The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-20

M1IAd ASSdu O14duS llS tCdCuCL u
the religion of Bah, who is stopping in
Kenosha, has sent the following letter
to this paper in regard to the religion
he is teaching. This is the first public
statement that has ever been made of
the belief of the Behaists and it will be
of great interest in the religious world.
The following is the letter as written
by Assad Ul1ah and translated by his
interpreter, Abraham Haddad.
He is God.
Dear Christian Brothers:-In 1874
has appeared in the East avery great
man whose name was the Bah. IT.
means the door to thezcity of God and
he showed the people of the world a
wonderful and extraordinary thing
and informed the people that the
Greatest Manifestation would come
and continued teaching six years be-
fore his appearance or his coming and
on the seventh year was, cruci6ed by
the judgment from the high learned Ma
hamedans. Before his death he told
his disciples in his books about two
times-the first is that on the ninth
year you will understand and meet the
one whom I taught you about, and the
second is, that before you reach the
twentieth year the promised one will
come and declare himself to the world,
and when the ninth year came BAHIA
U1lah appeared in Bagdad and inform
ed the philosophers and the learned
ones in Iran and the learned ones of
the East about his coming, that he'had
come. Ten years after that he was in
Adrianop1e and there he declared him
self publicly to the whole world and
wrote messages to the kings of the
earth and to every High Priest of
every religion, saying: That I am the
promised one whom the prophets
prophesied in the books and am the
Lord of the world, - @z29
Though BAHIA Ul1ah never entered
any school or received instruction from
any teacher, he showed wonderful
wisdom, and not only wisdom, but
wonderful knowledge of sciences and
spiritual things which cannot be com
pretended. Ali the philosophers and
high learned ones came from every
part of the country TO ask him very
hard questions and he. answered them
promptly to the great engagement of
all. The learned men were astounded
at the answers which he made to these
questions. 114-5>}-a
Every reference to the coming of
BAHIA Ullah and his fore ri1t1ner, the
Bah, as written in the Holy Books,
were fulfilled and thoseswho are will
ing to find out about these references
may call on this servant and with
greatest pleasure | will give them these
references and explain It to- them.
We give below some Of the message
to the Shah of Persia when he declared
himself in Iran, as revealed by his
holy pen: +.
. 90 King, verify was as any one
an ongst mankind, un1bering upon
my couch. The gales of the A1l-G1or-
ious passed by me, and taught me the
knowledge of what hath been. This
thing is not from me, but from one
who is mighty and a11knowing. And
he babe me proclaim betwixt the earth
and the heavens, and for this hath
there befa1len that where at the eyes
of those who know overflow with tears.
I have not studied those sciences
which men possess, nor have entered
the colleges. Enquire of the city where
I was, that thou mayest be assured
that am not of those who speak
falsely"
Would any man dare to make such a
statement to the kings of the earth if
he had not received the direct power
of the Almighty one?
BAHIA U1lah left Adrianople and went
to Acca and there he spread the teach
ings all over the country up to the time
of his ascension in 1892. Before his
ascension he wrote a book5and named
it 1.-THE Book of the Covenant In
this book he appointed that his son, the
Greatest Branch, Abas Efendi, will be
his successor and mnended the rest
of his children and his family and re-
1ation to obey his Greatest Branch. In
the same book he declared that his
Greatest Branch will be the commen-
tator of his books, knowing all the
mysteries of his fathers utterances.
And this successor, Abas Effendi, after
the ascersionsof BAHIA .U11ah, assumed
the name of Abdul BAHIA, meaning the
servant ofsBaha. At this time he is
known by this name among the Be-
haists.
After the ascension of BAHIA U11ah,
Abdul BAHIA showed a wonderful
knowledge and mighty power. He
took upon himself the servitude of the
cause of BAHIA U1lah day and night
and sent teachers to all the parts of
the world to teach the people the truth
OF this religion and this servant is one
of those teachers, who is ready to give
or explain the history of the Bah and
BAHIA Ul1ah and what took place from
the beginning of this appearance up
to date.
This servant was a believer and |