Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-13
gain DEVOTEES
FOR new Cult

The visit of Prof. c. NJ. Remey, as.
sistant professor of archit, .ture ut
George Washington University. Wash.
ngton u. c., and of NJ. II. c. Strugen,
has given the local Bahais an aided
impetus in their work For the past
seven or eight years Bahaism has
been in our midst, although the seir
eral public may not have been aware
of the fact So active has ,he cam
paign been conducted 'tInrihc the PAST
| few weeks that meetings have beGh
! held at the Young Hotel. the iiiohaha
| Art League and AT the homes of'5cver.
al prominent people of the city. Ad.
| herents to this new cult will hold al
! important meeting on Saturday neat
at 1880 O'Clock p. m. at the home of
Mrs. Geo. j. Augur on Berotania
Iayenue.
OF all the forty-six cities that Prof.
Rcmcy and Mr.. Struvcn have visited
during the past six months,' they have
| found more response TO Bahaism ia
Honolulu than in any other city of ia
size ON the mainland. As so man.
local people are in sympathy with The
movement Il has apparently come to
stay.
| In Chicago, q temple is TO be built
by the Bahais Of the West, solely for
imeditation, reading and prayer,
Around this will be, erected schools.
hospitals' and charitable institutions.
for the benefit of the young and aged.
Like most new religions of the East.
converts to Bahaism are being persc-
cuted abroad. During this past sum
mcr there have been two massacres of
Bahals in Persia by Mohammedans.
! These occurred IN Shiraz and Tablfz.
The object Of The Bahai movement
is Divine Unity of man with God" ex-
| plains "A believer, (which Unity mani
tests itself in the brotherhood of man
Kind. This is being brought about
not by attacking the different religious
systems, hut by confirming the same.
and by showing that this revelation Of
today Is but another Outpouring of one
Divinc'Truth which In different cpochs
humanity. 1t stands MS the one goal
toward which truth has always worked
The Kingdom Of God on Earth.
In May 1874, a young Mohammedan
named Ali Mohammcd, declared him
self to he The Bah tfurcrunncr of He
whom God would maniest.D He was
Immediately met with opposition on
the part Of the Mussulman clergy aud
placed under military surveillance. In
spite Of this he continued his teach.
Ing. He was seized and cast into pris.
on, later being put to death In the city
Of Tabriz.
During the days of the Bab's min.
istry there were many believers.
Among these was BahaOIlah, n young
man of noble family, who warmly es.
poused the Babs cause. shortly after
!he Bab's martypdom this young man
was imprisoned In Teheran. later be.
ing sent into exile to Baghdad. Dur
ing his incarceration, his teachings
ana spiritual Insight brought calmness
and assurance to his followers. As the
movement gained strength, the cer
ical authorities began to show fear
'BahaO'llah was ordered to more
distant exile In Constantinople. From
there he was sent to Adrianople
where he remained until 1868, when
he was finally sent to Acre In the Holy
Land. There in the land of Carmel,
Eaha'Ollah lived and taught. In the
spring Of 1892 ~ died.
His eldest son, Abbas Effcndi, who
now signs himself "Abdul.Baha Alb.
las" was then chosen as the spiritual
head -of the Bahais. From his early
childhood until his Gith year he was
an exile and prisoner, With the os-
Establishment OF constitutional form
of government In Turkey in the sum.
mer of 1908, all political prisoners
throughout the Ottoman Empire we've
liberated. Thus AbdulBaha no longer
: Is an official prisoner"
Prof. Remey and Mr.. Struvon leave
honolulu tomorrow on the Asia. From
there they will visit Shanghai. which
Is q Bahai center. "A visit viii then be
made to Burmah aud India, after which
they viii journey to Acre to meet and
confer with Abdul-Bahn.
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