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Letter of 3 May 1944 |
3 May 1944
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ADVISE SHARE FOLLOWING FACTS WITH BELIEVERS AT CONVENTION
CELEBRATING HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY FAITH BAHÁ’U’LLÁH.
BAHÁ’ÍS ESTABLISHED RESIDENCE SEVENTY EIGHT COUNTRIES FIFTY
SIX OF WHICH ARE SOVEREIGN STATES. BAHÁ’Í LITERATURE
TRANSLATED PUBLISHED FORTY ONE LANGUAGES. TRANSLATIONS
UNDERTAKEN TWELVE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES. THIRTY ONE
RACES REPRESENTED BAHÁ’Í WORLD COMMUNITY. FIVE NATIONAL
ASSEMBLIES AND SIXTY ONE LOCAL ASSEMBLIES BELONGING TEN
COUNTRIES INCORPORATED LEGALLY EMPOWERED HOLD PROPERTY.
BAHÁ’Í INTERNATIONAL ENDOWMENTS HOLY LAND ESTIMATED
HALF MILLION POUNDS. NATIONAL BAHÁ’Í ENDOWMENTS UNITED
STATES ESTIMATED ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS. AREA LAND JORDAN VALLEY DEDICATED BAHÁ’Í SHRINES
OVER FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY ACRES. SITE PURCHASED FUTURE BAHÁ’Í
TEMPLE PERSIA COMPRISES THREE AND HALF MILLION SQUARE
METERS. COST STRUCTURE FIRST BAHÁ’Í TEMPLE WEST ONE MILLION
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. IN EVERY STATE PROVINCE
NORTH AMERICA BAHÁ’Í ASSEMBLIES FUNCTIONING. IN THIRTEEN
HUNDRED LOCALITIES UNITED STATES CANADA BAHÁ’ÍS RESIDING.
BAHÁ’Í CENTRES ESTABLISHED EVERY REPUBLIC LATIN AMERICA
FIFTEEN OF WHICH POSSESS SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES. FAITH WESTERN
HEMISPHERE NOW STRETCHES FROM ANCHORAGE ALASKA TO
166
MAGALLANES WORLD’S SOUTHERN-MOST CITY. SIXTY TWO CENTRES
ESTABLISHED INDIA TWENTY SEVEN WITH SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES.
AMONG HISTORIC SITES PURCHASED PERSIA ṬIHRÁN HOME
BAHÁ’U’LLÁH BÁB’S SHOP BÚSHIHR BURIAL PLACE QUDDÚS PART
VILLAGE CHIHRÍQ THREE GARDENS BADASHT PLACE CONFINEMENT
TÁHIRIH. BAHÁ’Í NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS
FOUNDED ṬIHRÁN DELHI CAIRO BAGHDÁD WILMETTE SYDNEY.
BAHÁ’Í ENDOWMENTS HOLY LAND AND UNITED STATES EXEMPTED
TAXES BY CIVIL AUTHORITIES. CIVIL RECOGNITION EXTENDED
BAHÁ’Í ASSEMBLIES IN FIVE STATES UNITED STATES SOLEMNISE
BAHÁ’Í MARRIAGES. SUGGEST UTILISE ABOVE INFORMATION PUBLICITY
PURPOSES WHEREVER ADVISABLE.
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1. | Printed also in “Messages to America (1932–1946)”. [ Back To Reference] |