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MESSAGES FROM HANDS OF CAUSE Enroute to the Pacific and Asia, So many moments of joy and pro­ October 28, 1970. found gratitude have been experi~ National Spiritual Assemblies of enced during these months. It is• South America, Central America, impossible to cite them all, but to North America, and the Islands share the sweetness of one of them, of the Carribean -- I would mention the evening spent in Harlem in the company of Mr. Beloved Baha'i Friends, John Birks Gillespie and a large Before leaving the Western Hem­ group of Baha'i friends. All my isphere, it is my wish to try to memories of visiting - this beloved express the love and gratitude friend and brother, dear John flowing from my heart to all the Birks, are treasured, and it is my believers who have welcomed, assis­ feeling and my prayer that with ted and sustained me in these tra­ his deep devotion to the Cause and vels. For the past six months, in his many spiritual qualities, he South, Central and North America, will be of great service to human­ and the Antilles, rare experiences ity and hopefully to the work of in the company of the soldiers of the Faith in Africa. the Blessed Perfection have been And so it is with all the sold­ granted me. Indeed, when I recall iers on fire with the love of God how the beloved Guardian expressed in this day. the hope to me that some day I would travel in the Western Hemis­ With many, in different lands, phere, to meet the friends and I shared the healing memory of art teach His Cause, it is now one more evening spent in the presence of sign to me of the kindness of the the beloved Guardian,Shoghi Effen­ Loving Creator to His servants that d~when he said to us that Baha'is this experience should have cane my should be very happy, always; that way and these months be spent in a we should never permit anything to manner so pleasing to my soul. disturb the tranquillity of our heart, or its peace and happiness, For what can bring more happin­ for we are really living in wonder­ ess than seeing, from the tip of ful days. South America to the far reaches of The beloved Guardian said that Alaska,the triumphs of self-sacri­ Baha'is should be very happy in­ ficing soldiers in the army of the deed that they have been enabled Blessed Beauty? The promises of by God Himself to recognize the the Master, 'Abdu'l-Baha, are ev­ greatness of this day, to accept erywhere evidenced in their frui­ the universal Manifestation of God tion, for now that the healing Word and to wear His holy name. That is of God is being carried to the the first condition, the condition masses, they are entering our be­ of happiness and gratitude to our loved Faith in troops and we are Father that we have been permitted seeing the rapid expansion and sim­ to recognize His Cause in this ultaneous consolidation predicted great day. for these days. (cont. on p. 2) 2 (cont. from p. 1) with t~e supreme, infallible body, the Universal House of Justice to And then the beloved Guardian channel our efforts to their full­ reminded us that the Master taught est advantage, may we become sold­ that although there are very few iers armed with divine instruments. states in the spiritual world These instruments are love devo­ there are many spiritual condition~ tion to the Faith, steadfa~tness and degrees of perfection. There­ service, and complete attractio~ fore, it is not enough to say that to the Abha Kingdom. Wherever we we believe in Baha'u'llah, but we go with these arms, we will conquer must also accept this Supreme Man­ that city and that place. ifestation and attempt to promote His Cause. Baha'is are spiritually 0 my beloved brothers and sist­ higher than those who are not be- ers, make effort in this manifest 1 iever s, for they have fulfilled Day of God and win the favour, the requirement made of man in the Rrace and pleasure of the Lord. day of the coming of each Messen­ What result is forthcoming from ger of God, to recognize and accept material rest, tranquillity, lux­ that Messenger. He is the Manifes­ ury and attachment to this corpor­ tation of Truth, and the Revealer eal world," asked the beloved Mas­ of the Will of God, of which the ter, "it is evident that the man Lord Jesus Christ spoke when He who pursues these things will in encouraRed us to pray that the Will the end become afflicted with re­ of God may be done on earth as it gret and loss." We should close is in heaven . " ~ur eyes to these things, and these thoughts, long for eternal One evening the beloved Guardi­ life, the sublimity of the world of an was explaining to us that an humanity, the celestial develop­ African Baha'i in a small African m7nts, the Holy Spirit, the promo­ village who believes that Baha'u'­ tion of the Word of God, the guid­ llah is the Manifestation of God ance of the inhabitants of the for this day, that He is the re­ globe, the promulgation of univer­ turn of the spiritual reality of sal peace and the proclamation of all the Manifestations, the Lord the oneness of the world of human­ of the Vineyard -- that Baha'i, un­ ity. This is the WORK!" able to read or write, before God occupies a position higher than The Master used to say that the the honored prelates of Christen­ general does not love most the man dom. in the back of the ranks He loves most the man in the front And so the beloved Guardian made leading the way. ' clear to us that many people be­ lieve the principles and find them I hope and pray that "with beautiful, but they remain sympa­ hearts overflowing with the love thizers, while a Baha'i is the one of God, with tongues commemorating who believes in the divine unity, the mention of God, with eyes and makes no distinction between turned to the Kingdom of God" you the prophets of God, centering his will, all of you, arise like never energy in promoting the Faith of before and diffuse the divine fra­ God for this day through the teach­ grances, assured that "in .whatever ing; of the Ancient Beauty, Baha'u­ meeting ye enter, in the apex of 'llah. that meeting the Holy Spirit shall be waving and the heavenly confir­ Therefore, dear friends, with mations of the Blessed Perfection this in our hearts, with the assu­ shall encompass" you. rance of the beloved Guardian him­ self as to our high station, may With deepest loving Bahai gree­ we not review the Writings and the tings to each and every one of you, messages from the Universal House and assurance of my prayers for of Justice, to find what our share your unfailing guidance, protec­ of heroic action in the army of tion and confirmation in the Cause the Blessed Beauty may be in this of our Beloved. day? Inspired by the Writings of (S) Enoch Olinga, the Glory of God, Baha'u'llah and Hand of the Cause of God His Holiness the Exalted Bab, en­ couraged and supported by the ex­ ample of the blessed Center of the Covenant, 'Abdu' 1-Baha, and our be­ (messages continued next column) loved Guardian, Shoghi Effendi, Then we could focus our flame-like3 National Spiritual Assembly of the intensity on the pioneering and Baha'is of the Hawaiian Islands- oversea goals until a smashing vic­ tory would be won on every front. Beloved Friends: May this sacred dust bless your Marguerite and I both think meetings and bring to each one of back with much happiness to the (,ou that "joy" that banishes all all too brief period of time we 'disconsolate" thoughts, and may spent with you in those magical it bring "healing" to those who islands of spirit. are ill and sweeten the hours of During our 6 months of travel­ your important and world-shaping ling, whenever we reached one of consultations. the holy places of the Ba~a'i Faith, we remembered your National You are always in our thoughts Spiritual Assembly and its members and prayers. We remember you and in our prayers. We said special your August Body each morning when prayers for all of you at the R~s­ we look out at the mountains and ting Place of our beloved Guardian pray. We know that you, the "her­ in London, at all three of the sa­ oic generals" of the Nine Year cred Shrines in the Holy Land dur­ Plan in those key islands will ing both of our visits there, at make of the months ahead a time of the House of the Bab in Shiraz, at unprecedentec spirit and accomp­ lishment. the House of Baha'u'llah in Tehe­ With warmest, tenderest, grate­ ran, at Maku, Chiriq, Shaykh Ta­ ful love to each one of you, in barsi and the other sacred Piaces the service of the Universal House in th~ Cradle of our Faith. of Justice, on behalf of our be­ As you know, the Blessed Bab loved Guardian, wrote of Mulla Husayn saying that (S) William Sears, Hand of the the very dust of the ground where Cause of God he was buried was of such "potency" P.S. I have enclosed the two quo­ that it could "bring joy to the tations mentioned above from the disconsolate and healing to the Dawnbreakers and the Kitab-i-Igan. sick." And Baha'u'llah, writing of the sacredness of such dust, in MULLA HUSAYN the Iqan, speaks of the. dust of the Imam Husayn, qualities that "In one of His visiting Tablets, apply with such force and wonder the Bab asserts that the very dust to the dust of the grave of Mulla of the ground where the remains of Husayn. Mulla Husayn lie buried is endowed with such potency as to bring joy We brought back with us some of to the disconsolate and healing to that holy dust, and I have sent to the sick. In the Kitab-i-Iqan, you under this same cover a small Baha'u'llah extolls with still container of that sacred ground. greater force the virtues of Mulla Marguerite and I thought that it Husayn. 'But for him, ' He writes , would bring a special blessing to 'God would not have been estab­ your National Spiritual Assembly lished upon the seat of His mercy, during the vital and exciting d~ys nor have ascended the throne of still remaining during the Nine eternal glory!'" "The circumstan­ Year Plan --- and, who knows, per­ ces attending (Mulla Husayn's) haps bring such increased fervor martyrdom evoked the Bab's inex­ and determination as to win all of pressible sorrow, a sorrow that the goals during the closing months found vent in eulogies and prayers of this current year. As the say - of such great number as would be ing ~oes: "Let's get it done in equivalent to thrice the volume of '71! Why not? We hold the dest­ the Quran." (Dawnbreakers, p. 416, iny of the Cause of God in the palm of our hand, the beloved Guar­ Kitab-i-lqan, p. 223) dian told us, and our Supreme Uni­ Baha'u'llah has established for versal House of Justice has repea­ all time the power of the dust tedly made this clear to us as that enshrines such holy souls. In well. What a joy in at this com­ the Kitab-i-Iqan, pp. 127-128, He ing Ridvan it would be possible to writes of the dust sanctified by send a cable to the World Center the blood of the Imam Husayn, say­ saying: "All Homefront goals ful­ ing: "What ascendency and influ­ filled!" That would indeed be his­ ence haththe dust itself, through toric with two years yet to go. (cont. on p. 4) 4 (cont. from p. 3) the sacredness and potency of that WE WELCOME blood exercised over the bodies and s~uls of men'. So much so, that The following believers declared he who sought deliverance from his during the period of September 21 ills, was healed by touching the to December 20, 1970: dust of that holy ground, and who­ EWA soever wishing to protect his pro­ Bales, Gregory Foster (Y) perty ' treasured with absolute Bove, Michael Anthony faith'and understanding a little Roberts, George Mac Jr. of that holy earth within his Nehring, Sidney Veryl (Y) house, safeguarded all his posses­ Harper, Timothy Smith sions. These are the outward man­ Johnson, Louis O. ifestations of its potency. And HONOLULU were we to recount its hidden vir­ tues they would assuredly say: 'He Brown, Patrick A. (Y) Kim, Miss Nadine Marie (Y) verily hath considered the dust to Wehr, Miss Victoria (Y) be the Lord of Lords, and hath ut­ Piper, Chris Wayne (Y) terly forsaken the Faith of God'." Olson, Miss Mariana U. (Y) * * * * * * * * * KAWAIHAU NOTE: These quotations and the Flynn, Miss Patricia E. (Y) gilt container of precious dust KO LOA have been placed in the National Knowles, Stanford Cornish Archive~s~·;...~~------Windle, Timothy Joseph 2nd Nov. 1970. KOOLAUPOKO National Spiritual Assembly of Davenport, Scott Allen (Y) the Hawaiian Islands - Young, Gordon S.O. (Y) Ito, Leslie Brian (Y) Dear Co-workers, Esteban, Mrs. Wanda Your letter of Oct. 13th has Lawson, Miss Lynn L. (Y) just been received here in Bris­ Brownlie, Michael (Y) bane yesterday .... we are on about Woodford, Robt. Gaylord (Y) the middle of a seven weeks visit Young, Bruce K. (Y) to many Baha'i Centres in Eastern Heen, Harrison L. (Y) Australia. Rinker, Miss Jennifer Lee (Y) Mattern, Mrs. Jean F. As much as I would like to vis­ Leftwich, Rodney Warren (Y) it Hawaiian Islands on the dates Fowler, Miss Margaret Louise (Y) listed, this will not be possible Brite, Robert L. (Y) as I shall be home three weeks and Bond, Miss Tina Rose (Y) then leave for the Singapore Con­ Graeb, Miss Kathleen A. (Y) ference and visits both before and McArthur, Kurt Eric (Y) after, for many weeks, in Asia ar­ Andrade, Manuel Benjamin III (Y) ea -- Inshallah. Walker, Walter L. (Y) With loving greetings and best Bletsch, Robert Donald wishes for success in your planned LAHAINA Youth Conference and Winter School. Lawson, Miss Leslie Ann (Y) (S) Collis Featherstone LIHUE Civil, Mrs. Helen E. SUPPORT YOUR MAKAWAO Gouveia, Miss Patricia Marie NATIONAL FUND NO. KONA Contributions received during per­ Farrell, Stephen Edward (Y) iod of November 2J. to December 20: SO. HILO Local Assemblies - 15 Groups - 0 Roberts, Wayne Kawalani (Y) Individuals - 21 Caravalho, Miss Berlinda Joan (Y) TREASURE R'S WAIALUA Boyle, Wm. Gerard (Y) ADDRESS WAILUKU Mr. Ben Ayala., Treasurer, Jones, Miss Jo-Deane Sue 92-568 Palailai Street, Stuart, James M. (Y) Makakilo, Oahu, Hawaii. 96706 Siders, Mrs. Jeanette R. WORLD NEWS s VENEZUELA tinental Conference. The group worked in different teams daily Hand of the Cause, Enoch Olinga and met continually to evaluate arrived in Venezuela on August 28. responses and methods used. There A special reception was held for were more than 90 enrollments in him that night in the Haziratu'l­ Roque Saenz Pena the first after­ Quds. The next day the friends had noon and evening. In the course of an all day conference with him. the week some twenty new locali­ That night he was flown to Maraca­ ties were opened. ibo and spent the following two INDIA days in the Guajira. The first day The cover of "Goa Today," an in the Guajira was an all day mee­ Indian magazine, recently featured ting with Baha'i teachers in Los a.photograph of three Baha'i youth. Machos, which some 34 Guajiro tea­ An article about the three young chers attended. pioneers entitled "Three Beauti­ That night he was flown back to ful Girls with a Message" includes Caracas and the following day was in the opening paragraph the fact received by one of the Ministers that all three of the girls are in of Government and Justice. Goa to pursue their studies, "as well as to spread the message of From Venezuela, Mr. Olinga tra­ Baha'u'llahl the prophet founder velled to Trinidad and Tobago,Guy­ of the Baha i Faith." ana, French Guiana and the United States. Upon his arrival in the ITALY United States Mr. Olinga cabled to "EIGHTH ITALIAN SUMMER SCHOOL .. the World Centre: .. OVER 160 FRIENDS 14 COUNTRIES ... DEEPLY TOUCHED OVERWHELMING RECEP­ TWO DECLARATIONS ... " TION DEDICATION AND DEVOTION AMER­ "ITALIAN SUMMER SCHOOL CLOSED ICAN FRIENDS .... MASS CONVERSION NINE DECLARATIONS ... " DEEP SOUTH GAINING MOMENTUM ..• " "JOYOUSLY ANNOUNCE DECLARATION BAHA'I INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FIRST SAN MARINO BELIEVER .. AGE 19" The program for the annual Con­ UNITED STATES ference of the Non - Governmental "JOYFULLY REPORT RESULTS FLORI­ Organizations affiliated with the DA FIRST MASS TEACHING CONFERENCE United Nations, Office of Public 68 ATTENDED FOLLOWING THREE HOUR Information,held at United Nations BRIEFING DEEP SOUTH COMMITTEE 12 Headquarters May 26 and 27, 1970, TEAMS DISPERSED FERTILE FIELD RE­ just received at the World Centre, SULTS 7 NEW GROUPS TOTAL IN THREE contains a number of references to HOURS 59 DECLARATIONS ... 11 Baha'i participation. From East Texas - " ... FOLLOWING Mr. Victor de Araujo of the Ba­ TRAINING CONFERENCE ON MASS ENROL­ ha'i International Community acted MENT AUGUST 29-30 FRIENDS OPENED as Chairman of the Planning Commi­ THREE CENTERS 18 NEW BAHA'IS ... " ttee for the Conference. From Dallas, Texas - "We know Nine Baha'is represented the your joy matches that of ours over Baha'i International Community and the fact that since the ... Confer­ the National Spiritual Assembly of ence on August 15, sixteen new the United States at the Confer­ centers in Texas,have•been opened, ence. At the Conference Mr. de 100 new believers (mostl<' Negroes A~aujo was elected Vice-Chairman and some Spanish speaking~ are now of the Non-Governmental Organiza­ followers pf Baha'u'llah.' tions Executive Committee office "JOYFULLY REPORT SIGNIFICANT of Public Information for the year HOMEFRONT VICTORY IN ACHIEVEMENT 1970-71, 3,044 LOCALITIES 44 MORE THAN RE­ ARGENTINA QUIRED NINE YEAR PLAN. OVER 1,000 Several friends from other MEMBERS ENROLLED AUGUST 85 POTEN­ countries including Gerald Bagley TIAL ASSEMBLIES EVIDENT 26 PIONEERS from Ecuador, Ouida Coley from Pa­ SCHEDULED AFRICA WITHIN TWO MONTHS raguay and John Caruana from Boli­ II via joined forces with seven vol­ BOTSWANA unteers in Argentina who arose at Some of the Baha'i youth trav­ the Teaching Conference held in elled on foot for long distances Rosario following the La Paz Con- (cont. on p 6) 6 (cont. from p. 5) to attend the f irs't National Youth School in Botswana. Over thirty youth,adults and teachers attended the school. In each of the villag­ es the friends had been invited by the Chief who had announced that the Baha'is were corning to brin~ the people the Message of Baha u'llah. A speech especially prepared by the National Spiritual Assembly was delivered to the peo­ ple by the youth and teachers from the school. Within a ten day per­ iod following the school a total of 683 people have heard of Baha'­ u'llah. Mr. and Mrs.William Sears, on " ... GLORIOUS NEWS FIRST SHUA BUSH­ their recent visit to Hawaii. WOMAN EMBRACED FAITH BAHA'U'LLAH TODAY LEAVES TO TEACH HER PEOPLE IN DESERT." "REJOICE FIRST OF KGALAGADI PEOPLE DESERT NATION AKIN TSWANA ACCEPTS BAHA'U'LLAH. BOTSWANA RADIO BROAD­ CAST SUNDAY BAHA'I FAITH." BRAZIL Mass conversion began in Brazil "with the desire of the Continental Board of Counsellors to help Brazil win our goals." In the region of Sao Paulo several nearby cities were opened to the Faith and about 40 persons accepted the Cause. The team went to Bahia where they re­ mained for about one week. There they opened many localities, among them about 60 in the Indian comrnu­ Miss Toni Mantel, originally a ni ty region,and enrolled about 120 pioneer to the Philippines from new believers. Hawaii. Miss Mantel, who is now an Auxiliary Board member, is cur­ BRITISH ISLES rently on a teaching trip to Okin­ Harlech Summer School - "OVER 120 awa, at the request of the Contin­ FRIENDS PRESENT INCLUDING MANY ental Board of Counsellors for YOUTH AND OVERSEAS VISITORS ... WELL North East Asia. ATTENDED INSPIRING INFORMATIVE SE­ SSIONS FOUR DECLARATIONS ... " FINLAND A Public Information Day on the Baha'i Faith was held in Helsinki on August 23rd. The Local Spirit­ ual Assembly of Helsinki arranged a series of information programs held in a meeting room located in the heart of the city. FRANCE Hand of the Cause Ugo Giachery participated in the French Baha'i Summer School which was held in Sevrier (Annecy), Haute-Savoie, from August 23 to 29. Over 100 Friends at work on the Baha'i friends were present from France, 1 float which took second prize Corsica, Persia, United States, (Governor's Trophy) in the non­ Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, Eng­ commercial division of the annual land, Denmark, Mali and some North Aloha Week parade. African countries. 7 MICRONESIA REPORT (continued) The steward, who was from Texas, pointed out that coffee and cook­ ies were on the forward wall and soda was in the ice bucket on the floor. We settled down to a mode of transportation that was on its way out --- with a view of the sky above, the ocean below --- and the luggage strapped in front of us. Soon there loomed ahead of us the island of Ponape, with its coral landing strip on a small island off the coast, connected by a causeway a mile and a half long. As we were going through irnmi­ gra tion I met Sailas Henry and we arranged to meet later that even­ ing. After stopping at the hotel Meeting of Baha'is and contacts at I went over to the hospital and Kolonia, Ponape, home of Mrs. Rose met Asher Palik who then took me Makwelung (seated, with glasses.) to Rose Makwelung's home at which time we set up a meeting for Thurs­ The following morning some of day evening at Rose's to get the the friends saw me off at the air­ friends together. That evening I port and I was on my way to Truk met her son and daughter. and Ponape. Of course, the jet Rose sent a message up to the plane r·ide was very comfortable radio station calling all the but after so much activity crammed friends to Thursday's meeting, and into the last few days, -all the message was broadcast. But the thoughts were on the wonderful un­ day had been stated as Friday in­ ity that manifested itself during stead of Thursday, so we decided and after the meeting. How can one to get together both nights. We express all that is felt both for discussed the area and Rose felt the present as well as the poten­ it would be excellent if we could tail of this island community and get on the radio as well as use what feelings of the unknown that the film, "The New Wind." lay ahead of me in the next week? On Thursday we walked the two With all the thoughts and silent miles up the coral road through prayers of thankfulness the time town, jungle and school area to the passed swiftly and suddenly the radio station, I looking like the stewardess pointed out the Truk typical tourist with two cameras Islands. Trying to focus my camera over my shoulder. I spoke with the as well as my mind on the little manager, Mr. Elias Thomas, and he dots of green brought forth the set a date for Friday morning to oft-used phrase "they appear as tape a show. We then went back to emeralds in the ocean of blue." town and stopped at the newspaper On approaching the landing field to leave our write-up. The paper one gets a feeling in the pit of is mimeographed in both Ponapean the stomach that it is too small an.d English and is published week­ an area for safe landing, but down ly. I met with Silas Henry later we went without a problem. Debar­ that afternoon at which time he king from the jet, I saw the sea­ invited me to accompany him on a plane to which we were to transfer. trip the following day to the tem­ We had a half-hour wait before take­ ple ruins -- a two hour boat ride, off so we waited in the terminal, which I had to decline. a small, grass-thatched roof area. That evening Rose, Asher and my­ Looking over the area one sees both self gathered at Rose's home and new modern homes being built on the I gave them the books lhad carried mountainside as well as thatched with me, as well as the Unity cal­ homes. The trip to Ponape took two endars and a couple of dictionar­ and a half hours by seaplane,which ies, all of which they need and was to be replaced within two can use. weeks by jet travel. (cont'd in next fssue) 8 COM I NG EVENTS MISS MARSELLA SPEAKS Dec. 26-31 - National Youth Con- Keolumana United Methodist ference on Big Island Church on the Windward side held a Dec. 31 - FEAST of Sharaf (Honor) School for Concerned Churchmen du­ Jan. 1,2,3 - Winter School on Oahu ring the months of September and Jan. 8,9,10 - NSA Convenes October, and requested the Baha'is Jan. 17 - World Religion Day to participate. Miss Elena Mar­ Jan. 18 - Local Delegate Elections sella was asked to present the Jan. 19 - FEAST of Sultan 'Faith at their October 15 class. (Sovereignty) The attendance was small but tre­ Feb. 5,6,7 - NSA Convenes mendous interest was shown by those Feb. 7 - FEAST of Mulk (Dominion) present, including the pasto~ Rev. Feb. 26-Mar. l - lntercalary Days Jiro Mizuno. Several persons ex­ pressed a desire to read books on the Faith. HAWAII NATIONAL On October 28 Miss Marsella CONVENTION spoke to the Comparative Religion class at Leeward College. After APRIL 24-25 the talk, she was asked many in­ telligent and interested question:;, ATTENTION!! Miss K. Wilder, the teacher, expressed that she was very impres­ sed and has asked Miss Marsella to For the information of friends, cap the entire course with another and contacts for the neighbor is­ talk at the end of the session. lands: Hawaii: - Mrs. Ruth Musacchia Phone 935-0310 (Hilo) Hawaii: - Mrs. Nedra Murray KA I LUA TALK Phone 775-0131 On Tuesday, November 24, nearly (Honokaa-Hamakua) 300 students heard an introductory Kauai: - Mrs. Serrita Herbert talk on the Faith at Kailua High Phone 245-6516 (Lihue) School. Maui: - Mrs. Daisy Sabin Dr. Peter Tchou director of Phone 877-6001 Kailua High School's comparative (Kahului-Wailuku) religion series, introduced the Maui: Dick Graham three Baha'i speakers, Mike Burg­ Phone 379.:.2539 (Ki.hei) ess, Kurt Munchmeyer, and Duane Molokai: - Mrs. Betty Schuster Troxel. Phone 553-5283 Following a brief sketch on the (Kaunakaka1) Faith, the meeting was opened to questions. The hour allotted the ~continued) speakers went quickly, so eager was the questioning. Dr. Tchou thanked while he dictated them! the Baha'is for coming and then Immediately following dismissa~ amazed them by not dismissing the people thronged the speakers. One crowd, but requested they write clergyman present requested a copy down the basic Baha'i principles of the Hidden Words. 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