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Copyright © 2002 by the National Spiritual Assembly<br />
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Shoghi, Effendi.<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; This decisive hour : messages from Shoghi Effendi to the<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; North American Bah‡'’s, 1932-1946.<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; p. cm.<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Rev. ed. of: Messages to America. 1947.<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Includes bibliographical references and index.<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ISBN 0-87743-249-X (alk. paper)<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1. Bahai Faith. I. Shoghi, Effendi. Messages to America, II. Title.<br />
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<i>This Decisive Hour</i> was originally published in 1947 under the title <i>Messages to America: Selected
Letters and Cablegrams Addressed to the Bah‡'’s of North America, 1932-1946</i> by the Bah‡'’
Publishing Committee of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bah‡'’s of the United States
and Canada.

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<div align="center">Index</div><br />

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


'Abdu'l-Bah‡
	anniversary of visit to America of, 26.1
	centenary of birth of, 125.5, 127.1
	glossary entry for, <i>147</i>
	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
	<i>See also</i> Divine Plan
'Abdu'l-Jal’l Bey Sa'd
	glossary entry for, <i>147</i>
	passing of, 97.1
Abu'l-Fadl
	'Abdu'l-Jal’l Bey Sa'd and, 97.1
	burial of, in Bah‡'’ cemetery, 87.1, 101.1
	glossary entry for, <i>148</i>
Abu'l-Q‡sim Khur‡san’
	glossary entry for, <i>148</i>
	passing of, 1.1
Administrative Order
	for bringing message of Bah‡'u'll‡h to the masses, 140.2
	enlarging basis of, 158.8
	familiarizing new groups with, 70.3
	glossary entry for, <i>148</i>
	National Spiritual Assemblies in, 158.10
	and next phase of Divine Plan, 146.3, 158.6
	as nucleus and pattern of World Order of Bah‡'u'll‡h, 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, <i>148-49</i>
Ahmad-i-Ahs‡'’, Shaykh
	glossary entry for, <i>149</i>
	on Year Nine, 158.18
'Akk‡
	glossary entry for, <i>149</i>
	tombs of mother and brother of 'Abdu'l-Bah‡ 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 Bah‡'’ history, 125.5
American Bah‡'’ community
	and American entry into World War II, 90.1, 91.1
	blessings vouchsafed to, 158.25
	as champion builders of World Order of Bah‡'u'll‡h, 6.1, 55.4, 58.4, 154.1
	emergence from severest crisis since 'Abdu'l-Bah‡'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
	<i>See also</i> National Convention; National Fund; Seven Year Plan (first); Seven Year Plan (second); Tablets of the Divine Plan; teaching campaign
Archbreaker of the Covenant (Muhammad 'Al’)
	glossary entry for, <i>149</i>
	opposes transfer of remains of mother and brother, 64.4, 64.5
	passing of, 35.1
Ark
	and Carmel, 64.6
	glossary entry for, <i>149-50</i>
Asia.
	<i>See</i> Burma; India
çs’yih Kh‡num
	Bah‡'u'll‡h on, 64.13, 64.14, 64.15, 64.16, 64.17
	glossary entry for, <i>150</i>
	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.
	<i>See</i> Spiritual Assemblies
Australia
	Bah‡'’ communities of, marveling at American labors, 116.1
	Bah‡'’ headquarters in, 121.1, 126.1, 144.1
Authorized Interpreter of Bah‡'u'll‡h's Teachings.
	<i>See</i> 'Abdu'l-Bah‡
Author of the Faith.
	<i>See</i> Bah‡'u'll‡h
B‡b,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, <i>150</i>
	historic sites purchased, 126.1
	portrait of, 109.1
	Qayyœmu'l-Asm‡', 158.2
	on Year Nine, 158.18
B‡b’ Dispensation
	centenary of, 108.5
	Year Nine as terminus of, 158.18
Bad’'u'll‡h
	glossary entry for, <i>151</i>
	protesting transfer of remains of mother and brother of 'Abdu'l-Bah‡, 64.4
Baghd‡d’, Dr. Zia M.
	glossary entry for, <i>151</i>
	passing of, 28.1
<i>Bah‡'’ Centenary 1844-1944, The</i>, 106.1, n.62
Bah‡'’ Cycle
	centenary of inception of, 108.6
	glossary entry for, <i>151</i>
Bah‡'’ 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
<i>Bah‡'’ World, The</i>, 1.1, 54.1, 137.1
Bah‡'’ World Center
	glossary entry for, <i>151</i>
	World War II cutting off Bah‡'’s from, 82.5
	<i>See also</i> 'Akk‡
Bah‡'’ World Commonwealth
	glossary entry for, <i>151-52</i>
	World War II in creation of, 144.1
	<i>See also</i> World Order of Bah‡'u'll‡h
Bah‡'u'll‡h
	on çs’yih Kh‡num, 64.13, 64.14, 64.15, 64.16, 64.17
	endowment for tomb of, 121.1
	glossary entry for, <i>152</i>
	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 M’rz‡ Mihd’ (Purest Branch), 64.9, 64.10, 64.11, 64.12
	Tablet of Carmel, 64.6
	Tihr‡n home purchased, 126.1
	<i>See also</i> World Order of Bah‡'u'll‡h
Bahia (Brazil), 79.2
Bah’yyih Kh‡num (Greatest Holy Leaf)
	and American Bah‡'’s, 5.1
	glossary entry for, <i>152</i>
	mother and brother buried near, 63.1, 64.3, 64.6
	passing of, 3.1, 4.1
	and the Wilmette Temple, 104.1
Bah’yyih Kh‡num Fund, 44.1, 47.1, 65.1, 66.1
Belgium, n.88
Bolivia, 116.1, 134.1
Bosch, John D.
	glossary entry for, <i>153</i>
	passing of, 161.1
Britain
	Americans collaborating with publishing committee in, 156.1, 158.12
	Bah‡'’ communities marveling at American labors, 116.1
Buenos Aires (Argentina), 79.2, 158.15
Burma
	American support required in, 148.4
	suffering of Bah‡'’s 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 Scoria, 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
	<i>See also</i> American Bah‡'’ 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.
	<i>See</i> Mount Carmel
Caucasus
	persecution of Bah‡'’s 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
	<i>See also</i> All-America Centennial Convention
Center of the Covenant.
	<i>See</i> 'Abdu'l-Bah‡
Central America
	administrative structure emerging in, 82.6
	Costa Rica, 51.1, 57.3
	El Salvador, 51.1, 57.3
	establishing Bah‡'’ 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, <i>153</i>
	<i>See also</i> 'Abdu'l-Bah‡; B‡b, the; Bah‡'u'll‡h
Chicago
	Dr. Zia Baghd‡d’, 28.1
	first American Bah‡'’ group formed in, n.63
	<i>See also</i> House of Worship (Wilmette)
Christ, 58.4, 158.19
Christianity, 56.1, 82.4

Collins, Amelia
	glossary entry for, <i>153</i>
	locks of Bah‡'u'll‡h's hair entrusted to, 38.1
Colombia, 71.1
Costa Rica, 51.1, 57.3
Covenant
	American Bah‡'’s as true upholders of the, 89.1
	glossary entry for, <i>153-54</i>
	<i>See also</i> Covenant-breaker
Covenant-breaker
	glossary entry for, <i>154</i>
	Moneeb Shaheed's marriage, 132.1
	North American Bah‡'’s not diverted by, 110.1
	unity and integrity for combating, 144.1
	<i>See also</i> Archbreaker of the Covenant; Kheiralla, Ibrahim; Sohrab, Ahmad
Cradle of the Faith.
	<i>See</i> Iran
Cuba, 51.1
Cycle.
	<i>See</i> Bah‡'’ Cycle
	glossary entry for, <i>154-55</i>
Daniel's Prophecy
	glossary entry for, <i>155-56</i>
	third Seven Year Plan and, 154.1, 158.21
Dawn-Breakers
	American Bah‡'’s as spiritual descendants of, 24.1, 127.1
	glossary entry for, <i>156</i>
	pioneers compared with, 125.4
<i>Dawn-Breakers: Nab’l's Narrative of the Early Days of the Bah‡'’ Revelation, The</i>.
	<i>See</i> Nab’l's Narrative
Day of the Covenant,
	glossary entry for, <i>156</i>
<i>Declaration of Trust, By-Laws of a Local Spiritual Assembly</i>, 8.1
Delaware, 45.1, 48.1
Denmark, n.88
Dispensation
	glossary entry for, 156
	<i>See also</i> B‡b’ Dispensation
Divine Lote-Tree,
	glossary entry for, <i>156</i>
Divine Plan
	American Bah‡'’s broadcasting, 153.2
	call tor rededication to fulfillment of, 23.1
	as gathering momentum, 46.5
	glossary entry for, <i>156-57</i>
	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
	<i>See also</i> Tablets of the Divine Plan
Dominica, 51.1, 57.3
Dunn, John Henry Hyde
	glossary entry for, <i>157</i>
	passing of, 80.1
Egypt
	Abdu'l-Jal’l Bey Sa'd's passing, 97.1
	Bah‡'’ administrative headquarters in, 87.1, 112.1, 121.1, 126.1, 144.1
	Bah‡'’ communities of, marveling at American labors, 116.1
	Lua Getsingers burial in, 87.1, 101.1
	persecution of Bah‡'’s in, n.38
	teaching campaign affecting, 25.1
	World War II as threat to Bah‡'’ community, 91.1, 144.1
elections, Bah‡'’
	glossary entry for, <i>157-58</i>
	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
<i>Epistle to the Son of the Wolf</i>, 78.1
Epochs,
	glossary entry for, <i>158</i>
Espinosa, Pedro, 51.1, n.31
Europe
	Bah‡'’ literature for, 156.1
	Belgium, n.88
	carrying message of Bah‡'u'll‡h 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
	<i>See also</i> Britain; Germany
European Teaching Committee
	collaborating with British and German Bah‡'’s, 156.1
	glossary entry for, <i>158</i>
	immediate requirements of, 165.1
	measures employed by, 158.13
Farmer, Sarah
	glossary entry for, <i>159</i>
	Tablets addressed to, 8.1, n.6
Formative Age, 85.13
France, 158.12, 158.13
Funds
	glossary entry for, <i>159-60</i>
	<i>See also</i> National Fund
Germany
	Americans collaborating with publishing committee in, 156.1, 158.12
	American support required in, 150.1, 152.1, 153.1
	Bah‡'’ literature for, 152.1, 158.13
	persecution of Bah‡'’s in Nazi, n.38
	suffering of Bah‡'’s during World War II, 148.1, n.77
Getsinger, Lua
	burial of, 87.1, 101.1
	glossary entry for, <i>160</i>
<i>God Passes By</i> (Shoghi Effendi), 134.1
Golden Age, 85.14
Greatest Holy Leaf
	<i>See</i> Bah’yyih Kh‡num
Greatest Name,
	glossary entry for, <i>160</i>
Greenleaf, Elizabeth
	glossary entry for, <i>160</i>
	passing of, 84.1
Guardianship
	Administrative Order and, 64.6
	glossary entry for, <i>160-61</i>
Guatemala, 51.1, 57.3
Haiti, 51.1, 57.3
Hands of the Cause of God,
	glossary entry for, <i>161</i>
Haz’ratu'l-Quds
	glossary entry for, <i>161</i>
	in Wilmette, Illinois, 61.1, 70.3
Herald of the Faith.
	<i>See</i> B‡b, the
Heroic Age, Year Nine ushering in, 158.18
H’n
	and Bah‡'u'll‡h's prophetic mission, 158.18
	glossary entry for, <i>161</i>
Hoagg, Emogene
	glossary entry for, <i>162</i>
	passing of, 149.1
Holland, 158.13, n.88
Holy Family
	glossary entry for, <i>162</i>
	<i>See also particular members by name</i>
Honduras, 51.1
Hosts
	glossary entry for, <i>162</i>
	<i>See also</i> Lord of Hosts
House of Worship (Wilmette)
	'Abdu'l-Bah‡ 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
	Bah’yyih Kh‡num 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 Bah‡'u'll‡h's hair beneath dome, 38.1, 109.1
	M’rz‡ Mihd’ (Purest Branch) and çs’yih Kh‡num associated with, 66.1
	National Bah‡'’ 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, Im‡m
	the B‡b's dream of, 158.19
	glossary entry for, <i>162</i>
Husayn Rabb‡n’, 141.1
Iberian Peninsula, 154.1, 158.12
India
	Bah‡'’ 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 Bah‡'’ centers in 1944, 126.1
	Six Year Plan, 144.1
	teaching campaign affecting, 25.1
	World War II as threat to Bah‡'’ community, 135.1, 144.1
Inter-America Committee
	admiration and gratitude for, 79.2
	areas requiring attention of, 116.1
	glossary entry for, <i>162</i>
	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, <i>162</i>
International Bah‡'’ Bureau
	call for adjunct to, 156.1, 158.12
	glossary entry for, <i>162-63</i>
International Bah‡'’ 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, <i>163</i>
Iran (Cradle of the Faith)
	Bah‡'’ centers in, 121.1
	Bah‡'’ communities of, marveling at American labors, 116.1
	Bah‡'’ schools closed in, 87.1
	caution in admitting Persians to the community, 136.1
	historic sites purchased in, 126.1
	persecution of Bah‡'’s 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 Bah‡'’ community of, 82.5, 91.1, 135.1, 144.1
Iraq
	Bah‡'’ communities of, marveling at American labors, 116.1
	Haz’ratu'l-Quds in Baghd‡d, 87.1, 112.1, 126.1, 144.1
	persecution of Bah‡'’s in, n.38
	teaching campaign affecting, 25.1
	World War II as threat to Bah‡'’ community of, 135.1, 144.1
'Ishq‡b‡d (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, <i>163</i>
	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, <i>163</i>
	passing of, 105.1
Kheiralla, Ibrahim
	defection of, 127.1, 158.26
	glossary entry for, <i>163-64</i>
King of Martyrs.
	<i>See</i> Muhammad-Hasan, M’rz‡
<i>Kit‡b-i-Aqdas</i> (Bah‡'u'll‡h)
	Americans addressed by, 158.3
	glossary entry for, <i>164</i>
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 Bah‡'’s 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
	Bah‡'’ 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 Bah‡'’ 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
	<i>See also</i> Caribbean; Central America; South America
Lesch, Mary
	glossary entry for, <i>164</i>
	passing of, 134.1
Lesser Peace,
	glossary entry for, <i>164</i>
Letters of the Living,
	glossary entry for, <i>164</i>
literature.
	<i>See</i> Bah‡'’ 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, <i>165</i>
	<i>See also</i> Bah‡'u'll‡h
Low Countries, 154.1, 156.1, 158.13
Lua.
	<i>See</i> Getsinger, Lua
Lunt, Alfred E.
	glossary entry for, <i>165</i>
	passing of, 32.1
Luxembourg, 156.1, n.88
Magallanes (Punta Arenas) (Chile), 126.1, 142.1
Manifestation of God,
	glossary entry for, <i>165</i>
Manitoba, 45.1, 48.1
marriages, Bah‡'’, 126.1, n.38
Mashriqu'l-Adhk‡r
	established in Wilmette, 61.1, 70.3
	glossary entry for, <i>165-66</i>
	Greatest Holy Leaf's burial place near future, 64.6
	in Ishq‡b‡d, 87.1, 108.1, 158.9
	<i>See also</i> House of Worship (Wilmette)
Master
	glossary entry for, <i>166</i>
	<i>See also</i> 'Abdu'l-Bah‡
Mathews, Mrs. Loulie, n.48
Maxwell, May
	glossary entry for, <i>166</i>
	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
	<i>See also</i> 'Akk‡; Egypt; Iran; Iraq
Mihd’, M’rz‡ (Purest Branch)
	Bah‡'u'll‡h on, 64.9, 64.10, 64.11, 64.12
	glossary entry for, <i>166</i>
	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, <i>166</i>
	passing of, 13.1
Moses, 158.19
Most Exalted Leaf.
	<i>See</i> çs’yih Kh‡num; Bah’yyih Kh‡num
Most Great Festival.
	<i>See</i> Ridv‡n
Most Great Peace
	American Bah‡'’s building first tabernacle to, 154.1
	glossary entry for, <i>167</i>
Most Great Prison
	glossary entry for, <i>167</i>
	<i>See also</i> 'Akk‡
Most Holy Book.
	<i>See</i> Kit‡b-i-Aqdas
Mother Temple of the West.
	<i>See</i> House of Worship (Wilmette)
Mount Carmel
	glossary entry for, <i>167</i>
	land acquired on, 121.1, 144.1
Muhammad (prophet of Islam), 158.19
Muhammad 'Al’, M’rz‡.
	<i>See</i> Archbreaker of the Covenant
Muhammad-Hasan, M’rz‡ (King of Martyrs)
	glossary entry for, <i>164</i>
	grandson marries Muslim, 132.1
Mun’rih Kh‡num
	glossary entry for, <i>167</i>
	passing of, 39.1
Nab’l's Narrative (<i>The Dawn-Breakers: Nab’l's Narrative of the Early Days of the Bah‡'’ Revelation</i>)
	as essential adjunct of teaching program, 2.1
	study guide to, 8.1
National Bah‡'’ Secretariat, 57.1, 61.1, n.37
National Convention
	delegates increased, 33.1
	glossary entry for, <i>167</i>
	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
Navv‡b.
	<i>See</i> çs’yih Kh‡num
Nazi Germany, persecution of Bah‡'’s in, n.38
Nebraska, n.66
Nevada, 45.1
New York City, n.37, n.41, n.60
New Zealand, 116.1
Nicaragua, 51.1, 57.3, 116.1, 134.1
Nineteen Day Feast,
	glossary entry for, <i>168</i>
Nominee of the B‡b (M’rz‡ Yahy‡),
	glossary entry for, <i>168</i>
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
	<i>See also</i> Canada; United States
North Dakota, 116.1, n.66
Norway, n.88
Nova Scoria, 45.1, 48.1
outworn creeds, separation from, 16.1
Panama, 51.1, 134.1
Paraguay, 71.1, 116.1
patriotism, 7.1
Persia.
	<i>See</i> Iran
personality, subordination of, 8.1
Peru, 116.1
pilgrimage
	glossary entry for, <i>168</i>
	to tombs of mother and brother of 'Abdu'l-Bah‡, 64.8
Pillars of the Universal House of Justice.
	<i>See</i> 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 Bah‡'’ 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 Bah‡'’s deputized for, 93.1
	glossary entry for, <i>168</i>
	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, <i>169</i>
	<i>See also</i> 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 Mihd’, M’rz‡
Qayyœmu'l-Asm‡'
	as directed to people of the West, 158.2
	glossary entry for, <i>169</i>
radio, 134.1, 135.2, 140.2, 158.13, 158.15
Ransom-Kehler, Mrs. Keith
	debt of gratitude to, 70.2
	glossary entry for, <i>169</i>
	passing of, 10.1
Regional Committees,
	glossary entry for, <i>169-70</i>
religious conservatism, 160.2
religious fanaticism, 77.1
religious orthodoxy, 101.1
Revelation,
	glossary entry for, <i>170</i>
Ridv‡n,
	glossary entry for, <i>170</i>
Root, Martha
	glossary entry for, <i>170</i>
	in Latin America, 51.1, n.47
	passing of, 60.1, 70.2
	path for intercontinental crusade broken by, 71.1

S‡dhij, 64.4
San Domingo, 116.1, 134.1
Saskatchewan, 116.1, n.66
Scandinavia, 154.1, 158.12, 158.13
Schopflocher, Siegfried (Fred)
	conveying message on Local Spiritual Assemblies, 29.1, n.22
	donation for exterior ornamentation of Wilmette Temple, n.25
	glossary entry for, <i>170</i>
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 Bah‡'’ community, 124.1
	and consummation of first stage of Divine Plan, 158.6
	as crowning crusade of first Bah‡'’ 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
	M’rz‡ Mihd’ (Purest Branch) and çs’yih Kh‡num associated with, 65.1
	in perspective of Bah‡'’ 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, <i>171</i>
	<i>God Passes By</i>, 134.1
	marriage of, n.20
shrines,
	glossary entry for, <i>171</i>
Six Year Plan (India), 144.1
S’y‡h-Ch‡l (Tihr‡n)
	Bah‡'u'll‡h's prophetic mission revealed in, 154.1, 158.18, 158.20
	glossary entry for, <i>171</i>
Sohrab, Ahmad
	Administrative Order attacked by, 85.4, 158.26
	glossary entry for, <i>171</i>
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 Bah‡'’ 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, <i>170-71</i>
	<i>See also</i> Local Spiritual Assemblies; National Spiritual Assemblies
Stearns, John P.
	glossary entry for, <i>172</i>
	passing of, 133.1
<i>Study Guide to "The Dawn-Breakers," Nab’l's Narrative of the Early Days of The Bah‡'’ Revelation, A</i>, 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 çs’yih Kh‡num, Bah’yyih Kh‡num, and M’rz‡ Mihd’ on Mt. Carmel, 64.6
	glossary entry for, <i>172</i>
Tablets of the Divine Plan
	American Assembly invested with unique responsibilities and privileges, 22.1
	American Bah‡'’s armed with, 58.5
	as Charter of the Plan, 158.4
	first Seven Year Plan and, 37.1, 82.6
	glossary entry for, <i>172</i>
	historic appeal of, 20.1
	on mission of American Bah‡'’s, 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
	Nab’l'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 Bah‡'’s, 29.1
	as yielding fruit in Latin America, 93.1
Twin Founders
	glossary entry for, <i>172</i>
	<i>See also</i> B‡b, the; Bah‡'u'll‡h
Twin Holy Shrines,
	glossary entry for, <i>172</i>
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
	<i>See also</i> American Bah‡'’ community
Universal House of Justice
	and Administrative Order, 64.6
	glossary entry for, <i>172-73</i>
	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'l-Bah‡,
	glossary entry for, <i>173</i>
Wilmette House of Worship.
	<i>See</i> House of Worship (Wilmette)

world Mission
	American Bah‡'’s 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 at, 135.1
World Order of Bah‡'u'll‡h
	administrative centers constituting nuclei of, 146.5, 158.8
	Administrative Order as nucleus and pattern of, 158.14
	American Bah‡'’s in building of, 6.1, 55.4, 58.4, 154.1
	building amidst wreckage of World War II, 144.1
	glossary entry for, <i>173</i>
	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
	Bah‡'’ centenary celebrations contrasted with, 135.1
	Bah‡'’ 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 Bah‡'u'll‡h, 74.1, 75.1, 77.1, 83.1
Yahy‡, M’rz‡ (Nominee of the B‡b),
	glossary entry for, <i>168</i>
Year Nine
	glossary entry for, <i>173</i>
	second Seven Year Plan and centenary of, 154.1, 158.18
youth
	Bah‡'’ symposiums for, 158.15
	service on committees by, 138.1
Zamenhof, Lidia
	glossary entry for, <i>174</i>
	passing of, 151.1, n.78
Zoroaster, 158.19