'Abdu'l-Bahá in Their Midst is the story of the journeys of 'Abdu'l-Baháto Europe and North America over the period 1911 to 1913. Rather than focusing on the public talks he gave, inspiring though these were, it narrates how 'Abdu'l-Bahá affected and transformed the lives of those he met, described in their own words.

'Abdu'l-Bahá in Their Midst

History

Redman, Earl

World

George Ronald Publisher Ltd

The life and work of the Guardian told through accounts by pilgrims and visitors as well as those who worked to assist him. 'Fascinating . . . thoroughly enjoyable . . . truly inspirational' Literature Review Panel of the Bahá ís of the United Kingdom Shoghi Effendi Through the Pilgrim s Eye tells the story of the Guardian s ministry from 1922 when the young Shoghi Effendi, just 24 years old, was charged with guiding the affairs of a worldwide Faith. Rather than a biography, it draws on the diary entries and letters (many now published for the first time) of the many pilgrims and visitors to the Bahá í Holy Places in Haifa and Akká, as well as the accounts of those who worked to assist the Guardian in his many extraordinary achievements. As in all such cases, these recollections must be taken in the spirit of pilgrim notes interesting and thought-provoking highlights and observations, but not any part of the Bahá í Sacred Text. They do, however, provide unique insights and inspiration. Volume I (1922 1952) covers the years when the Guardian was laying the foundations of the Bahá í Administrative Order destined to culminate in the World Order of Bahá u lláh, while at the same time planning and carrying out the extension and development of the Shrines of the Báb and Bahá u lláh, translating the Writings of Bahá u lláh as well as The Dawn-Breakers and writing his own major works, as well as facing challenges to his authority and responding to the confiscation of the House of Bahá u lláh in Baghdad and the persecution of Bahá ís in Iran and Egypt. The volume ends just before the dramatic decade that was to begin in 1953 with the celebration of the Bahá í Holy Year, the first intercontinental conferences and the launching of the ten-year worldwide spiritual plan to carry the Faith of Bahá u lláh to every place on the planet.

Shoghi Effendi Through the Pilgrim's Eye

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

The amazing stories of the Knights of Bahá'u'lláh, whose indomitable spirit, courage and steadfastness brought the Bahá í message to countries where it was previously unknown.

Knights of Baha'u'llah: The Stories of all the Knights of Baha'u'llah

Stories illustrating how Abdu l-Bahá taught and interacted with others. Among those who visit Akká, some have made great forward strides. Lightless candles, they were set alight; withered, they began to bloom; dead, they were recalled to life and went home with tidings of great joy. Abdu l-Bahá . . .each pilgrim brings back information and suggestions of a most precious character, and it is the privilege of all the friends to share in the spiritual results of these visits. Shoghi Effendi This two-volume series on pilgrims who visited Abdu l-Bahá in the Holy Land may be seen as a companion to Abdu l-Bahá in Their Midst, about Abdu l-Bahá s three-year journey (1910 1913) to Egypt, Europe and North America The present volume covers the time from 1897 until the Master s departure on His journey to the West, while the second volume begins with His return to Haifa at the end of 1913 and covers the time until His passing in 1921. Virtually all pilgrims and many other visitors wrote down what Abdu l-Bahá said, including many of His talks, both formal and informal. Their accounts provide a great wealth of stories that help illustrate who Abdu l-Bahá was in the context of history and how he taught and interacted with others. Most of these accounts come from personal diaries and letters initially written in longhand, though many were later typed. They are to be considered pilgrims notes , but are a fascinating and moving testimony to how Abdu l-Bahá affected and transformed those He met, described in their own words.

Visiting 'Abdu'l-Baha, Volume 1: The West Discovers the Master, 1897-1911

Historical

This book concludes Earl Redman's trilogy about 'Abdu'l-Bahá as seen through the eyes of the pilgrims and other visitors to 'Akká and Haifa and those who met Him in Europe and America. While Volume 1 of Visiting 'Abdu'l-Bahá covered the years from 1897 to 1911, 'Abdu'l-Bahá's travels between 1910 and 1913 are described in 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Their Midst. This volume begins with the Master's return to Haifa in 1913 and ends with His passing in 1921. As in volume 1, this book is based largely on the notes of pilgrims and others who visited the Master in the Holy Land. As such, they must be viewed simply as personal impressions, but impressions 'of a most precious character'. Those who had the privilege of meeting 'Abdu'l-Bahá carried these impressions with them until the end of their lives, and their pen-pictures have become an inspiration to many, both believers and the general public, in the century since His passing. Most of us here have, I think, a clear picture of . . . his dignified figure walking thoughtfully in our streets, of his courteous and gracious manner, of his kindness, of his love for little children and flowers, of his generosity and care for the poor and suffering. So gentle was he, and so simple that, in his presence, one almost forgot that he was also a great teacher and that his writings and his conversations have been a solace and an inspiration to hundreds and thousands of people in the East and in the West. The Governor of Phoenicia, January 1922

Visiting Abdu'l-Baha: Volume 2: The Final Years, 1913-1921

George Ronald

Agnes Alexander was the only Hand of the Cause of God to be mentioned in the Tablets of the Divine Plan. 'Abdu'l-Bahá wrote of her: 'I declare by the Lord of Hosts that had this respected daughter founded an empire, that empire would not have been so great', and described her as 'the daughter of the Kingdom, the beloved maid-servant of the Blessed Perfection'.\nHer life spanned the closing epoch of the Apostolic Age of the Faith and the earliest epoch of the Formative Age, saw the erection of National Spiritual Assemblies in lands where she was once the lone Bahá'í, and also witnessed the birth of the long-promised era of the Universal House of Justice. 
Two things guided her. The first was the direction given both to her personally and to the Bahá'ís collectively by 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi. The second was her constant belief that things happen 'if God wills' them to happen. She was an optimist, rarely acknowledging the negative side of things.\nShe radiated love and kindliness everywhere she went and never spoke badly of others; consequently she was able to do many things others could not.\nDuring her 70 years of service to the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh, Agnes Alexander opened Hawaii, Japan and Korea to the Bahá'í Faith, travelled with Martha Root in China and served across the Pacific Ocean. At the age of 83, she served simultaneously on the Local Spiritual Assembly of Kyoto, the Regional Spiritual Assembly of the North East Asia and as a Hand of the Cause. A close friend wrote of her: 'she was Japan's real super-hero disguised as a little old lady'.\nThis book is based on Agnes Alexander's own accounts of the establishment of the Bahá'í Faith in Hawaii and Japan, but more especially on the 40 years of research by Duane Troxel into her life - over 12,000 files of letters, photographs, audio and video interviews and a host of other previously unpublished materials. It was the task of author Earl Redman to distill these into this fascinating and readable story of an exceptional life.

Agnes Baldwin Alexander Hand of the Cause of God

Troxel, Duane

Community & Culture

A Day for Very Great Things: The Lives of Howard Colby and Mabel Rice-Wray Ives

Toussaint, Erica

An exploration of the development of the Bahá'í community of the British Isles\nThe British Bahá'í community has been in existence since 1899 and its elected national leadership council, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United Kingdom, was first elected in 1923. Although a number of monographs, articles and biographies have appeared over the years, no overall survey of the community's history has yet been published. The Bahá'í Community of the British Isles, 1844-1963 is an attempt to fill some of the gap.\nThe book begins with the earliest news about the new religion which reached the British government through diplomatic and consular channels and the British public through newspaper articles as early as 1845. During the late 19th century, there was a rising tide of awareness of the Bábí and Bahá'í religions in Britain.\nAlthough one or two Bahá'ís were in Britain from 1885 onwards, a British Bahá'í community did not form until two residents of London joined in 1888-9 the first party of western Bahá'ís to visit 'Abdu'l-Bahá, the son of Bahá'u'lláh, in the Holy Land. 'Abdu'l-Bahá made two visits to Britain and received widespread newspaper coverage. Prompted by British Bahá'ís, the British government made efforts to save 'Abdu'l-Bahá during World War I and recognized the value of his work in the Holy Land, knighting him after the war.\n'Abdu'l-Bahá chose Britain for the further education of his grandson, Shoghi Effendi, who was his successor. Britain was among the first three countries to form in 1923 a National Spiritual Assembly. In 1957 Shoghi Effendi passed away in London and is buried there. The British Bahá'í community was chosen to host the first Bahá'í World Congress, held in London in 1963, commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the announcement by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, of His mission. During this Congress, some of the earliest meetings of the Universal House of Justice took place in London, which are the only occasions on which the Universal House of Justice has met outside the Holy Land.\nIn the years between the early accounts of the Bahá'í religion and the events of 1963 there developed a small but vibrant community across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. This book tells the fascinating, and little known, story of the lives of many of these early followers, how they came to hear of the religion, their efforts to spread it to others, the struggles they faced, the goals they strove to achieve, their efforts in Africa and around the world to share their religion with others, their steadfastness and their victories. Their successes were greatly praised by Shoghi Effendi.\nThe Bahá'í Community of the British Isles, 1844-1963 was conceived by the late Adam Thorne, who spent over two decades collecting material on the history of the Bahá'í community of the British Isles.\nMoojan Momen is the author of numerous books and articles about the Bahá'í Faith and related subjects, most recently two volumes on the history of the Bahá'í communities of Iran.\nJanet Fleming Rose is the author of A Seed in Your Heart: The Life of Louise Mathew Gregory.\nEarl Redman is the author of a number of books on the Bahá'í Faith, most recently Agnes Baldwin Alexander: Hand of the Cause of God, with co-author Duane Troxel.

The Bahá'í Community of the British Isles 1844-1963

Momen, Moojan

Thorne, Adam

Europe

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