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A Brief Account of the Bahai Movement

A Brief Account of the Bahai Movement
By Ethel J. Rosenberg (1858-1930)

“Many believe that we, in this century,” writes Ethel Rosenberg, “are witnessing the dawn of a new
Spiritual epoch or era. A renewal of the Spirit is making itself felt in the Churches and in the religious
and social life of all lands. This is in harmony with the teachings of the Bahais, and of their Great
Leaders, now represented by Abdul Baha the ‘Servant of God,’ known to the outside world as Abbas
Effendi. Once again, the Light is shining forth from that land which may indeed be called the Holy
Land: for have not its valleys and hills been trodden from the beginning by the feet of those great
Messengers inspired of God—Abraham, Elijah, and last and greatest, Jesus of Nazareth? Is it strange
that once more in this century of ours, in this ‘cradle of the race,’ those that were sitting “in darkness
have seen a Great Light,” the light of the Sun of Righteousness that rises with healing in his wings?”

Ethel Jenner Rosenberg (1858-1930) was a prominent British Baha’i, having been introduced to the
Baha’i Faith in 1899 by Mary Thornburgh-Cropper. She published two booklets on the Baha’ Faith, of
which “A Brief Account of the Bahai Movement” was one. She also presented a paper on the Baha’i
Faith at the International Congress for the History of Religions in 1908. She assisted Laura Clifford
Barney in compiling Some Answered Questions and Lady Blomfield in compiling Paris Talks. She began
to learn Persian and assisted Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Baha’i Faith, in translating the
Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh. She was described by Shoghi Effendi as ‘England’s pioneer worker’.
(Introduction by Nicholas James Bridgewater)

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