The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1905-01-27

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be rich. you thlnk2 Once his family
was the wealthlest In all Persia. mi
this friend Of the lowly. like the usil
lean. has been oppressed. For sny
years he and his family have been a,
Hes and prisoners. Their proper,y
has been conhscated and wasted. U,s
own garments are usually OF cotton
and the cheapest that can be bourh,
often his friends in Pcrsla-for tbls
man is rich In friends. thousands and
tons Of thousands who would eagerly
lay down their lives az his word-send
him costly garments. These he wears
once. out Of respect for the sender.
then he gives them away.
His room Is small and bare. with
only a mating on the stone floor
Yet. while he Is a prisoner his jallers
have become his friends The Gov.
ornor Of the city. the commander OF
the army corps. respect and honor
him az though he we're their own
brother And how could II be other
wiso7 For 10 this man Il Ia the law
a. Il was TO Jesus Of Nazareth, to do
good to those who injure him Have
we yet heard Of any one In lands
which boast the name OF Christ who
lived that llfo7 Such Is Abbas Ehen
d., the Master az Aka"
Az for the history OF the movement
and Babist toncts; Bahaism properly
began with one All Mohammed. .
youth OF twenty-five years, who In
1874 announced himself to be the Bnb
or Gate, ~ the name means In Islam
His father was a cloth seller named
Mira RIA, and the Bah was born al
shlraz. In Southern Persia. on oct. .
1920. on leaving school All NOLAN
mod for a while assisted his father 10
business. removing subsequently 10
Buahlre. on the Persian Gulf. so far
there was nothing particularly notice.
able In him save n gravity beyond his
years. remarkable purity Of life, n
somewhat dreamy temperament-such
as characterlzes most Oriental zoalots
and n grace Of manner which at.
tracted TO him many friends.
ON visit 10 the town Of Kerbela,
All Mohammed met and heard a Ger
tain Hail seyyid KAHN OF Resht. the
disciple and successor OF Sheykh All.
mad Of Ahsa. who had founded n sect
called shcykhis.
KAHN dying some months after All
returned TO Bushlre, and the news Of
his death reaching the latter city, An
Mohammed suddenly amazed his
friends by announcing himself as tho
spiritual successor OF the departed
KAHN. He gathered disciples AZ
honey attracts insects In Hybla. ms
fame spread. He won't TO Mecca as
Shoykhis leader and camo back N
Bah. Prosecutions followed He wa
arrested In 1916. taken TO Shlraz. or
raigned and bastinadoed AS a hereto
His career for many years was freck
led with trials and fluctuations. Sc
fur from being discouraged the Bah
continued writing down and codlfying
his principles and doctrines with IN.
worrying energy. They underwent
considerable development and grew
as he aged. His son Is Abbas e.
fendi.
Babism or Bahalsm may be roughly
condensed as making for perfect CON.
radeshlp. lie Who Lives at Acre has
personally Informed Mcsdames Phoe
be Hearst OF California and r. l. Get.
singer Of New York, as well as Miss
birmingham. Attorney Phelps. Chair.
man Hoar. and Prof Edward Granville
Brown Of Cambridge University IN
England that his teachings are
evolved from many other and older
religions. from which. be II ventured.
they diner little except In laying
stress upon certain passages OF both
the Bible and Koran with regard to
brotherly love,
Bhefy. Bahalsm teaches that the
universe exists for the purpose OF m.
diyldualizlng the Eternal Essence;
that Is. for the purpose OF creating In
that essence centers OF consciousness
and intelligence which shall know
themselves and II. Behai 10 II.