g***@hotmail.com
2008-07-18 01:57:56 UTC
Back in July, 1954 Shoghi Effendi wrote a letter to Americans entitled
America in the Time of World Peril, giving adequate warning of coming
events now in the process of beginning. I fear that few have heeded
his warnings, and unless they act now, leaving large cities, they will
soon perish
Warmest regards to all............Gio
EXCERPTS FROM THE MESSAGE FROM SHOGHI EFFENDI............
“The steady and alarming deterioration in the standard of morality as
exemplified by the appalling increase of crime, by political
corruption in ever widening and ever higher circles, by the loosening
of the sacred ties of marriage, by the inordinate craving for pleasure
and diversion, and by the marked and progressive slackening of
parental control, is no doubt the most arresting and distressing
aspect of the decline that has set in, and can be clearly perceived,
in the fortunes of the entire nation.” (Shoghi Effendi, Citadel of
Faith, p. 124)
“Parallel with this, and pervading all departments of life -- an evil
which the nation, and indeed all those within the capitalist system,
though to a lesser degree, share with that state and its satellites
regarded as the sworn enemies of that system -- is the crass
materialism, which lays excessive and ever-increasing emphasis on
material well-being, forgetful of those things of the spirit on which
alone a sure and stable foundation can be laid for human society. It
is this same cancerous materialism, born originally in Europe, carried
to excess in the North American continent, contaminating the Asiatic
peoples and nations, spreading its ominous tentacles to the borders of
Africa, and now invading its very heart, which Bahá'u'lláh in
unequivocal and emphatic language denounced in His Writings, comparing
it to a devouring flame and regarding it as the chief factor in
precipitating the dire ordeals and world-shaking crises that must
necessarily involve the burning of cities and the spread of terror and
consternation in the hearts of men “ (Shoghi Effendi, Citadel of
Faith, p. 124)
“Indeed, so grave are the exigencies of the present hour, and so
critical the political position of the country, that were a bare
fifteen adult Bahá'ís to be left in each of these cities, over which
unsuspected dangers are hanging, it would still be regarded as
adequate for the maintenance of their local spiritual
assemblies.” (Shoghi Effendi, Citadel of Faith, p. 127)
American Bahais in the Time of World Peril July 28,. 1954
America in the Time of World Peril, giving adequate warning of coming
events now in the process of beginning. I fear that few have heeded
his warnings, and unless they act now, leaving large cities, they will
soon perish
Warmest regards to all............Gio
EXCERPTS FROM THE MESSAGE FROM SHOGHI EFFENDI............
“The steady and alarming deterioration in the standard of morality as
exemplified by the appalling increase of crime, by political
corruption in ever widening and ever higher circles, by the loosening
of the sacred ties of marriage, by the inordinate craving for pleasure
and diversion, and by the marked and progressive slackening of
parental control, is no doubt the most arresting and distressing
aspect of the decline that has set in, and can be clearly perceived,
in the fortunes of the entire nation.” (Shoghi Effendi, Citadel of
Faith, p. 124)
“Parallel with this, and pervading all departments of life -- an evil
which the nation, and indeed all those within the capitalist system,
though to a lesser degree, share with that state and its satellites
regarded as the sworn enemies of that system -- is the crass
materialism, which lays excessive and ever-increasing emphasis on
material well-being, forgetful of those things of the spirit on which
alone a sure and stable foundation can be laid for human society. It
is this same cancerous materialism, born originally in Europe, carried
to excess in the North American continent, contaminating the Asiatic
peoples and nations, spreading its ominous tentacles to the borders of
Africa, and now invading its very heart, which Bahá'u'lláh in
unequivocal and emphatic language denounced in His Writings, comparing
it to a devouring flame and regarding it as the chief factor in
precipitating the dire ordeals and world-shaking crises that must
necessarily involve the burning of cities and the spread of terror and
consternation in the hearts of men “ (Shoghi Effendi, Citadel of
Faith, p. 124)
“Indeed, so grave are the exigencies of the present hour, and so
critical the political position of the country, that were a bare
fifteen adult Bahá'ís to be left in each of these cities, over which
unsuspected dangers are hanging, it would still be regarded as
adequate for the maintenance of their local spiritual
assemblies.” (Shoghi Effendi, Citadel of Faith, p. 127)
American Bahais in the Time of World Peril July 28,. 1954