Messages to the Baha'i World: 1950 - 1957
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"From early 1922 until 1950, the letters and cablegrams written by Shoghi Effendi in his capacity of Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith were addressed to individual National Spiritual Assemblies or national Bahá'í communities conveying directives or explanations of matters reported to him as Head of the Faith and Interpreter of its Message. For example, the letters written to the American Bahá'í community between 1927 and 1932 were later published under the title, Bahá'í Administration. A later series of letters sent to America were published as, The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh.
"In 1950 the Guardian changed his emphasis from the needs or activities of national Bahá'í bodies to the Bahá'í world community, culminating in his initiation of the Ten Year World Crusade launched in 1953 and for the first time calling upon the participation of all Bahá'ís in one common world plan. These letters likewise announced the establishment of the International Bahá'í Council and the institution of Hands of the Cause.
"The present volume reprints the major communications which Shoghi Effendi addressed to the Bahá'í world from April 25, 1950 to his last general letter dated October, 1957.
"For Bahá'í readers they possess unique importance in reporting the achievements of the World Crusade and determining its progressive unfoldment to the year 1963, the Centenary of Bahá'u'lláh's announcement to the followers of the Báb of His prophetic Mission as the One whose coming the Báb foretold. The World Crusade is not only establishing the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh throughout the world, but is also preparing the way for the formation of the Universal House of Justice, the goal and apex of the new world order of Bahá'u'lláh.
"For students of religion this volume attests the vitality of the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh and demonstrates its power to unite men and women of all national and cultural backgrounds in a common worship, a common understanding of the purpose of human existence and a common consecration to create the unassailable foundation of world justice and world peace.
"Loyal to their respective governments, and recognizing the viii Divine Mission of all prophetic founders of the religions of the past, the Bahá'ís stand above the traditional enmities and violence of the old order in its inevitable collapse and offer mankind the Message of God revealed for this 'time of the end.'"
- Horace Holley
Wilmette, Illinois
Originally available at the Bahá'í Study Centre (http://www.bahaistudy.org/audio-books.html).
"You may listen to the audio books on your computer, download them onto an mp3 player or record them onto a tape (45 minute per side) by plugging your cassette recorder into the headphones jack on your speakers. Unfortunately, we have not devised an order to the list. Thanks to the US's and UK's Bahá'í Service for the Blind for allowing us to use these tapes! The recordings are in the process of being re-digitized at a higher quality level. The file sizes are larger but the quality is significantly better. So, even you have heard them before, you might want to listen again."
"In 1950 the Guardian changed his emphasis from the needs or activities of national Bahá'í bodies to the Bahá'í world community, culminating in his initiation of the Ten Year World Crusade launched in 1953 and for the first time calling upon the participation of all Bahá'ís in one common world plan. These letters likewise announced the establishment of the International Bahá'í Council and the institution of Hands of the Cause.
"The present volume reprints the major communications which Shoghi Effendi addressed to the Bahá'í world from April 25, 1950 to his last general letter dated October, 1957.
"For Bahá'í readers they possess unique importance in reporting the achievements of the World Crusade and determining its progressive unfoldment to the year 1963, the Centenary of Bahá'u'lláh's announcement to the followers of the Báb of His prophetic Mission as the One whose coming the Báb foretold. The World Crusade is not only establishing the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh throughout the world, but is also preparing the way for the formation of the Universal House of Justice, the goal and apex of the new world order of Bahá'u'lláh.
"For students of religion this volume attests the vitality of the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh and demonstrates its power to unite men and women of all national and cultural backgrounds in a common worship, a common understanding of the purpose of human existence and a common consecration to create the unassailable foundation of world justice and world peace.
"Loyal to their respective governments, and recognizing the viii Divine Mission of all prophetic founders of the religions of the past, the Bahá'ís stand above the traditional enmities and violence of the old order in its inevitable collapse and offer mankind the Message of God revealed for this 'time of the end.'"
- Horace Holley
Wilmette, Illinois
Originally available at the Bahá'í Study Centre (http://www.bahaistudy.org/audio-books.html).
"You may listen to the audio books on your computer, download them onto an mp3 player or record them onto a tape (45 minute per side) by plugging your cassette recorder into the headphones jack on your speakers. Unfortunately, we have not devised an order to the list. Thanks to the US's and UK's Bahá'í Service for the Blind for allowing us to use these tapes! The recordings are in the process of being re-digitized at a higher quality level. The file sizes are larger but the quality is significantly better. So, even you have heard them before, you might want to listen again."
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