Baha'u'llah's Stupendous Revelation : The first Baha'i of Hawaiian blood

April 4, 2013

The first Baha'i of Hawaiian blood

Mary Fantom

Mrs. Mary Fantom has the distinction of being the first Baha'i of Hawaiian blood. She was affectionately known as Auntie May. She was a long time resident of Maui and closely associated with Hand of the Cause Agnes Alexander. This photograph was taken on Auntie May's ninety-first birthday.
(Baha'i News, March 1971)

the challenge

"To strive to obtain a more adequate understanding of the significance of Bahá'u'lláh's stupendous Revelation must, it is my unalterable conviction, remain the first obligation and the object of the constant endeavor of each one of its loyal adherents. An exact and thorough comprehension of so vast a system, so sublime a revelation, so sacred a trust, is for obvious reasons beyond the reach and ken of our finite minds. We can, however, and it is our bounden duty to seek to derive fresh inspiration and added sustenance as we labor for the propagation of His Faith through a clearer apprehension of the truths it enshrines and the principles on which it is based." (Shoghi Effendi, ‘The World Order of Baha'u'llah’)

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April 4, 2013

The first Baha'i of Hawaiian blood