Index

Note: Italic numbers denote page numbers; all other numbers refer to numbered paragraphs or notes.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá
anniversary of visit to America of, 26.1
centenary of birth of, 125.5, 127.1
glossary entry for, 147
journey to North America of, 26.1, 94.1, 127.1, 158.4
New World among chief objectives of ministry of, 158.4, 158.5
twenty-fifth anniversary of passing of, 165.1
Wilmette Temple consecrated by, 66.1, 108.1 See also Divine Plan

Abdu'l-Jalil Bey Sa'd glossary entry for, 147
passing of, 97.1

Abu'1-Fadl
Abdu'l-Jalil Bey Sa'd and, 97.1
burial of, in Bahá’í cemetery, 87.1, 101.1
glossary entry for, 148

Abu'1-Qásim Khurásání glossary entry for, 148
passing of, 1.1

Administrative Order
for bringing message of Bahá’u’lláh to the masses, 140.2
enlarging basis of, 158.8
familiarizing new groups with, 70.3
glossary entry for, 148
National Spiritual Assemblies in, 158.10
and next phase of Divine Plan, 146.3, 158.6
as nucleus and pattern of World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, 158.14
opponents of, 70.2, 85.2, 85.3
second Seven Year Plan and, 94.1
Ahmad Sohrab as enemy of, 85.4
structural basis for, laid in North America, 125.1, 154.1
third Seven Year Plan to establish across the globe, 154.1
in Western Hemisphere, 158.14

Ages, glossary entry for, 148—49

Ahmad-i-Ahsa'i, Shaykh glossary entry for, 149
on Year Nine, 158.18

Akká glossary entry for, 149
tombs of mother and brother of Abdu'1-Bahá facing, 64.3

Alaska, 45.1, 116.1, n.66

All-America Centennial Convention call for, 108.5, 109.1
Latin American delegates at, 108.5, 109.1, 123.1, 125.5, 127.1
message to, 127.1
at turning-point in Bahá’í history, 125.5

American Bahá’í community
and American entry into World War II, 90.1, 91.1
blessings vouchsafed to, 158.25
as champion builders of World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, 6.1, 55.4, 58.4, 154.1
emergence from severest crisis since ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s passing, 100.1
at fiftieth anniversary, 125.1, 125.2, 125.3
hour of victory at hand for, 11.1
as spiritual descendants of Dawn-Breakers, 24.1
still more compelling display required of, 119.1
as torchbearer of World civilization, 41.1, 79.1, 127.1, 154.1
triple call at the most fateful hour, 58.1
two categories of activities of, 55.1
twofold task of, 29.1, 30.1, 46.1, 53.1, 153.2, 165.1
unbroken solidarity and unquenchable enthusiasm of, 42.1
unfinished tasks for, 103.1, 108.4, 140.2
united will and concerted action urged on, 5.1
during World War II, 82.6
See also National Convention; National Fund; Seven Year Plan (first); Seven Year Plan (second); Tablets of the Divine Plan; teaching campaign

Archbreaker of the Covenant (Muhammad Ali) glossary entry for, 149
opposes transfer of remains of mother and brother, 64.4, 64.5
passing of, 35.1

Ark and Carmel, 64.6
glossary entry for, 149-50

Asia. See Burma; India

Ásíyih Khánum
Bahá’u’lláh on, 64.13, 64.14, 64.15, 64.16, 64.17
glossary entry for, 150
interment of, 65.1
remains transferred to Mt. Carmel, 63.1, 64.1, 64.2, 64.3, 144.1
Wilmette House of Worship associated with, 66.1

Assemblies. See Spiritual Assemblies

Australia
Bahá’í communities of, marveling at American labors, 116.1
Bahá’í headquarters in, 121.1, 126.1, 144.1

Authorized Interpreter of Bahá’u’lláh's Teachings. See Abdu'1-Bahá

Author of the Faith. See Bahá’u’lláh

Báb, the
centenary of declaration of, 106.1, 108.5, 109.1, 115.1, 127.1
decision to complete sepulcher of, 128.1, 144.1
glossary entry for, 150
historic sites purchased, 126.1
portrait of, 109.1
Qayyúmu'1-Asmá', 158.2
on Year Nine, 158.18

Bábi Dispensation centenary of, 108.5
Year Nine as terminus of, 158.18

Badíulláh
glossary entry for, 151
protesting transfer of remains of mother and brother of Abdu'1-Bahá, 64.4

Baghdadí, Dr. Zia M. glossary entry for, 151
passing of, 28.1

Bahá’í Centenary 1844-1944, The, 106.1, n.62

Bahá’í Cycle
centenary of inception of, 108.6
glossary entry for, 151

Bahá’í literature
distribution center for Latin America, 158.15
for Europe, 156.1
German, 152.1, 158.13
for Latin America, 127.1, 130.1, 131.1, 135.2, 140.2, 158.8, 158.13, 158.15
in Spanish and Portuguese, 130.1, 135.2, 140.2, 158.8, 158.13, 158.15
translations of, 126.1
wider dissemination of, 98.1, 134.1, 146.5, 158.8

Bahá’í World, The, 1.1, 54.1, 137.1

Bahá’í World Center glossary entry for, 151
World War II cutting off Bahá’ís from, 82.5
See also Akká

Bahá’í World Commonwealth glossary entry for, 151—52
World War II in creation of, 144.1
See also World Order of Bahá’u’lláh

Bahá’u’lláh
on Ásíyih Khánum, 64.13, 64.14, 64.15, 64.16, 64.17
endowment for tomb of, 121.1
glossary entry for, 152
inauguration of prophetic mission of, 154.1, 158.18, 158.19, 158.20
lock of hair beneath dome of Wilmette Temple, 38.1, 109.1
on Mírzá Mihdí (Purest Branch), 64.9, 64.10, 64.11, 64.12
Tablet of Carmel, 64.6
Tihrán home purchased, 126.1
See also World Order of Bahá’u’lláh

Bahia (Brazil), 79.2

Bahíyyih Khánum (Greatest Holy Leaf)
and American Bahá’ís, 5.1
glossary entry for, 152
mother and brother buried near, 63.1, 64.3, 64.6
passing of, 3.1, 4.1
and the Wilmette Temple, 104.1

Bahíyyih Khánum Fund, 44.1, 47.1, 65.1, 66.1

Belgium, n.88

Bolivia, 116.1, 134.1

Bosch, John D.
glossary entry for, 153
passing of, 161.1

Britain
Americans collaborating with publishing committee in, 156.1, 158.12
Bahá’í communities marveling at American labors, 116.1

Buenos Aires (Argentina), 79.2, 158.15

Burma

American support required in, 148.4

suffering of Bahá’ís of, during World War II, 148.1, n.77

Canada
American entry into World War II and teaching campaign in, 90.1, 92.1
enabling groups to obtain Local Assembly status, 158.8
Manitoba, 45.1, 48.1
National Spiritual Assembly for, 154.1, 158.10
Nova Scotia, 45.1, 48.1
pioneers required for, 45.1, 46.5
Prince Edward Island, 116.1, n.66
Saskatchewan, 116.1, n.66
structural basis for Administrative Order in every province of, 125.1
See also American Bahá’í community

Caribbean
Cuba, 51.1
Dominica, 51.1, 57.3
Haiti, 51.1, 57.3
San Domingo, 116.1, 134.1
West Indies, 125.1

Carmel. See Mount Carmel

Caucasus
persecution of Bahá’ís in, n.38
wartime threats in, 77.1

Centenary of the Faith
American efforts for, 119.1
facts about the Faith at time of, 126.1
preparing for, 117.1
splendid success of, 131.1
See also All-America Centennial Convention

Center of the Covenant. See Abdu'1-Bahá

Central America
administrative structure emerging in, 82.6
Costa Rica, 51.1, 57.3
El Salvador, 51.1, 57.3
establishing Bahá’í center in each Republic of, 70.3, 126.1, 144.1, n.66
first Seven Year Plan and, 46.2, 58.5
Guatemala, 51.1, 57.3
Honduras, 51.1
maintaining outposts of the Faith in, 112.1
National Spiritual Assembly for, 154.1, 158.10
Nicaragua, 51.1, 57.3, 116.1, 134.1
Panama, 51.1, 134.1
in penetration of Latin America, 51.1
pioneers in most Republics of, 58.5
settlement of remaining Republics of, 57.3
three-fold objective for, 143.1
in World Mission, 56.1
World War II affecting, 82.3

Central Figures
glossary entry for, 153
See also Abdu'1-Bahá; Báb, the; Bahá’u’lláh

Chicago
Dr. Zia Baghdadí, 28.1
first American Bahá’í group formed in, n.63
See also House of Worship (Wilmette) Christ, 58.4, 158.19

Christianity, 56.1, 82.4

Collins, Amelia
glossary entry for, 153
locks of Bahá’u’lláh's hair entrusted to, 38.1

Colombia, 71.1

Costa Rica, 51.1, 57.3

Covenant
American Bahá' is as true upholders of the, 89.1
glossary entry for, 153—54
See also Covenant-breaker

Covenant-breaker
glossary entry for, 154
Moneeb Shaheed's marriage, 132.1
North American Bahá’ís not diverted by, 110.1
unity and integrity for combating, 144.1
See also Archbreaker of the Covenant; Kheiralla, Ibrahim; Sohrab, Ahmad

Cradle of the Faith. See Iran

Cuba, 51.1

Cycle. See Bahá’í Cycle
glossary entry for, 154-55

Daniel's Prophecy
glossary entry for, 155—56
third Seven Year Plan and, 154.1, 158.21

Dawn-Breakers
American Bahá’ís as spiritual descendants of, 24.1, 127.1
glossary entry for, 156
pioneers compared with, 125.4

Dawn-Breakers: Nabil’s Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá’ Revelation, The. See Nabil's Narrative

Day of the Covenant, glossary entry for, 156

Declaration of Trust, By-Laws of a-Local Spiritual Assembly, 8.1

Delaware, 45.1, 48.1

Denmark, n.88

Dispensation glossary entry for, 156
See also Bábi Dispensation

Divine Lote-Tree, glossary entry for, 156

Divine Plan
American Bahá’ís broadcasting, 153.2
call for rededication to fulfillment of 23.1
as gathering momentum, 46.5
glossary entry for, 156—57
next stage in evolution of, 140.1, 146.1, 146.2, 147.1, 158.6
significance of promulgation of, 25.1
visualizing attainment of, 47.2
See also Tablets of the Divine Plan

Dominica, 51.1, 57.3

Dunn, John Henry Hyde
glossary entry for, 757
passing of, 80.1

Egypt
Abdu'l-Jalil Bey Sa'd's passing, 97.1
Bahá'i administrative headquarters in, 87.1, 112.1, 121.1, 126.1, 144.1
Bahá’í communities of, marveling at American labors, 116.1
Lua Getsinger's burial in, 87.1, 101.1
persecution of Bahá’ís in, n.38
teaching campaign affecting, 25.1
World War II as threat to Bahá’í community, 91.1, 144.1

elections, Bahá’í
glossary entry for, 157—58
necessity of voting, 15.1
preceding Universal House of Justice, 158.10

El Salvador, 51.1, 57.3

endowments, 121.1, 122.1, 126.1, 144.1

Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, 78.1

Epochs, glossary entry for, 158

Espinosa, Pedro, 51.1, n.31

Europe
Bahá’í literature for, 156.1
Belgium, n.88
carrying message of Bahá’u’lláh to war-torn, 146.3, 146.6, 147.1, 148.2
cessation of hostilities in, 144.1, 146.1
Denmark, n.88
France, 158.12, 158.13
Holland, 158.13, n.88
Iberian. Peninsula, 154.1, 158.12
Italy, 154.1, 158.12, 158.13, n.88
Low Countries, 154.1, 156.1, 158.13
Luxembourg, 156.1, n.88
Norway, n.88
pioneers to, 156.1, 158.13, 159.1, 163.1, 165.1, n.86
Portugal, n.88
reinforcing outposts of the Faith in, 162.2
in second Seven Year Plan, 154.1, 156.1, 158.7, 158.11, 158.12, 160.1
Spain, n.88
Switzerland, 156.1, n.88
teaching campaign affecting, 25.1
See also Britain; Germany

European Teaching Committee collaborating with British and German Bahá’ís, 156.1
glossary entry for, 158
immediate requirements of, 165.1
measures employed by, 158.13

Farmer, Sarah
glossary entry for, 159
Tablets addressed to, 8.1, n.6

Formative Age, 85.13

France, 158.12, 158.13

Funds
glossary entry for, 159-60
See also National Fund

Germany
Americans collaborating with publishing committee in, 156.1, 158.12
American support required in, 150.1, 152.1, 153.1
Bahá’í literature for, 152.1, 158.13
persecution of Bahá’ís in Nazi, n.38
suffering of Bahá’ís during World War II, 148.1, n.77

Getsinger, Lua
burial of, 87.1, 101.1
glossary entry for, 160

God Passes By (ShoghiEffendi), 134.1

Golden Age, 85.14

Greatest Holy Leaf. See Bahiyyih Khánum

Greatest Name, glossary entry for, 160

Greenleaf, Elizabeth
glossary entry for, 160
passing of, 84.1

Guardianship
Administrative Order and, 64.6
glossary entry for, 160—61

Guatemala, 51.1, 57.3

Haiti, 51.1, 57.3

Hands of the Cause of God, glossary entry for, 161

Hazíratu'1-Quds
glossary entry for, 161
in Wilmette, Illinois, 61.1, 70.3

Herald of the Faith. See Báb, the

Heroic Age, Year Nine ushering in, 158.18

Hin
and Bahá’u’lláh's prophetic mission, 158.18
glossary entry for, 161

Hoagg, Emogene
glossary entry for, 162
passing of, 149.1

Holland, 158.13, n.88

Holy Family
glossary entry for, 762 See also particular members by name

Honduras, 51.1

Hosts
glossary entry for, 162
See also Lord of Hosts

House of Worship (Wilmette)
Abdu'1-Bahá consecrating, 66.1, 108.1
All-America Centennial Convention at, 108.5, 125.5, 127.1
American participation in World War II and completion of, 92.1
Bahiyyih Khánum Fund for, 44.1, 47.1, 65.1, 66.1
balancing teaching and construction of, 46.1
cost of, 126.1
dome completed, 18.1
exterior completed, 104.1, 108.1, 108.2, 108.3, 109.1, 110.1, 116.1, 125.1, 125.5, 154.1, 158.15
and first Seven Year Plan, 94.1
First Story Construction Fund, 47.1
five steps for completion of, n.25, n.30
interior ornamentation of, 154.1, 158.9
lock of Bahá’u’lláh s hair beneath dome, 38.1, 109.1
Mírzá Mihdí (Purest Branch) and Asíyih Khánum associated with, 66.1
National Bahá’í Secretariat moved to, 57.1, 61.1
ornamentation of gallery section, 44.1, 47.1
ornamentation of main story complete, 86.1, 87.1, 90.1
plan to raise funds to complete first story, 66.2, 67.1
resuming exterior ornamentation, 29.1
section of ornamentation presented to Shoghi Effendi, 72.1, n.49
as unfinished task, 103.1
as virtually complete in 1941, 82.6, 85.2
World War II and expediting last stage of ornamentation of, 74.1, 75.1

Husayn, Imam
the Báb's dream of, 158.19
glossary entry for, 162

Husayn Rabbání, 141.1

Iberian Peninsula, 154.1, 158.12

India
Bahá’í communities marveling at American labors, 116.1
Local Assemblies formed in, 112.1, 121.1
national administrative headquarters for, 112.1, 126.1, 144.1
number of Bahá’í centers in 1944, 126.1
Six Year Plan, 144.1
teaching campaign affecting, 25.1
World War II as threat to Bahá’í community, 135.1, 144.1

Inter-America Committee
admiration and gratitude for, 79.2
areas requiring attention of, 116.1
glossary entry for, 162
increasing number of believers and establishing local headquarters as tasks for, 142.1, 143.1
testimonies to success of, 56.1

International Archives, glossary entry for, 162

International Bahá’í Bureau
call for adjunct to, 156.1, 158.12
glossary entry for, 162-63
International Bahá’í Relief Fund, 152.1, n.79

International School
as accomplishment of first Seven Year Plan, 158.15
establishment of, 70.3, n.48
glossary entry for, 163

Iran (Cradle of the Faith)
Bahá’í centers in, 121.1
Bahá’í communities of, marveling at American labors, 116.1
Bahá’í schools closed in, 87.1
caution in admitting Persians to the community, 136.1
historic sites purchased in, 126.1
persecution of Bahá’ís in, 77.1, n.38
pioneers from, 112.1
site for Temple purchased in, 126.1
teaching campaign affecting, 25.1
World War II as threat to Bahá’í community of, 82.5, 91.1, 135.1, 144.1

Iraq
Bahá’í communities of, marveling at American labors, 116.1
Hazíratu'1-Quds in Baghdad, 87.1, 112.1, 126.1, 144.1
persecution of Bahá’ís in, n.38
teaching campaign affecting, 25.1
World War II as threat to Bahá’í community of, 135.1, 144.1

'Ishqábád (Turkmenistan), 87.1, 108.1, 158.8, n.38

Islam, 16.1

Italy, 154.1, 158.12, 158.13, n.88

Ives, Mabel Rice-Wray
glossary entry for, 163
passing of, 113.1

Jewry, 82.4

John the Divine, St., 158.18

Jordan Valley, 121.1, 122.1, 126.1, 144.1

Kaszab, Mathew
glossary entry for, 163
passing of, 105.1

Kheiralla, Ibrahim
defection of, 127.1, 158.26
glossary entry for, 163—64

King of Martyrs. See Muhammad-Hasan, Mírzá

Kítáb-i-Aqdas (Bahá’u’lláh)
Americans addressed by, 158.3
glossary entry for, 164

Latin America
accelerating teaching efforts in, 74.1, 75.1, 76.1, 78.1
at All-America Centennial Convention, 108.5, 109.1, 123.1, 125.5, 127.1
American Bahá’ís carrying Faith to, 79.1
American entry into World War II and teaching campaign in, 90.1, 91.1, 92.1
an assembly for every republic in, 130.1
Bahá’í literature for, 127.1, 130.1, 131.1, 135.2, 140.2, 158.8, 158.13, 158.15
consolidating pioneer work in, 81.1, 108.4, 118.1, 152.1
increasing number of assemblies in, 129.1, 158.8, 158.15
increasing number of pioneers required for, 130.1, 145.1
Local Assemblies formed in, 95.1, 110.1, 125.1, 154.1 Mexico, 51.1
multiplying Bahá’í centers in, 131.1
preserving newly established assemblies in, 137.1
special convention of July 1944 for, 128.1, n.69
teaching campaign as yielding fruit in, 93.1
temple construction and crusade in, 47.2
See also Caribbean; Central America; South America

Lesch, Mary
glossary entry for, 164
passing of, 134.1

Lesser Peace, glossary entry for, 164

Letters of the Living, glossary entry for, 164

literature. See Bahá’í literature

Local Spiritual Assemblies
criteria for forming, 114.1, 157.1
enabling groups in U.S. and Canada to obtain status of, 158.8
in first Seven Year Plan, 36.1
increase in North and Latin America, 110.1, 158.15
maintaining recently-established, 135.2
number incorporated as of 1944, 126.1
in virgin areas of North America, 119.1

Lord of Hosts
glossary entry for, 165
See also Bahá’u’lláh

Low Countries, 154.1, 156.1, 158.13

Lua. See Getsinger, Lua

Lunt, Alfred E.
glossary entry for, 165
passing of, 32.1

Luxembourg, 156.1, n.88

M Magallanes (Punta Arenas) (Chile), 126.1, 142.1

Manifestation of God, glossary entry for, 165

Manitoba, 45.1, 48.1

marriages, Bahá’í, 126.1, n.38

Mashriqu'1-Adhkár
established in Wilmette, 61.1, 70.3
glossary entry for, 165-66
Greatest Holy Leaf's burial place near future, 64.6
in Ishqábád, 87.1, 108.1, 158.9
See also House of Worship (Wilmette)

Master
glossary entry for, 166
See also Abdu'1-Bahá

Mathews, Mrs. Loulie, n.48

Maxwell, May
glossary entry for, 166
memorial dedicated, 111.1, n.65
passing of, 69.1, 70.2, 71.1

Maxwell, Sutherland, n.65

Mexico, 51.1

Middle East
American pioneers to, 87.1
Syria, 87.1
See also 'Akká; Egypt; Iran; Iraq

Mihdí, Mírzá (Purest Branch)
Bahá’u’lláh on, 64.9, 64.10, 64.11, 64.12
glossary entry for, 166
interment of, 65.1
remains of, transferred to Mt. Carmel, 63.1, 64.1, 64.2, 64.3, 144.1
Wilmette House of Worship associated with, 66.1

Moody, Susan
glossary entry for, 166
passing of, 13.1

Moses, 158.19

Most Exalted Leaf. See Ásíyih Khánum; Bahíyyih Khánum

Most Great Festival. See Ridván

Most Great Peace
American Bahá’ís building first tabernacle to, 154.1
glossary entry for, 167

Most Great Prison
glossary entry for, 167 See also Akká

Most Holy Book. See Kítab-i-Aqdas

Mother Temple of the West. See House of Worship (Wilmette)

Mount Carmel
glossary entry for, 167
land acquired on, 121.1, 144.1

Muhammad (prophet of Islam), 158.19

Muhammad Alí, Mírzá. See Archbreaker of the Covenant

Muhammad-Hasan, Mírzá (King of Martyrs)
glossary entry for, 164
grandson marries Muslim, 132.1

Munírih Khánum
glossary entry for, 167
passing of, 39.1

Nabíl’s Narrative (The Dawn-Breakers: Nabil's Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá’í Revelation)
as essential adjunct of teaching program, 2.1
study guide to, 8.1

National Bahá’í Secretariat, 57.1, 61.1, n.37

National Convention
delegates increased, 33.1
glossary entry for, 167
message from 1935, n.12
message from 1937, n.21
message from 1939, n.34
message to 1933, 9.1
message to 1934, 12.1
message to 1935, 14.1
message to 1936, 20.1
message to 1937, 29.1
message to 1938, 38.1
message to 1939, 52.1
message to 1940, 71.1
message to 1941, 81.1
message to 1942; 93.1
message to 1943, 109.1
message to 1944, 127.1
message to 1946, 154.1
recommendations for focus of 1940, 67.1

National Fund
importance of, 17.1
more resources required for, 99.1

National Spiritual Assemblies for Canada, Central America, and South America, 154.1, 158.10
number of, 126.1, 158.10
San Francisco meeting of 1939, 62.1, n.42

National Teaching Committee, 46.1, 50.3, 145.1, 159.1

Nawáb. See Ásíyih Khánum

Nazi Germany, persecution of Bahá’ís in, n.38

Nebraska, n.66

Nevada, 45.1

New York City, n.37, n.4l, n.60

New Zealand, 116.1

Nicaragua, 51.1, 57.3, 116.1, 134.1

Nineteen Day Feast, glossary entry for, 168

Nominee of the Báb (Mírzá Yahyá),
glossary entry for, 168

North Africa, 77.1

North America
anchorage institutions established in every state and province, 51.1, 82.6, 158.15
Local Assemblies needed in virgin areas of, 119.1
new Local Assemblies in, 95.1
three-fold objective for, 143.1
See also Canada; United States

North Dakota, 116.1, n.66

Norway, n.88

Nova Scotia, 45.1, 48.1

outworn creeds, separation from, 16.1

Panama, 51.1, 134.1

Paraguay, 71.1, 116.1

patriotism, 7.1

Persia see Iran

personality, subordination of, 8.1

Peru, 116.1

pilgrimage
glossary entry for, 168
to tombs of mother and brother of Abdu'1-Bahá, 64.8

Pillars of the Universal House of Justice. See National Spiritual Assemblies

pioneers
Americans settling in Middle East, 87.1
call for immediate increase in settlers in virgin areas, 107.1
challenges facing, 160.2
consolidating Latin American work of, 81.1
constant encouragement for, 155.1
debt of gratitude to, 125.4
efforts as befitting climax to first Bahá’í century, 98.1
establishing in each Central and South American Republic, 70.3
for Europe, 156.1, 158.13, 159.1, 163.1, 165.1, n.86
ever-increasing number required, 143.1
five American Bahá’ís deputized for, 93.1
glossary entry for, 168
gratitude to, 49.1, 50.1, 164.1
imperative for multiplication of, 95.1, 96.1
increasing number of Latin American, 130.1, 145.1
magnificent response to appeal for, 102.1, 103.1
in most Central American Republics, 58.5
nine holy souls required for U.S. and Canada, 45.1, 46.5
Persian, 112.1
progress as of December 1943, 120.1
as pushing farther the frontiers of the Faith, 55.3
Shoghi Effendi desiring personal contact with, 56.1
special support for, 57.3
supporting and assisting new groups founded by, 79.2, 79.3
supremely urgent call for, 99.1

Plans
glossary entry for, 169 See also Divine Plan; Seven Year Plan (first); Seven Year Plan (second)

political affairs, non-participation in, 7.1

Portugal, n.88

press, the, 135.2, 140.2, 158.13, 158.15

Prince Edward Island, 116.1, n.66

Punta Arenas (Magallanes) (Chile), 126.1, 142.1

Purest Branch. See Mihdí, Mírzá

Qayyúmu'1-Asmá'
as directed to people of the West, 158.2
glossary entry for, 169

radio, 134.1, 135.2, 140.2, 158.13, 158.15

Ransom-Kehler, Mrs. Keith
debt of gratitude to, 70.2
glossary entry for, 169
passing of, 10.1

Regional Committees, glossary entry for, 169-70

religious conservatism, 160.2

religious fanaticism, 77.1

religious orthodoxy, 101.1

Revelation, glossary entry for, 170

Ridván, glossary entry for, 170

Root, Martha
glossary entry for, 170
in Latin America, 51.1, n.47
passing of, 60.1, 70.2
path for intercontinental crusade broken by, 71.1

Sádhij, 64.4

San Domingo, 116.1, 134.1

Saskatchewan, 116.1, n.66
glossary entry for, 170

Secondary Houses of Justice, 158.10

Seven Year Plan (first)
all should arise in participation in, 34.1
and American entry into World War II, 90.1
at beginning of fifth year, 81.1
at beginning of fourth year, 70.1, 70.3, 70.5
Central and South America in, 46.2, 58.5
as consummating first fifty years of American Bahá’í community, 124.1
and consummation of first stage of Divine Plan, 158.6
as crowning crusade of first Bahá’í century, 116.1
the eleventh hour of, 110.1
at end of first year, 37.1
at end of second year, 51.1
as exceeding highest expectations, 82.6
expansion activities inspired by, 121.1
initial phase of teaching work concluded, 50.2, 51.1
last phase beginning, 93.1
Mírzá Mihdí (Purest Branch) and Ásíyih Khánum associated with, 65.1
in perspective of Bahá’í history, 94.1
progressive unfoldment of, 40.1
as setting seal of triumph on centenary celebrations, 131.1
as success despite World War II, 144.1, 158.15
vigorous progress of, 47.1
vital requirements of, 36.1
world events investing with urgency, 42.1

Seven Year Plan (second)
achievements of first Seven Year Plan as goal for, 158.16
administrative actions for expediting, 155.1
and centenary of Year Nine, 154.1, 158.18
concentrating resources on, 158
Europe in, 154.1, 156.1, 158.7, 158.11, 158.12, 160.1
forces mysteriously released by, 163.1
as God-given mandate, 158.1, 158.2
inauguration of, 154.1
initial success of, 160.3, 162.1
vigor, vigilance, and consecration required for, 160.1

Seven Year Plan (third), 154.1, 158.21

Shaheed, Moneeb, 132.1

Shoghi Effendi
glossary entry for, 171
God Passes By, 134.1
marriage of, n.20

shrines, glossary entry for, 171

Six Year Plan (India), 144.1

Síyáh-Chál (Tihrán)
Bahá’u’lláh's prophetic mission revealed in, 154.1, 158.18, 158.20
glossary entry for, 171

Sohrab, Ahmad
Administrative Order attacked by, 85.4, 158.26
glossary entry for, 171

South America
administrative structure.emerging in, 82.6
Bahia, Brazil, 79.2
Bolivia, 116.1, 134.1
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 79.2, 158.15
Colombia, 71.1
establishing Bahá’í centers in each Republic of, 70.3, 126.1, 144.1, n.66
first Seven Year Plan and, 46.2, 58.5
Magallanes, Chile, 126.1, 142.1
maintaining outposts of the Faith in, 112.1
National Spiritual Assembly for, 154.1, 158.10
Paraguay, 71.1, 116.1
Peru, 116.1
three-fold objective for, 143.1
Venezuela, 116.1, 134.1
World War II affecting, 82.3

South Carolina, 45.1, 116.1, n.66

South Dakota, 116.1, n.66

Spain, n.88

Spiritual Assemblies
glossary entry for, 170—71
See also Local Spiritual Assemblies; National Spiritual Assemblies

Stearns, John P.
glossary entry for, 172
passing of, 133.1

Study Guide to "The Dawn-Breakers," Nabil’s Narrative of the Early Days of The Bahá’í Revelation, A, 8.1

Sweden, n.88

Switzerland, 156.1, n.88

Sydney (Australia), 121.1, 126.1, 144.1

Syria, 87.1

Tablet of Carmel
and burial of Asíyih Khánum, Bahíyyih Khánum, and Mírzá Mihdí on Mt. Carmel, 64.6 glossary entry for, 172

Tablets of the Divine Plan
American Assembly invested with unique responsibilities and privileges, 22.1
American Bahá’ís armed with, 58.5
as Charter of the Plan, 158.4
first Seven Year Plan and, 37.1, 82.6
glossary entry for, 172
historic appeal of, 20.1
on mission of American Bahá’ís, 158.17
revelation of, n.18
Sohrab and, 158.26
on traveling to promote the Divine teachings, 158.23

teaching campaign
accelerating due to progress in Temple construction, 45.1
and American entry into World War II, 90.1, 91.1
balancing Temple construction and, 46.1
at beginning of 1944, 121.1
gratitude expressed for exertions in, 20.1
initial phase concluded, 50.2, 51.1
intensifying after completion of Temple, 86.1, 87.1, 96.1
intensifying a thousandfold, 22.1
in most Central and South American Republics, 71.1
Nabil's Narrative in, 2.1
phase of concentrated, as truly providential, 19.1
progress of, 26.1, 31.1, 120.1
systematic plan for, 21.1
in twofold task of American Bahá’ís, 29.1
as yielding fruit in Latin America, 93.1

Twin Founders
glossary entry for, 172
See also Báb, the; Bahá’u’lláh

Twin Holy Shrines, glossary entry for, 172

United States
Alaska, 45.1, 116.1, n.66
Delaware, 45.1, 48.1
enabling groups to obtain Local Assembly status, 158.8
Nebraska, n.66
North Dakota, 116.1, n.66
pioneers required for, 45.1, 46.5
South Carolina, 45.1, 116.1, n.66
South Dakota, 116.1, n.66
Utah, 45.1, 48.1
Vermont, 45.1
West Virginia, 45.1
See also American Bahá’í community

Universal House of Justice
and Administrative Order, 64.6
glossary entry for, 172—73
international elections required for, 158.10

Utah, 45.1, 48.1

Venezuela, 116.1, 134.1

Vermont, 45.1

voting, necessity of, 15.1

West Englewood, New Jersey, n.37

West Indies, 125.1

West Virginia, 45.1

Will and Testament of Abdu'1-Bahá,
glossary entry for, 173

Wilmette House of Worship. See House of Worship (Wilmette)

world Mission
American Bahá’ís in expansion and consolidation of, 85.2
first Seven Year Plan and, 94.1
moving Secretariat to Wilmette and, 57.2
official inauguration of, 56.1
second stage in, 143.1
succeeding stage in evolution of, 135.1

World Order of Bahá’u’lláh
administrative centers constituting nuclei of, 146.5, 158.8
Administrative Order as nucleus and pattern of, 158.14
American Bahá’ís in building of, 6.1, 55.4, 58.4, 154.1
building amidst wreckage of World War II, 144.1
glossary entry for, 173
loyalty to, 43.1
opposition to emergence of, 85.13
publicizing, 108.5
World War II and emergence of, 74.1, 75.1, 77.1, 83.1

World War II
American participation in, 90.1, 91.1, 135.1
as anger and correction of God, 82.1
Bahá’í centenary celebrations contrasted with, 135.1
Bahá’í Faith affected by, 82.5
bearing all, daring all during, 76.1
at beginning of 1944, 121.1
cessation of hostilities in Asia, 147.1
cessation of hostilities in Europe, 144.1, 146.1
in Europe, 82.2
as focusing attention on Western Hemisphere, 70.2
and the New World, 82.3
Pearl Harbor, 88.1
religion affected by, 82.4
and World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, 74.1, 75.1, 77.1, 83.1

Yahyá, Mírzá (Nominee of the Báb), glossary entry for, 168

Year Nine
glossary entry for, 173
second Seven Year Plan and
centenary of, 154.1, 158.18

youth
Bahá’í symposiums for, 158.15
service on committees by, 138.1

Zamenhof, Lidia
glossary entry for, 174
passing of, 151.1, n.78

Zoroaster, 158.19