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[610] "Third Call to Behais," p. 3.

[611] Letter to M. Badi Ullah.

[612] "Before Abraham was I am," p. 1.

[613] _S. W._, Sept. 8, 1913, p. 174.

[614] _S. W._, Sept. 8, 1913, p. 127.

[615] _S. W._, May 17, 1914, pp. 51-52.

[616] "Tablets," Vol. I, p. ii.

[617] J. D. Frame, M. D., _Moslem World_, 1912, p. 243.

[618] Sec.'s Report, June, 1911; October Bulletin, 1911; _S. W._, May 17, 1911, July 13, 1913, Nov. 4, 1913, March and June, 1914.

[619] The "Kitab-ul-Akdas" commands that the hair should not be allowed to grow below the level of the ear: why does not Abdul Baha keep this law?

[620] Myron Phelps states (p. 97) that Abbas Effendi wishes no photographs of himself taken. This is certainly a mistake as years ago they were circulated in Persia and purchasable in the bazaar. The account of his posing for the motion pictures is amusing. When requested to pa.s.s before the camera, he at once replied, "Khaili khob" (very good). The Bahais present were very much upset and protested that his picture would be scattered all over the country in the movies. He replied, "Busiar khob" (still better). Later, in June, an extended motion picture was taken. The scenes were somewhat spoiled by Abdul Baha not remaining in focus and disarranging the scenario. These films, with words, are being used in the Sunday services of the Bahais and are to be used in the Orient in connection with the voice record on the Edison talking machine.

[621] Mr. Remey said to him: "We expected an att.i.tude of hostility towards you from the clergy and theologians. We did not expect the churches and religious societies would open their doors" (_S. W._, March 21, 1913, p. 18). Doctor Cadman of Brooklyn explained his inviting Abdul Baha to preach in his pulpit by saying, "Christian people can afford to be absolutely free and catholic in their extension of liberty and courtesy to other people." Yet most Christians were grieved and consider it disloyalty to Christ.

[622] _S. W._, March, 1913, p. 18.

[623] The striking lack of unity among the Bahais is evident from a Tablet of Abdul Baha written shortly before his visit to America (_S.

W._, May 17, 1811). "In view of the differences among the friends and the lack of unity among the maid servants of the Merciful, how can Abdul Baha hasten to those parts? Is it possible? No, by G.o.d!" "Your worthless imaginations, backbiting, and faultfinding enable the Nakhazeen to spread a noose for you." The Americans could reply, "Physician, heal thyself," for the worst anger and discord have been between the brothers at Acca. And he himself continues to cry out, "Hold aloof from the violators."

[624] _S. W._, Oct. 16, 1913, p. 203.

[625] _S. W._, Sept. 27, 1913, p. 187.

[626] Similar phrases addressed to his living disciples sound like flattery and appeals to their vanity, such as, "Your names will go down through the ages." "Kings and Queens will never be talked of as you will be" (_S. W._, Dec. 13, 1913, p. 274, etc.).

[627] _S. W._, June 5, 1914.

[628] _S. W._, Dec. 31, 1913, p. 272.

[629] _S. W._, Aug. 1, 1913, p. 136-138.

[630] "The Oriental Rose," p. 11, says that $5,000 have been sent from the Orient for the Temple.

[631] "Daily Lessons," p. 17.

[632] _S. W._, Dec. 11, 1911.

[633] L. G. Gregory, "The Heavenly Vista," pp. 13, 15, 25, 31.

[634] _S. W._, April 28, 1914.

[635] The _S. W._ of March 2, 1912, reported one organization in Montreal, one in Hawaii, one in England, two in Germany, viz., Stuttgart and Zuffenhausen, and one in Cape Town.

[636] _Star_, May 17, 1914, p. 57.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

_Consulted by the Author_

(_1_) _Non-Bahai Writers_

E. G. Browne: "The Babis of Persia," _Jour. Roy. As. Soc._, July, Oct., 1889.

"Babi Ma.n.u.scripts," _Jour. Roy. As. Soc._, April, July, Oct., 1892.

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"A Year Among the Persians."

"Literary History of Persia."

A. L. M. Nicolas: "Sayyid Ali Mohammed dit le Bab"

(Biography).

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_American Journal of Theology_, Jan., 1902, "Mohammedan Gnosticism in America," S. K. Vatralsky.

_North Amer. Rev._, June, 1912, J. T. Bixby; April, 1901, Prof.

E. D. Ross.

_Outlook_, June, 1901, Dr. H. H. Jessup.

_Open Court_, June and July, 1910 and 1904, Dr. P. Carus.

_Moslem World_, July, 1912, Dr. J. D. Frame.