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constructive for the good of all. the good
in all. magnifying the forces that make
Tor peace and unity. He commands his
followers TO extend the hand OF fellow
ship to every form of faith; that man is
more than his creed. and no religion has
all the good or all the truth
While his diction and that OF his son.
Who has much OF the prophets spirit. is
somewhat ''fowery'' for the average
Anglo-S and Teutonic mind the
thought agrees with the progressive senti-
ments of these poetic lines:
Time makes ancient good uncouih:
They must upward still and onward
VINO would Keep abreast Of truib.
Though profuse in expressive imagery.
the student of his deeper thought lis re-
minded or the poetry of Walt Whitman
and the philosophic essays OF Ralph
waldo Emerson: indeed, both these Amer
lean authors produced much in common
with this classic Persian. His writings
give the Bahais literature the clear in
tuition OF Victor Hugo. the spiritual
vigor of Count Tolstoi and the philosophic
idealism of Emerson. In results Il ap-
pears to be literally true that peopIe.
from all the great historic religions are
already included among the Bahais Here
IN washington Buddhists from India,
Parsees from Persia, Islamites from
'Syria, Jews from many nations and Chris
tfans Of different sects worship together
In most enthusiastic unity in the ..as-
sembly. Caste walls appear to crumbre
magic warmth of its vitality Social dis
tlnctions seem TO be dismissed, and pos
sessions In wealth secure no preferences
in place or station.
From the "adherents'' In the ass~mhIy
in Washington many persons have made
pilgrimages to the prophet in Aka. and
some Of them have tarried for years
and gone far into Syria, Arabia and
Persia. Using the Islamic term for nil
grim. they are sometimes referred to as
HadJis. They are Mrs. Lua and DR..
r: 7. Getsinger. Miss Laura Barney and
MIS- mrs: a. e. Barney. Mrs. Josephine
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Dixon and daughters.
Mrs. Boyle and Mrs. Doyle. Charles
Mason Remey. Miss Fanny Knobloch.
Mrs w. F. Allen, Miss Hebe Moore, Mr..
]. J. Phelps and Ardeshir Iranf of Bonn
bay. India.
Mira Ahmad, Sohrab. formerly secre.
tary OF the Persian minister in Wash
1ngton, and for years special correspond
ent of a Persian illustrated journal.
Tohehre Nema, published in Cairo, Egypt.
in an interview. speaks as follows as to
the practical results apparent in his ma
tive land:
I'm Persia. his native land. and where
Baha'o'lla declared his mission his
broad teachings have permeated all
classes. expanded their minds, advanced
tHclT IDEALS, nave maze them more use
full members of society. have filled their
hearts with the love of the whole world
and have given them the true meaning
of freedom and liberty. and one can
easily trace the present wonderful awak-
enlng of the ancient empire and the
demand of the whole nation for constitu-
tional and political freedom to the silent
working of the noble and exalted teach
inSs and principles of Baha'o'lla.''
:.
DR.. E. c. Getsinger, asked for state-
ment in exposition Of the doctrines or
belief Of the Bahai teaching, stated that,
as they viewed II, the sum of religious
opinions of men could be put into eignt
classes. Beginning with the materialist.
he ended with the Bahais.
This last class are the Bahais who
believe that the Law Giver, God, who in
spirit appeared to Moses on Mount Sinai.
came also and was manifested in the
flesh in this age. and departed this life
in 1892, after establishing the kingdom.
Though In prison forty years, the infu-
ence and power of his words have en-
crcled the globe. What man at liberty
could not accomplish he performed and
Mrs. Josephine Cowles. one OF the pill
grims to the orient when asked for an
expression. said In part:
1.-The teachings Of Baha'o'lIa are to me
"A mine of rare and precious jewels cast
I'D from the sea Of time upon the shores
from the fountain of life to the thirsty;
a balm of healing 10 the sick and dis
tressed. His is the trumpet call sounded
from the ea st. and its clear tones nave
been heard in all the world /.
JAMES HUGH KELLEY.