There is a power in this Cause...

2007-01-11 Thread Dick Detweiler
... far, far, far away from the ken of men and angels; That starts a quote describing the Covenant that instantly struck a chord with me when I read it in The Power of the Covenant series pamphlets published in 1976. Shoghi Effendi quoted about as much of it as I have above and attributed it to

Re: There is a power in this Cause...

2007-01-11 Thread Sekhmet209
In a message dated 1/11/07 5:11:13 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... far, far, far away from the ken of men and angels; That starts a quote describing the Covenant that instantly struck a chord with me when I read it in The Power of the Covenant series pamphlets published in 1976. Shoghi

Re: There is a power in this Cause...

2007-01-11 Thread smaneck
... far, far, far away from the ken of men and angels; That starts a quote describing the Covenant that instantly struck a chord with me when I read it in The Power of the Covenant series pamphlets published in 1976. Shoghi Effendi quoted about as much of it as I have above and

Re: There is a power in this Cause...

2007-01-11 Thread Dick Detweiler
Thank you Susan - that is great information and I like the suggestion of calling it a pilgrim's note. Looks like that is exactly what it is. Dick From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Baha'i Studies bahai-st@list.jccc.edu To: Baha'i Studies bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Subject: Re: There is a power

Re: There is a power in this Cause...

2007-01-11 Thread Don Calkins
At 8:32 AM -0500 1/11/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it's probably okay to use the quote from Sohrab, based on the parallel circumstance that when we finally build the house of worship on Mt. Carmel, we'll be using Mason Remey's design-- the principle being that just because somebody

Re: There is a power in this Cause...

2007-01-11 Thread Dick Detweiler
But with Susan'sclarification - that it was Sohrab taking notes as Abdu'l-Baha spoke, it puts this squarely into the category of a pilgrim's note. From the Research Depts note which didn't mention this context, I was assuming the quote was something Sohrab came up with himself. The former I

Re: There is a power in this Cause...

2007-01-11 Thread Sekhmet209
In a message dated 1/11/07 3:04:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But with Susan'sclarification - that it was Sohrab taking notes as Abdu'l-Baha spoke, it puts this squarely into the category of a pilgrim's note. From the Research Depts note which didn't mention this context, I was assuming the

Hikmat, Warfare, and related subjects

2007-01-11 Thread Ursus Maximus
Now that Gilberto has been banned, I just want to say one thing. I believe Gilberrto was completely correct about the capability of a future Baha'i state to practice warfare. His example of the abrogation of the right of Baha'i individuals to freely publish without prior censorship, as was

RE: There is a power in this Cause...

2007-01-11 Thread Khazeh
I saw these in Star of the West There is a power in this Cause, a mysterious power, far, far, far away from the ken of men and angels. That invisible power is the cause of all these outward activities. It moves the hearts. It rends the mountains. It administers the complicated affairs of the