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| No. 446 | BAHA’I YEAR 125 | MAY 1968 |
The Declaration of The Báb[edit]
I am the Mystic Fane, which the Hand of Omnipotence hath reared. I am the Lamp which the Finger of God hath lit within its niche and caused to shine with deathless splendor. I am the Flame of that supernal Light that glowed upon Sinai in the gladsome Spot, and lay concealed in the midst of the Burning Bush . . .
With each and every Prophet, Whom We have sent down in the past, We have established a separate Covenant concerning the ‘Remembrance of God’ and His Day. Manifest, in the realm of glory and through the power of truth, are the ‘Remembrance of God’ and His Day before the eyes of the angels that circle His mercy-seat . . .
Should it be Our wish, it is in Our power to compel, through the agency of but one letter of Our Revelation, the world and all that is therein to recognize, in less than the twinkling of an eye, the truth of Our Cause.”
(cited in The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 126)
THE BÁB from the Qayyúmu’l—Asmá’
THE NETHERLANDS PROCLAIMS FAITH WITH EXHIBITS, TALKS, TV[edit]
National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the Netherlands (above). Seated, left to right: Ahmad Taeed, Mrs. Lottie Tobias (secretary), Mrs. Mas van der Garde (recording sec’y.), Masud Mazgani. Standing: Edward Bode, Lout van Veenendaal (vice-chairman), Bob van Lith (chairman), Rein Gramsma (treasurer), Kamran Alai. Below: National Winterschool of the Netherlands—a happy group representing all ages. Miss Irma de Rijp (rear, fifth from left) from the hard working, fast growing Bahá’í community of Paramaribo, Surinam, was a special guest.
Proclamation in the Netherlands, which began with a well attended public meeting on Bahá’u’lláh’s birthday, received a special stimulus from the first Bahá’í exhibition in that country held in The Hague (left, above). This resulted in the first television presentation of the Faith. Another attractive exhibit was held in the hall of the Museum of Delft when thousands viewed the display and took the free literature offered (above).
Proclamation in Hawaii[edit]
Presentation of Proclamation book, Honolulu, Hawaii to the Governor of Hawaii on February 6, 1968. Left to right: Mrs. Florence Kelley, Dr. Claude V. Caver, Governor John Burns, Hugh Chapman (chairman of National spiritual Assembly) and James Wada. The Governor signed the Proclamation for the Bahá’í Centenary at the some time.
Garden Extension at Bahji[edit]
The Universal House of Justice has announced that new gardens similar in style and area to the Ḥaram-i-Aqdas are currently being constructed to the north and east of the Shrine at Bahjí. This was made possible by the re-routing of an unpaved road which formerly passed close by the Mansion of Bahá’u’lláh bisecting the Bahá’í properties. The relocation of the road to the edge of our property affords the additional advantage of lessening the noise of traffic in the vicinity of the Holy Shrine. A protective fence has also been erected around the edge of the property.
A great effort was made to complete the work on the gardens by the time of the International Convention at Riḍván, but of course they will not attain their full beauty for at least another few years. It is planned that eventually formal gardens will completely surround the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh. This involves the development of gardens in the two remaining quadrants to the south of the present gardens.
Meanwhile the ornaments, gates, and monuments in the gardens at Bahjí and in the vicinity of the Shrine of The Báb on Mt. Carmel have all been repainted and regilded.
Winter School in Finland[edit]
Winter School at Mukkula (Lahti), Finland was held January 5-7, 1968, with forty-seven attending, fourteen being interested contacts. The Proclamation period and teaching work was stressed. The Finnish BAHÁ’Í NEWS states: “All agreed that private firesides are the most effective means for spreading the teachings, and we have to remember that teaching the Faith does not mean that one is the teacher and the other the pupil, but that it is a discussion between equals. The teachings must be given as a gift to make the hearer happy. We should teach out of love for God, and not just so that we might enroll new Bahá’ís.”
Finland Responds to Proclamation Call[edit]
The Proclamation period has brought signs of increased interest in the Faith on the part of the Finnish people and the Bahá’ís of Finland are confident this will hasten the achievement of the tasks of the Nine Year Plan.
Here is a town-by-town summary of activity:
Helsinki — An invitation was extended to the Bahá’í Community to give a presentation on the Faith at Lauttasaari Church on December 13, 1967, the first event of this kind in Finland. Approximately one hundred persons attended, including five pastors of the State Church.
Lahti — The Civic Cultural Committee asked for and received a list of Bahá’í events and activities for 1968, which will be put in the Cultural Calendar. Arrangements have been made to obtain space for a Bahá’í booth at the Lahti Trade Fair next summer.
Two schoolgirls from a neighboring municipality attended a Bahá’í meeting, became interested in the Faith and told their religion teacher about it. This led to a taped interview with the secretary of the Lahti Local Spiritual Assembly and a two-hour presentation on the Faith to a class in religion at the school. The teacher (a pastor) was so interested that he made up a special list of questions to be answered by the girls during the second hour of their presentation.
Tampere — A book display for World Religion Day was arranged in a lobby shared by the University of Tampere and the Workers’ Institute. An estimated ten thousand people read the posters advertising the event, in addition to which over one hundred received Bahá’í literature during the exhibit itself, fifty in connection with the public meeting held at the same place.
A secondary school requested a Bahá’í speaker to present the Faith to religion classes. As a result 120 students in four different classes received information on the Faith, About one hundred pamphlets were distributed at these meetings.
Turku — World Religion Day in Finland was observed by representatives of the State Church (Lutheran), the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of the Latter Day Saints of Jesus Christ and the Bahá’í Faith gathered in the same room to discuss religious matters affecting the world today before an audience of fifty.
Two religion classes in a secondary school in Turku have been informed of the Faith through the efforts of children in the school.
Heinola — A settlement school concerned primarily with adult education sent a request to the National Spiritual Assembly for a Bahá’í speaker to participate in a public religious discourse in which the Jewish, Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Moslem, Mormon and Bahá’í Faiths were represented. The principal of the school was deeply interested in the Bahá’í point of view and cited some Bahá’í teachings while answering questions from the audience. The only woman speaker was a Bahá’í.
Above, right: Hand of the Cause Shu’á’u’lláh ’Alá’i addressing citizens at a public meeting held at Hotel Intercontinental, Karachi, Pakistan, February 18, 1968. At his left is the translator. Mr. ’Alá’i’s talk stressed the victories of the Faith and the Proclamation observances throughout the world. Left: Part of gathering at a tea given in honor of Mr. ’Alá’i at the Hotel Intercontinental.
PAKISTAN
Bahá’í Hall, recently purchased by the Local Spiritual Assembly of Hyderabad, Pakistan, which may later serve as a teaching institute. It is a valuable piece of property acquired for 81,000 rupees.
Two Hands of the Cause Inspire Auxiliary Board Team Conference[edit]
Participation by two Hands of the Cause, Mr. Țaráẓu’llah Samandari and Mr. Zikru’lláh Khádem, highlighted the Auxiliary Board Team conference held recently in Denver, Colorado, with more than 130 Bahá’ís from eleven states and five countries in attendance. The presence of the two Hands of the Cause made the conference a rare opportunity for deepening in the essential verities of the Bahá’í Faith. Auxiliary Board members participating included Mrs. Velma Sherrill, Mrs. Javidukht Khádem, Dr. Peter Khan and Mrs. Beth McKenty.
Commenting on those whom God has chosen to further His Cause, Hand of the Cause Mr. Samandari reminded the audience that “it is not the wealthy and famous who have propagated this Faith, but rather the ordinary people whose lives have been transformed by it.” Otherwise, he continued, future generations might say that the wealth and power of the early teachers made it spread, whereas only the force of the truth of Bahá’u’lláh is the cause for its rapid growth.
Repeatedly, he drew the attention of the Bahá’ís to the Central Figures of the Faith, reminding all or the suffering and persecution inflicted upon the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh, and Their steadfastness in attempting to re-educate wayward humanity.
With his son, Auxiliary Board member Dr. Mehdi Samandari, as interpreter, Mr. Samandari recalled the circumstances of Bahá’u’lláh’s imprisonment in Turkey and the Holy Land and stressed the orderly unfoldment of God’s plan for mankind in this day, with all the crises that beset humanity acting only as instruments for effecting God’s purpose.
Hand of the Cause Mr. Khádem shared poignant insights into the wisdom and all-encompassing understanding of the beloved Guardian, Shoghi Effendi, in carrying out the steps necessary for raising up the Administrative Order and preparing for the gift to this planet of The Universal House of Justice. He, together with the four Auxiliary Board members, answered numerous questions asked by the Bahá’ís attending. A lengthy session on Sunday morning was devoted to this interesting and informative area.
Representing the National Spiritual Assembly, Dr. Daniel Jordan, chairman, appeared on a television program prior to the beginning of the Conference, and addressed a public meeting which attracted two hundred and sixty people, with approximately one hundred non-Bahá’ís. He also spoke to the Conference on diversity and achievement within the Bahá’í community, under the title “New Perspectives on God’s Purpose for Man.”
A panel presentation on the World Order of Bahá’u’lláh featured Mrs. Sherrill, Mrs. Khádem and Dr. Khan, and a slide program on the recent Conference in Kampala, Uganda, was given by Mrs. McKenty.
Those attending expressed their gratitude for the presence of two Hands of the Cause in their area, and left inspired to channel this gratitude into the winning of remaining goals in the Nine Year Plan.
Auxiliary Board Team Conference held in Denver, Colorado, January 13-14, 1968.
Glimpses of Widespread Events in Irán[edit]
Believers throughout Irán gathered for summer schools in July and August in four cities. Below and opposite: views of sessions at the school in Rasht in Northern Irán, held during July. Below: second term of school at Țihrán. Lasting throughout July and August this school had seven terms of six days each with u total attendance of 400 believers. Schools were also held at Kirmánsháh and Isfáhán during August.
Right:
At the summer resort of Ghilan in northern Irán where a Bahá’í family visited for the purpose of giving the Divine Message. Similar trips to rural areas of Irán have been made during the past year by devoted believers who have met with friends and taught the Faith.
Below:
The eighteenth National Bahá’í Youth Conference held for three days in September 1967 in Țihrán. Twenty—two delegates from the Bahá’í community of Irán participated and discussed: youth activities, teaching and Bahá’í education, communication, pioneering and the protection of the Faith.
National Bahá’í Pioneering Conference held for three days in November 1967 in Țihrán. Hand of the Cause Shu’á’u’lláh ’Alá’i, (shown center front), Auxiliary Board members Rahmani and Eshragi; representatives at Bahá’í Provincial Centers; a few members of the National Spiritual Assembly of Irán and of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Țihrán were among those attending. Pioneering in Irán and meeting the goals of the Nine Year Plan were the chief subjects for discussion.
Bahá’í community of Quilali, Nicaragua, with traveling teacher Adolfo Cornavaca (back row, right).
Part of the audience who came to hear the first in a series of Proclamation Conferences at the Club Universitario in Managua, Nicaragua.
Guaymi Teacher Wins Choco Indians of Colombia[edit]
The National Spiritual Assemblies and Auxiliary Board members from Panama and Colombia met during the Intercontinental Conference to consult on ways and means for Panama to accomplish one of its prime goals of the Nine Year Plan — taking the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh to the Choco Indians in Colombia. Numerous efforts had been made without success. Finally Señor Vicente Montezuma, Guaymi teacher and onetime member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Panama agreed to accept this difficult and dangerous mission.
It was December before he could leave for the primitive province of Darien and the neighboring department of Choco, Colombia, expecting to return within three weeks. He traveled by boat to El Real, a small village in the Darien jungle. From there he was able to get a ride in a piragua (Indian dug-out with motor) as far as the village of Boca de Cupe where he found no transportation to take him to his Colombian goal. He went to work to pay his living expenses while maintaining constant vigilance for someone traveling further upriver. While there he taught the Faith and established a new community of nine believers.
After several days he was promised transportation within a week, so he followed a lead and went to a Choco area called Quebrada Arusa and brought in thirty-two believers. He found one Bahá’í who had accepted the Faith more than two years before and, though all alone, remained steadfast in his new religion.
On returning to Boca de Cupe to join those who planned to go upriver he was disappointed to find they were not going. Vicente went back to work and to wait. Finally, on the first of January, 1968, he found a lone Colombian Negro who was going to Colombia. He was not friendly and Vicente wasn’t sure he could trust this stranger; but he put his faith in Bahá’u’lláh and persuaded the fellow to take him along. [This once unfriendly stranger is now a Bahá’í.]
For three days they pulled their piragua upriver. Vicente’s hands became sore and covered with blisters. Lacking experience in a piragua, he frequently turned it over and fell into the water. Finally they reached the Kuna Indian village of Pava — the last settlement, the last contact with man and the end of the river transportation on his route to Colombia. From here the two adventurers traveled for two days and nights at a fast trot through jungle inhabited only by tigers, snakes and other creatures. This brought them to the Cacarica River in Colombia and a few scattered Choco huts.
Vicente set about his mission of telling these newfound friends, who have only a limited command of Spanish, about Bahá’u’lláh and the brotherhood of man. within forty-eight hours twenty-three Colombian Chocos were Bahá’ís. Vicente continued to teach them as he waited patiently for someone to make the return trip. At the end of a week another stranger came along and consented to guide him back along the scarcely
visible trail that had led him to his goal. Five weeks later he returned, giving the National Spiritual Assembly a list of twenty-eight new Bahá’ís and the areas where they live.
The new Bahá’í’s in Quebrada Arusa, Panama and in Rio Cacarica, Colombia, plan to build Bahá’í Centers and schools. They begged for resident Bahá’í teachers. No one in these communities can read or write.
Vicente Montezuma’s sacrifice has made possible the fulfillment of this important goal and the beginning of the work among the Chocos.
German Youth Hold Winter School in Black Forest[edit]
The 1967-68 German Youth Winterschool was held in the winter sports city of Freudenstadt in the Black Forest with approximately eighty participants.
Miss Anneliese Bopp, secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly, opened the school with a color slide program on the Intercontinental Conference in Frankfurt. Morning and evening sessions consisted of speeches, consultations and work seminars. Among the many topics discussed were “Religion and Science,” “Unity of Mankind” and “The Principle of Consultation.” Tapes on Bahá’í history were played and slides from a trip on the Danube through the Eastern European countries were shown. Afternoons were planned for skiing and other in- or outdoor activities, with a sightseeing tour of the Black Forest on New Year’s Day.
All expectations were fulfilled as these wonderful days came to an end for the many young and older friends who participated.
News Briefs[edit]
Artemus Lamb, Board member residing in Mexico, spent several days on a teaching trip to northern Belize, visiting a number of villages, meeting with many Bahá’ís, and holding evening meetings where slides were used to attract the people. Mr. Lamb states: “This area is ready for the Faith and the work of expansion and consolidation should be energetically pursued.” Mrs. Jane McCants, Board member from the United States, also visited Belize where a radio interview helped to attract 150 persons to a public meeting.
On the eighth day of the Alaska state legislative sessions this year, Pat Moul read a Bahá’í prayer in the House. The entire prayer, “O my God! O my God! Unite the hearts of Thy servants, and reveal to them Thy great purpose . . .” was printed in the House Journal for January 20, 1968. A Bahá’í prayer was also read during the 1966 sessions.
In St. Vincent, Windward Islands, Brigadier Clementina Leopold of the Salvation Army, guest speaker at the World Religion Day observance, praised the high ideals of the Bahá’í Faith and welcomed the followers of Bahá’u’lláh to the island.
Papua, New Guinea, held its summer school in late December, attracting nearly 100 persons. There were many inquiries and six who were present at the sessions made their declaration. Board member Violet Hoehnke was present at the school.
Dr. Ugo Giachery, Hand of the Cause (at left) on occasion of his visit to Devonport, New Zealand following Intercontinental Conference in Sydney. Next to him are Mrs. Gwen Venus, pioneer from United Kingdom since 1960, Mrs. Ann Vowles, oldest Bahá’í in New Zealand (89 years), Mrs. Giachery and Hod Vail.
Bahá’ís of Puerto Rico and their friends enjoyed an all day picnic in celebration of the Intercalary Days. This was held at the home of Mr. Carmelo Betacourt in Garrochales, which is half way between the cities of San Juan and Mayaguez.
First Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Fort Qu’appelle, Saskatchewan. Canada.
The national Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds of Tanzania being erected in Dar es Salaam win be completed by the end of April 1968. This will enable the Bahá’í’s of Tanzania to hold their national convention this year in their new Center.
News from Africa[edit]
On a return trip from Kampala, where he represented The Universal House of Justice at the Intercontinental Conference, Hand of the Cause of God ‘Ali-Akbar Furútan gave a talk on universal peace at the Creative Arts Center at the University campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Over 250 people listened attentively and many questions were asked. (North East Africa Bahá’í News)
A teacher training course as well as courses for regular students were scheduled for the new teaching institute at Tinto I Village, West Cameroon, Africa, beginning in mid-February, 1968.
Moojan Momen left London on Friday evening, January 12, 1968 to fly to Senegal, West Africa, where he will begin an eight-month teaching project that will take him also to Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Ivory Coast. Moojan is the first Bahá’í youth of the British Community to respond to the appeal made in 1966 by The Universal House of Justice for youth from Germany, Persia, the United States and the British Isles to make teaching trips of six to twelve months in the large-scale conversion areas. Moojan’s offer was sent to The Universal House of Justice which received it warmly, allocated him to West Africa and eventually approved the details of the trip that were worked out by the Overseas Goals Committee in consultation with the National Spiritual Assembly of West Africa.
VIETNAM
Unity Hall, the largest in Saigon, Vietnam, was filled to capacity with over 1,000 attendants for the observance of World Religion Day. Top-ranking civil and religious leaders were present. Observance of the day was also held in other major towns. The Faith continues to grow in Vietnam at the rate of about 400 per month.
Miss Shahin Hormozi, president of the Bahá’í College Club at Arizona State University in Tempe, presents ten Bahá’í books to Dr. Alan D. Covey, University Librarian for the Charles Trumbell Hayden Library, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Bahá’u’lláh birth, November 12, 1967.
Award-winning Anniversary Garden at the International Flower and Garden Show, March 29-31, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois. This Garden, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh, the 100th anniversary of His Messages to the kings, and the 75th anniversary of the introduction of the Faith in America, attracted many visitors. Over 330,000 attended the Show.
News Briefs[edit]
As an initial observance of the special promotion by United Nations of Human Rights during 1968, the Bahá’ís of Auckland, New Zealand sponsored a public meeting with Janette Battrick as the speaker. The subject was “Our Rights as Humans.”
The Bahá’ís of Gallup, New Mexico again participated in the World Day of Prayer. This time, the third year in which they have taken part in this event in the community, they read a Bahá’í prayer and were given the last place in the program, a very fitting tribute to Bahá’u’lláh on the part of the Methodist lady who was this year’s chairman. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Prayer for all Mankind was read. The program ended with a friendly gathering and all present showed a kindly feeling towards the Bahá’ís.
Teachers at first Matanuska Valley Winter Week End, February 10-11, 1968, held at Palmer, Alaska. From left, seated: Mrs. Kathryn Alio, Mrs. Marie Van Brunt, Don Van Brunt, Mrs. Mahala Dickerson, Mrs. Lucille Stettler. Standing: Karl Stettler, Mrs. Roberta Christian, John Hursey and Mrs. June Thompson. Among topics presented were, “The Spirit of Pioneering” and “Famous Women in the Bahá’í Faith.” Guest speaker Mrs. Dickerson, a Quaker Negro attorney, spoke at a public meeting on human rights.
Bahá’í in the News[edit]
Through cooperation with one of the outstanding newspaper writers of the Dominican Republic, the Bahá’ís there have begun their Proclamation with a large feature story in the newspaper, El Caribe, on February 17, 1968. The article gives an historic résumé of the Faith, states the principles it spreads throughout the world and some of the developments in the Dominican Republic. It concludes with the statement: “It is true and evident that the enthusiasm of the optimistic followers of the Bahá’í Faith is extraordinary and the spreading of its principles has been transformed into an integral part of their lives.”
The Tanzania Sunday News published a large feature story on the Bahá’í Faith on February 25, 1968. The article states: “While most religions have only gradually come to accept science and see it as something completely distinct from religion, the Bahá’ís feel that it is a force allied to religion.”
The article contained a photograph of the Bahá’í House of Worship in Kampala.
Spain’s American Weekly, Guidepost, of February 16, 1968 makes mention of the coming of Charles Ioas of Oak Park, Illinois to Palma Mallorca in 1953 as a Pioneer for the Bahá’í Faith. The article mentions other details of his work in Madrid as well as his Bahá’í activities in teaching and administration. This marks a milestone in respect to open publicity for the Faith in Spain.
An accurate and inspiring article on the Bahá’í Faith has appeared in the March 1, 1968 Friends Journal, published semimonthly by Friends Publishing Co. in Philadelphia. This two page account, “The Earth is But One Country” written by Mrs. Rachel Fort Weller, a member of the Friends Meeting at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, captures the essence of the spirit and teachings of the Bahá’í Faith and expresses this in a way which will surely kindle the interest of many readers.
Telling of Bahá’u’lláh’s proclamation to the Kings she explains the concepts of: progressive revelation, the station of the Manifestation of God, and the basic Bahá’í principles. Her account of the Bahá’í plan for world peace through world government shows how perfectly Bahá’u’lláh has provided for meeting the needs of humanity today. Although the article is written with the beliefs of Friends in mind, it would help anyone who is at all interested in solving the problems of society today and would convince one that the Bahá’í Faith merits further investigation. Bahá’ís who are associated with or teaching people who share the beliefs of the Quakers will find this article very informative and helpful.
A Tribute to a Distinguished American[edit]
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States sent the following telegram to Mrs. Martin Luther King, widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize who was killed in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4. All local assemblies were urged to commemorate in befitting manner the passing of this inspired worker for the cause of human rights.
TO: MRS. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
WE DEEPLY DEPLORE THE UNTIMELY PASSING OF YOUR DISTINGUISHED HUSBAND NOBLEMINDED SERVANT OF JUSTICE WHO SPENT HIS LIFE ALLEVIATING THE DESPAIR OF THE DOWNTRODDEN AND UPRAISING THE BANNER OF RACIAL UNITY AND PEACE. HIS CONVICTIONS ARE ENSHRINED IN THE HEARTS OF THE RIGHTEOUS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY CONTINUE TO INSPIRE THEIR MOTIVES SWELL THEIR ACTIONS AND SPEED THAT DAY WHEN JUSTICE WILL REIGN FROM MOUNTAIN T0 MOUNTAIN AND SEA TO SEA IN THIS VAST TROUBLED LAND. HIS MARTYRDOM IN SERVICE TO MANKIND ASSURES HIM OF REPOSE BENEATH THE CANOPY OF MAJESTY BEHIND THE TABERNACLE OF GLORY. WE ASSURE YOU OF OUR FERVENT PRAYERS.
—NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
BAHÁ’ÍS OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL 5, 1968
Bahá’í Publishing Trust[edit]
God’s Great Plan. By Henry Ginn. Here is the story of progressive revelation in simple, moving language for all to understand, It is based upon a Biblical concept for those whose religious comprehension is related to this background. Gradually it foreshadows and builds up the expectancy of the Return, weaving in knowledge of other great Revealed Religions of the world with which the reader is not likely to be familiar, thus expanding his understanding of the Bible itself. Because of the style of writing, the material has been typeset as poetry, with varying length of lines and separated into short verses. While it is primarily intended for teaching in the South, it should be most useful for introducing the Faith to all people who are Bible oriented, whose need is for simply-expressed language. It should also be used for deepening those who have caught the spirit of the Teachings of Bahá’u’lláh but who need to better comprehend its basic meaning.
This booklet, 71/4 x 41/2 (same size as several other publications) has a full color cover reproduction of Bahá’ís of many origins coming out of the Temple in Wilmette. The book also has five black and white photos, one of the Holy Land and four of Bahá’í children and youth happily engaged in various activities.
Because of the great need for material of this kind to fulfill urgent goals of the Nine Year Plan and the struggle to keep an attractive-looking book as low priced as possible, a large printing has been initiated and it is hoped the Bahá’í communities will respond accordingly. Although single copy price should be 25c, please note the following lots for ordering. Individual Bahá’ís within the community should be permitted to take advantage of lot prices if the combined community order is large enough to qualify for it.
10 copies (minimum order) . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.50
25 copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5.00
100 copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18.50
500 copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $82.50
Sing a New Song. Bahá’í Songs for Children, compiled by Bahá’í Committee on Music. There are songs for primary, intermediate and advanced ages with a section of special songs for Holy Days and Feasts. The nursery section includes most songs from the former child’s songbook. This is a beautifully and professionally designed book which every Bahá’í family will wish to own, with or without children. Many of the songs are favorites of youth and adults as well as children, such as selections from The Hidden Words, various prayers, “God Is One,” “The Singing Wind” and many others. Most of the songs in this book have universal appeal for all children as well as Bahá’í children, making an attractive gift.
This book has been produced in three colors, with delightful drawings by Anna Stevenson. It has a hard cover binding illustrated in three colors on texoprint plasticized paper which is cleanable. In order to secure the comparatively low price for this book it has been necessary to produce a rather large quantity. It is hoped that the friends will all lend support to this effort, securing a copy for themselves as well as for gifts, for it is a charming addition to Bahá’í literature. 81/2 x 11.
Per copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.25
(Standing orders are being sent out on both items mentioned above)
Orders should be sent through community librarian
to the Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 112 Linden Avenue,
Wilmette, Illinois 60091.
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