UNPRECEDENTED IMPETUS SEPARATION FROM OUTWORN CREEDS THE NATIONAL FUND THE NEW HOUR HAS STRUCK THIS IS TRULY PROVIDENTIAL 'ABDU'L BAHÁ'S HISTORIC APPEAL FRESH CONQUESTS AND UNPRECEDENTED TRIUMPHS INTENSIFY TEACHING WORK A THOUSANDFOLD THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE UNDERTAKING A COMPLETE REDEDICATION INSTITUTION OF GUARDIANSHIP NOW FURTHER REINFORCED DUAL GIFT THE CALL HAS GONE FORTH ... THE PATH IS CLEAR CONVENTION DELEGATES INCREASED ALL SHOULD ARISE ARCHBREAKER OF COVENANT CERTAIN VITAL REQUIREMENTS OF SEVEN YEAR PLAN A YEAR HAS ALMOST ELAPSED DRAW NIGH UNTO BAHÁ'U'LLÁH MARCHING TOWARD THEIR GOAL UNBROKEN SOLIDARITY, UNQUENCHABLE ENTHUSIASM LOYALTY TO WORLD ORDER OF BAHÁ'U'LLÁH NINE HOLY SOULS THE RAREST PRIVILEGE EVER CONFERRED BY PROVIDENCE UPON THE AMERICAN BAHÁ'Í COMMUNITY GOD'S CREATIVE PLAN APPROACH OF FINAL ERUPTION GRATITUDE TO PIONEERS MY PLEA, MY SUPREME ENTREATY PENETRATION OF LATIN AMERICA PROVE THEMSELVES ... WORTHY OF THAT PRICELESS HERITAGE OFFICIAL INAUGURATION OF WORLD MISSION FULFIL THE REQUIREMENTS THE MOST FATEFUL HOUR IMPERILLED HUMANITY IN GALAXY OF BAHÁ'Í IMMORTALS MANDATE CONFERRED BY 'ABDU'L BAHÁ THE SPIRITUAL POTENCIES OF THAT CONSECRATED SPOT THE SEAL OF COMPLETE TRIUMPH DUAL, VITALLY URGENT OBLIGATION BELOVED HANDMAID THEIR GOD GIVEN TASK BAHÁ'U'LLÁH'S SPIRITUAL SOVEREIGNTY SECTION OF ORNAMENTATION CONTINUOUS CONSECRATION EMERGENCE OF SPIRITUAL WORLD ORDER SUPREMELY CHALLENGING HOUR CHAOS AND REDEMPTION TORCHBEARER OF WORLD CIVILIZATION THIS VETERAN WARRIOR THE ANGER OF GOD AND HIS CORRECTION FATE LADEN WORLD ORDEAL ELIZABETH GREENLEAF UNCONQUERABLE POWER THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION AND DISINTEGRATION THE CRUCIBLE OF WORLD CONFLAGRATION A TRULY WORLD EMBRACING CRISIS IMPELLED TO DEPUTIZE FIVE MEMBERS THE SEVEN YEAR PLAN CONSECRATED TO TEACHING TASKS A BEFITTING CLIMAX ACCLAIM WITH GRATEFUL HEART THE IMMORTAL LUA THE UNFINISHED TASKS COMPLETION OF TEMPLE EXTERIOR HIS SERVICES UNFORGETTABLE ALL AMERICA CENTENNIAL CONVENTION FOUNDATION STONE LAID BY THE CENTER OF THE COVENANT BAHÁ'Í COMMUNITIES OF EAST AND WEST THE CROWNING CRUSADE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CENTENARY THE BELOVED FAITH IS SURGING FORWARD A STILL MORE COMPELLING DISPLAY THE AUSPICIOUS YEAR ADDITION TO ENDOWMENTS PARTICIPATION OF LATIN AMERICAN BELIEVERS BEFITTINGLY CONSUMMATE THE ENTERPRISES TURNING POINT IN BAHÁ'Í HISTORY INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT MESSAGE TO CENTENARY CONVENTION CONSOLIDATION OF NOBLY WON VICTORIES A SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY IN EVERY REMAINING REPUBLIC THE SEAL OF SPIRITUAL TRIUMPH FAITHFUL PIONEER PASSAGES IN "GOD PASSES BY" THE SUCCEEDING STAGE IN THE EVOLUTION OF THEIR WORLD MISSION THE ADMISSION OF PERSIANS STAUNCH PIONEER THE ONE MESSAGE THAT CAN EXTRICATE HUMANITY MY HEAVY LADENED HEART NATIONWIDE, INTERCONTINENTAL PLANS A SINGLE, ORGANICALLY UNITED WORLD COMMONWEALTH A NEW PHASE OF HUMAN EVOLUTION HEARTS UPLIFTED IN THANKSGIVING THE WORK OF REHABILITATION THE GERMAN BAHÁ'Í COMMUNITY EXEMPLARY PIONEER LYDIA ZAMENHOF HISTORIC DECISIONS MOMENTOUS RESPONSIBILITIES INAUGURATION OF SECOND SEVEN YEAR PLAN SPIRITUAL CONQUEST OF THE OLD WORLD THIRTY NEW ASSEMBLIES A GOD GIVEN MANDATE THE UTMOST VIGOR, VIGILANCE AND CONSECRATION DISTINGUISHED SERVANT THIS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CRUSADE THE FORCES MYSTERIOUSLY RELEASED THE PIVOT ON WHICH HINGES SUCCESS FIFTH YEAR OF PLAN MESSAGE TO 1941 CONVENTION

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MESSAGES TO AMERICA by SHOGHI EFFENDI GUARDIAN OF THE BAHÁ'Í FAITH

Selected Letters and Cablegrams Addressed to the Bahá'í's of North America 1932 1946