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I feel confident that all the friends will from now on follow this system and adhere scrupulously and at all times to this code in all their writings. Letter of April 8th, 1923. To the beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful, the accredited delegates to the Annual Convention of America, Chicago, Illinois.
May they contribute their share to the unfolding of the Spirit of the Cause in that land, and may they infuse in all the friends that ardent spirit of service and fellowship that will enable them to fulfill their glorious destiny in this world! Your brother and co-worker, SHOGHI. Haifa, Palestine, February 13, 1923. Letter of March 12, 1923
In 1923, the N.A.A.C.P. came to the defense of a Negro who, it believed, had not received a fair trial. In Moore v. Dempsey, the Supreme Court granted the defendant a new trial because the court which had convicted him of murder had exempted Negroes from serving on its Jury. Branches of the N.A.A.C.P. spread all across the country.
I trust that this measure will react favorably on the Star of the West and will serve to stimulate the members of the Publishing Committee to further activity in their sphere of service to the Cause. Awaiting eagerly your letters and wishing you the fullest success in your very arduous duties, I am your devoted brother, SHOGHI. Haifa, Palestine, January 12, 1923. Letter of January 16, 1923.
But I soon moved to the French College where all the lessons were in French and Greek was only taught as a foreign language for two hours every afternoon. The broadcasting of speech and music had not started yet in that part of the world, though in 1923, a broadcasting station was built in Ankara the capital of Turkey.
If by September 4th, 1923, I have not returned, or no other mortal has come out of the ring, it is my desire that you and the three gentlemen with you at the time of my departure, use this discovery of mine for the benefit of humanity in your world, or the world in the ring, exactly as I myself would have used it were I there.
Nor did the instrument available to him appear to possess the strength, the resilience or the sophistication his task required. In 1923, when Shoghi Effendi was eventually able to assume full direction of the Cause, the core of Bahá’u’lláh’s followers consisted of the body of believers in Iran, of whose number not even a reliable estimate could have then been produced.
Letter of February 13, 1923 To the members of the National Spiritual Assembly. Dearest friends: I have just completed the translation of a number of selections from the Master’s soul-stirring Words to His loved ones in Persia, revealed some twenty-five years ago, and during the darkest days of His incarceration in the prison city of Akká.
"It is inscribed, as you see, 'To be opened by Dr. Frank Adams at 8 P. M. on September 4th, 1923. For five years, gentlemen, I kept that envelope, knowing nothing of its contents and waiting for the moment when I might, with honor, open it. The struggle has been a hard one.
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