Collection 1

• “equinox is the symbol of the divine messenger” – an explanation by ‘Abdu’l-Baha about Naw-Ruz
• Photo: ‘Abdu'l-Baha with a Baha'i family, New York, 1912
• Insights from a special protection prayer by the Bab: – “In the Name of God, the Lord of overpowering majesty, the All-Compelling”
•  The Bab's Pilgrimage to Mecca
• Did anyone from the West meet the Báb?
• The first twin duties prescribed by God for each human being
• The Bab's Early Childhood -- Recalled by His Mother
• Photo: An American Baha'i in Iran in 1910
• A Song: Blessed is the Spot
• 'Abdu'l-Baha's longing to meet the friends of God in America – from a talk given right after His arrival in New York city
• Signs of the Approaching Birth of Jesus
• Dr. John Esslemont - Hand of the Cause of God
• Photo: The Bab's robe
• The reason God sends “Prophets and Messengers”
• The first Baha'i of Hawaiian blood
• Message from the Guardian: January 21st, 1922 -- To Baha'is Worldwide
• A Quiz
• Photos: 1914 -- First & Second group photographs taken of 'Abdu'l-Baha in the Holy Land
• The Reality of Gospels
• Book: Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah
• Blessed souls that have been “the cause of the illumination of the world of humanity”
• What happened in: October 1848
• Baha'i Saints, Heroes, Martyrs and Administrators – a talk by Hartmut Grossman
• Photo: The Master
• Baha'u'llah's Surih of the Temple
• Purpose of Man’s Creation
• Message from the Universal House of Justice: April 30, 1963 -- To the Baha'i World
• Administrative Order
• “Do ye know in what cycle ye are created and in what age ye exist?”
• Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsa’i
• O ye friends and the maid-servants of the Merciful!
• Photo: The Garden of Ridvan
• Holy Land: ‘Abdu’l-Baha has the Power of Ether -- by Juliet Thompson
• Photo: Some believers in America in 1910
• The Heart of the Planet
• God’s Teachings are the highest means for order and security of all peoples
• List of Baha’is mentioned in ‘Memorials of the Faithful’ -- by 'Abdu'l-Baha
• Photo: Louis and Louise Gregory -- the first black-white marriage in the American Baha'i community
• The Guardian explains that ‘Abdu’l-Baha had “sure and clear knowledge that His end was nigh ..”
• A Poem: This is Faith -- by Ruhiyyih Khanum
• Photo: Baha'u'llah's Shawl and Comb
• Tablet of the Universe (Lawh-i-Aflákiyyih) – by ‘Abdu’l-Baha (provisional translation)
• May 1863: Baha’u’llah leaves the Garden of Ridvan
• The Bab's Schoolmaster
• Hand of the Cause: Aqa Muhammad-i-Qa'ini, surnamed Nabíl-i-Akbar (1829-1892)
• “ …the highest means for the maintenance of order in the world and the security of its peoples …”
• Photo: ‘Abdu'l-Baha with Agnes Parsons
• Aqa Husayn-i-Isfahani -- surnamed Mishkin-Qalam
• Introductory notes concerning Baha'u'llah's Suriy-i-Haykal (the Surih of the Temple)
• Ethel Rosenberg - England’s Outstanding Baha’i Pioneer-Worker
• Reflections on the Ridvan 2009 Message – a talk by Dr. Peter Khan
• Quiz 2
• Insights from Prayers: ‘Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God!’
• Sufferings of Mary - the Mother of Christ
• First Photograph of the Master after World War I
• Attributes of the Spiritual World
• “… the real purpose of …Summer Schools is to deepen the knowledge of the friends.”
• Adrianople