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• 87 B.E.
• A.H.
• April A.D. 1930
• A.M. |
A ceremony is held at the American
annual convention in dedication of the resumption of the building
activities on the Wilmette Temple. [BBRSM183; BW3:47]
- Shoghi
Effendi's gift to the Temple is ‘the most valuable sacred possession in
the Holy Land' a ‘precious ornament of the Tomb of Bahá'u'lláh', an
exquisite Persian carpet. [BA180–1; BW4:208–12]
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• 87 B.E.
• A.H.
• May A.D. 1930
• A.M. |
With respect to the New History
Society and Ahmad Sohrab, Shoghi Effendi writes to the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada to
make a definitive statement regarding that organization and the Cause.
- "To accept the Cause without the administration
is like accepting the
teachings without acknowledging the
divine station ot Baha'u'lkih, To be
a Baha'I is to accept the Cause in its
entirety. To take exception to one
basic principle is to dcny the authority
and sovereignty of Baha'u'lIah, and
therefore is to deny the Cause. The
administration is the social order of
Bahi'u'llah. Without it all the principles
of the Cause will remain abortive.
To take exception to this, therefore,
is to take exception to the fabric
t,hat Baha'u'lhih has prescribed, it is to
disobey His law."
- The message goes on to say that "unfailing kindness and
goodwill" should be paid to the individuals and that the doors to Bahá'í
fellowship should always remain open. [Bahá'í News p333]
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• 87 B.E.
• A.H.
• July A.D. 1930
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi completes his translation of The Book of Certitude, the first of his major translations of the writings of Bahá'u'lláh. [BBRSM63–4; GT60; PP214] |
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• 87 B.E.
• A.H.
• August A.D. 1930
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly published a statement in the Bahá'í News entitled The Case of Ahmad Sohrab and the New History Society.
Summarized, the article stated that the "New History Society was begun
in New York early in 1929 by Sohrab and "one of its avowed purposes
being to spread the Bahá'í teachings. Neither the local nor the National
Assembly was consulted in the matter, and the meetings and activities
of the New History Society have been maintained apart from the
principles of consultation which today, under the Will and Testament of
'Abdu'l-Bahá, form the basis of Bahá'í unity and the protection of the
Cause."
"Both the local and National Assembly on several occasions attempted,
through oral and written communications, to bring about full and frank
consultation with the leaders of the New History Society, but without
success.
"Under these conditions it becomes the obvious responsibility of the
National Spiritual Assembly to inform the friends that activities
conducted by Ahmad Sohrab through the New History Society are to be
considered as entirely independent of the Cause, as outside the
jurisdiction of the local and National Assembly, and hence in no wise
entitled to the cooperation of Bahá'ís."
This statement also quoted from a letter written on behalf of the
Guardian by his Secretary to the National Spiritual Assembly on May 30,
1930: "To accept the Cause without the administration is like accepting
the teachings without acknowledging the divine station of Bahá'u'lláh.
To be a Bahá'í is to accept the Cause in its entirety...." "The
administration is the social order of Bahá'u'lláh. Without it all the
principles of the Cause will remain abortive. To take exception to this,
therefore, is to take exception to the fabric that Bahá'u'lláh has
prescribed, it is to disobey His law." [Ahmad Sohrab and the New History Society] |
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• 87 B.E.
• A.H.
• 19 August A.D. 1930
• A.M. |
Louis Jean-Baptiste Bourgeois,
designer of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Wilmette, passes away in that city.
He was born in Saint-Célestin-de-Nicolet, Quebec on March 19, 1856.
[DP145]
- For details of his life see DP76–86.
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• 87 B.E.
• A.H.
• 7 October A.D. 1930
• A.M. |
Ruth White writes to the High
Commissioner of Palestine stating that she has sent a photograph of
'Abdu'l-Bahá's Will and Testament to Dr Ainsworth Mitchell in England
who had declared it a forgery. The High Commissioner requests she sends
that same evidence to him and he forwards it to the Governor of Haifa
who requests to meet with Shoghi Effendi and allow an expert to examine
the original. The expert declares the Will authentic. [SETPET1p157] |
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• 87 B.E.
• A.H.
• November A.D. 1930
• A.M. |
The National Assembly published a
detailed supplementary statement in the Bahá'í News, quoting passages
from the Aqdas, from the Master's Will and Testament, and from the
Guardian's letters published in Bahá'í Administration, followed by a
reprint of the exchange of correspondence and cables with Mrs. Chanler,
and with the Guardian, including the Guardian's cable to New York
believers: "True unity can only be preserved by maintenance paramount
position National Spiritual Assembly," and his cable approving the
statement published in August, 1930, Bahá'í News. Further, in a letter
from Haifa to the Yonkers Assembly, "The Guardian pointed out the
difference between the freedom defined by Bahá'u'lláh ("To have liberty
is to observe My commandments") and that advocated by Sohrab ("The other
kind of freedom which is in defiance of law He (Bahá'u'lláh) considers
to be animal, and far from being of any good to man"). [Ahmad Sohrab and the New History Society] |
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• 87 B.E.
• A.H.
• 17 November A.D. 1930
• A.M. |
Ethel Rosenberg, (b.6 August, 1858,
Bath) Apostle of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá, ‘England's outstanding Bahá'í pioneer
worker', passes away in London. [BW4:118–19; ER274–5]
She became a Bahá'í around 1899 and went on her first pilgrimage in
1901. While ‘Abdu'l-Bahá was in London, Ethel Rosenberg was His social
secretary, arranging appointments for the Master. ‘Abdu'l-Bahá asked
Ethel Rosenberg and a number of other people to form a committee to
decide what to do about collecting funds and publishing Bahá'í books.
Their first published book was ‘Abdu'l-Bahá in London. She made her third pilgrimage in November 1921, but arrived
just after ‘Abdu'l-Bahá's passing. Shoghi
Effendi sent her home with instructions
to call for the election the first National
Spiritual Assembly of England. She served
on this body for a number of years.
Shoghi Effendi named her an ‘Apostle of
‘Abdu'l-Bahá'. [In the Footsteps of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá p9]
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• 87 B.E.
• A.H.
• December A.D. 1930
• A.M. |
The first Asian Women's Conference is held in India. [BW17:180] |
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• 87 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1931
• A.M. |
The first Chinese translation of Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era is published. [PH36]
- The translation is made by Dr Tsao Yun-siang, President of the Xinhua University in Beijing. [PH36]
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• 87 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1931
• A.M. |
The publication of Bahá'ism: Its Origins, History and Teachings by Reverend William McElwee Miller, a Presbyterian missionary working in Mas̲h̲had,
Iran. He wrote the "All impartial observers of Bahá'ism in Persia are
agreed that here in the land of its birth this religion...is now
steadily losing ground...It is only a matter of time until this strange
movement...shall be known only to students of history." [MCSp766]
- In 1923 he visited Shoghi Effendi in Haifa. [SETPE1p62]
- See entry in "1974"
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• 87 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1931
• A.M. |
The publication of The Kitáb-i-Íqán (The Book of Certitude) in English. [The Book of Certitude] |
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• 87 B.E.
• A.H.
• 13 January A.D. 1931
• A.M. |
Consul Albert Schwarz, Disciple of Abdu'l-Bahá, ‘Germany's outstanding Bahá'í pioneer worker' passes away. [BW4:118–19, 264]
- For his obituary see BW4:264–6.
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• 87 B.E.
• A.H.
• March A.D. 1931
• A.M. |
Marion Jack paints a view from the Mansion at Bahjí. The painting will eventually hang in the Mansion. [CT174] |
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• 87 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1931
• A.M. |
There are still only 30 Bahá'ís in Canada by this date. [BBRSM186] |
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