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Table of Abstracts/ INDEX / Table of Contents of Copies of 'ABDU'L-BAHA TABLETS & other stuff of the Barstow Collection

by Thellie Lovejoy, 2000

+ I made an electronic copy from the internet (7 pp.)
http://www.bahai-library.com/provisionals/burying.html
0. Lost page, marked (page) -3-
Comments: This was marked "No #" on the photocopies. It was the first one in the stack. It has been designated since then as # 0.
Date trans., Jun. 1902, by Ali Kuli Khan, 1p.
>>> Tablet
Found in "Summon Up Remembrance", p 174-6, a different trans. & Found the complete Tablet as trans. by A. K. K. Both versions are posted at the Reference Library, URL, above.
Subjects; Indian cremation & Egyptian mummification. Says if there are sanitary reasons for cremation it outweighs the forbiddenness of the Law.
See 44: "no obligation on one who has a valid excuse"

1.
Date trans., Oct. 1, 1902, by M. A. U., handwritten, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Miss May Allen
Subject: a letter of encouragement
Comments: I think this is the original, English-translation---but this is not confirmed---so please cross out, or whiteout, the handwritten note I added to the top of the photocopy.

2.
No date or trans., 1p.
>>> Tablet, an extract; plus 2 addendums from Shoghi Effendi
> Tablet
Subjects; Palmistry & Health
> Addendums by Shoghi Effendi
Subject: Individual Enterprise & Racism (race)
Same as 183, different typing
Pod: 183 [*]

3.
Date trans., 1903, by Anton Haddad, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mrs. Hoagg
Subject: On marriage: He tells her to be complacent to her husband & be patient & giving one's will to God

4. There is no #4

5.
Date, Feb. 10, 1945, history regarding 1901 or 1903, 1p.
>>> Letter written to "Dear Baha'i Sister" by Willard Hatch
(She'd just written something in Baha'i World)
Subject; regarding who was first So. Calif. Baha'i, a Mrs. Dennis, historical info., mentions Tablets written to Mrs. Dennis by 'Abdu'l-Baha.
Pod: 329[*]

6.
See note after 624
Moved to behind 624

7.
Date, Dec. 6, no year (1921or earlier), Haifa, 2 pp.
Written on behalf of 'Abdu'l-Baha by Shoghi Effendi
>>> Tablet to George Latimer
Subject: verifies content of his pilgrim notes as correct, & re: his parents, says to take advice given by doctors.
>>> Pilgrim notes from G. L. of 'Abdu'l-Baha
Subject: Huquq'u'llah, health, doctors
Pod: 18 [*]

8.
Date, 1899, Milano, Italia, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Henreitta Emogene Hoagg
Subject: letter of encouragement, station
Quote: "drawn by the Magnet of Love of God unto the Station of the Holy Spirit"

9.
No date, 1p.
>>> Tablet: endorsing an anonymous Benediction to be sung at all gatherings
Subject: Benediction, song, music
Pod: 23 exactly same typing

10.
No date, 1p.
>>> A Story told by 'Abdu'l-Baha
Subject: A story about a man with a holy shadow.

11.
Date trans., Jul. 4, 1913, by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, 1p.
>>> Prayer for Albert Windust.
Found: SOW: vol. XI, # 19, p. 319 (corrected) & newer translation, Am. P. B., p. 65
Comments: The resource given in the document for SOW is not quite correct. It is corrected above. In SOW there is also a Tablet that goes with this prayer.
Subject: intercession for a father on behalf of a son.
Moved to behind 39

12.
Date, Feb. 15, 1917, 1p.
>>> Prayer, a handwritten copy of the Prayer for the Western States
Found in Am. Prayer Book, p. 188

13. A - B
Date trans., Jul. 22, 1919, by Shoghie Rabbani, Acca, Palestine, 2 pp.
>>> Tablet, to Mary Leach, Chicago, Ill.
Subjects; covenant & would be covenant breakers; dream; after-life, death of a brother, violation. He discusses Himself appointed as Center of the Covenant as revealed in the Aqdas.
Same as 269, same typing/same document
Moved to behind 52

14. A - B
Date compiled, 1903, by Brittingham, 2 pp.
>>> Compilation
Subjects; Bible explanations, book of Revelation; numerical values of words,
Allah' u 'Abha
Pod: 152, 296,--both are same doc., 296 same typing, 296 is best to read
Moved to behind 152.

15.
Date trans., Feb. 25, 1913, Paris, France, 1p.
>>> Tablet through Isabel Fraser to (undisclosed), Rue St Didier 30, Paris France
Subjects; Resignation; contentment, tests
Moved to behind 48

+ I made an electronic copy of this.
16.
Date trans., Sept. 1904, by A. U. Fareed, New York, 1p.
>>> Tablet, to Brittingham
Subjects; ---How man perceives future events!!!! dream, vision, inspiration, future, prophecy, confirmation
Quote: "If thou seekest information of the future. . . ask for confirmation & inspiration."
Moved to in front of 91

17.
Date trans., Aug. 15, 1902, by Mirza Ameen Ullah, Chicago, 1p.
>>> Excerpt of a Tablet to Brittingham &
>>> Pilgrim note
Subjects; life before life, did we live on stars or planets?
Bible subject: Many mansions
Quote: "[We] existed before coming to this world, but not as we know personality upon this planet."
Moved to behind 43 ---43, a compilation, contains 17

18.
Date, Apr. 9, 1921, no trans., 1p.
>>> Tablet to Geo. O. Latiney (typo for Latimer?)
Comments: the typing of this doc. is bad. Lots of typos, even the name appears to be a typo. This document & 7 go together like a set
Subjects; this talks about huquq'u'llah & his parents, Most Great Peace
Prophecy: about emperors dying off.
Quote: "All the banners will ultimately be lowered while the banner of God is raised higher and higher day by day."
Moved to behind 7

19.
Date trans., Nov. 12, 1920, by Azizullah S. Bahadur, Haifa Palestine, p1.
>>> Tablet to "the Friends of America" received by Roy C. Wihelm (Dec. 14, 1920)
Found in SWA, p. 159-160 (I believe this is in Baha'i World Faith, also.)
Subject; kindness to animals & not to let liars think they are fooling you; exception about showing kindness to everyone made for tyrants
Quote: "practice. . .kindness to the world of humanity at large, except to those souls who are selfish and insincere."
Pod: 184 is same doc./different typing, 184 is clearer to read.

+ I made an electronic copy.
20.
(A photocopy of the electronic copy is marked no # in the photocopies.)
No date, 1p.
>>> Compilation on Genealogy
Subject: Genealogy, references to books & a quote from 'Abdu'l-Baha
Comment: the typist uses "LIX" which is then scratched out in hand & "lix" is replaced. This handwritten correction is hard to make out. It refers to page # lix in the forward of the "Dawn Breakers".
See Tablet 72-A, the quote included in this comp. is in that Tablet

21.
Date, Dec. 17, 1919 --sent, Dec. 22, 1918, --received Jan. 18, 1919
>>> Extract of a Letter from Shoghi Effendi to Tudor-Pole.
>>> Prayer regarding the end of the WWI. Historical event regarding 'Abdu'l-Baha.
Moved to behind 168.

+ I made an electronic copy from BNE.
22.
Date, Oct. 1912, California, 1p.
>>> A Talk, an excerpt
Found in, BNE, p. 243-4, BNE says, "address in California in October 1912"
Subject: Prophecy, War of Armageddon, Bible; Book of Revelation, (book of John), Daniel
Quote: "antecedent to the Millenium, already here" "Before 1917 Kingdoms will fall & cataclysms will rock the earth"
See 446 which is behind 168
Moved to behind 168.

23.
same as 9, see 9 for notes, 1p.
Moved to behind 9

24. A - B
2 pp.
>>> Paper written by Martha Root, titled "The only picture of the Bab"
Found in doc. correctly as SOW: vol. 21, p 54, (in SOW it is signed simply M.L.R.)
Subject: discusses the pictures and paintings of the Bab.
Pod: 437
See, also: 7, 8, 26 & 31 also about the Bab.

25.
Date received (as shown on 502), Dec. 7, 1902, 1p.
>>> Tablet, an excerpt, to "the Beloved in America"
Subject: "Love is. . .etc. "; station:
Quote: if people are deprived of Divine Grace, "they wander in the desert of ignorance, descend to the depths of ruin and fall into the abyss of despair where there is no refuge. They are like insects living in the lowest plane."
Description: this excerpt was published as a one-page sheet.
Pod: 502, 502 is the complete Tablet

26, 27, 28.
No date, 3 pp.
(I scanned color copies of 26, 27, & 28 and added to my own collection of photocopies.)
>>> Three illustrated flyers, 27 is signed "IHL. Victoria" IHL (In His Love)
Comments: Victoria Bedikian, the artist, was known as "Auntie Victoria".
Clarification: 28 the illustration has words "of martyrdom" that are hard to read
See "Written in Light" (c) 1998, Kalimat Press, p. 118 & 9 for more on V. Bedikian.

29.
Date trans., Oct. 10, 1920, by Azizulullah S. Bahadur, Bahji at the Holy Tomb, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mrs. F. B. Beckett, LA, Calif.
Subjects; mentions the forming of the "House of Spirituality"; instructions on how to hold a feast
Quote: "In the meeting you should speak of the teachings of His Holiness, Bahaullah, [sic] deal with their details and explain the fruits they produce, which results have generated such great earthquakes in the East (Spiritual regeneration)."

30. Lost page
Date, Jul. 23, 1919, by Shoghie Rabbani, Bahjeh, Acca, Palestine, 1p.
>>> Tablet to LA in care of Mrs. Beckett
Subject: that the Baha'is of LA are remaining strong against the gales of violation.
Quote: "the tests are proportionately severe. These trials cause the feeble souls to waver while those who are firm are not affected. These agitaions [sic] of the violators are no more than the foam on the ocean, which is one of its inseparable features, but the ocean of the Covenant shall surge and shall cast ashore those dead bodies for it cannot contain them. Thus it is seen that the ocean of the Covenant has surged and surged until it has thrown out the dead bodies."
Same as 42. 42 is the complete Tablet.
Moved behind 52.

31. A - B
Date trans., Mar. 3, 1910, by M. A. Shorab, Wash. D. C., writ. in calligraphy, 2 pp.
>>> Tablet & Prayer [prayer; strengthen my back & gird up my loins type of prayer]
Clarified words: The second line of the 5th paragraph reads:
"in the service the Threshold of the Most High and turning their faces to the Kingdom"
Comments: 373 is an excerpt taken from this Tablet. 373, shows that the calligrapher made a deletion--probably unintentional. The bottom line of the 5^th paragraph on the 1^st page, between the words "thistles" & "this", these words have been dropped, "the attracted ones to the Breath of ABHA become firm and the Followers of passion and desire turn away." The dropped words of 31 appear in 373. There are additional errors in the calligraphy.
Found: 31, the complete Tablet, in SOW (Baha'i News): vol. 1, #3, page 2 & 3.
The first vol. of SOW is not titled Star of the West, but rather Baha'i News.
Found: 373, the excerpt, is in SOW: vol. 8, #18, p. 235,6.
Subjects; Body of the Bab being interned in the shrine, to be happy, reason for martyrdom and trials of the sincere.
Quote: "They experienced not one hour of safety, nor a days repose of mind or body. This is the proof of the sincere lover and this is the evidence of the Faithful friend. If it were not so every stranger would become a friend and the deprived ones would become the confident of the mysteries, the remote one would become the near one and the outcast would become the beloved. Consequently the Most Great Wisdom has ordained that the fire of the tests shall rage and the rushing torrent sweep tumultuously from the mountain of revelation, so that the untruthful may become distinguished from the truthful, the unrighteous be known from the righteous, the worshipper of self become separated from the worshipers of God, the good fruit be set apart from the evil fruit, the signs of light become manifest and the gloom of darkness be dispelled, the nightingale of trustworthiness sing the melody of love and the raven of oppression croak the notes of error; the fertile soil become green and verdant and the barren ground its thorns and thistles; this is the wisdom of trials and this is cause of ordeals."
Moved to behind 52.

32. Lost page
Date, Dec. 29, 1912, London, home of Miss Robinson, 1p.
>>> A Talk, does not appear to be published
Subject: those who would have peace are not as committed to it as the martyrs who give up their lives for the concept.
Quote: "Philosophers and those who see visions dream safely in the security of their own houses. But the faithful servants of the Almighty did not merely dream high ideals in homes of comfort."
Moved to behind 104

33.
No date or trans. given, 1p.
>>> Tablet to maidservant of God Xxx (name withheld)
Subjects; tests & dreams, He says He wishes to address her but not in the Tablet, that He'll come to her in a dream!
Pod: many other tablets on dreams or visions are put behind this one:
35, 170, 171, 190, 225, 433, 450, 452
Also see: 16, 91, 610

34.
No date or trans. given, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mrs. "Sheppard", Brooklyn, NY: (name found in 452)
Subjects; women; advice on teaching
Quote: "Every woman who is directed to the Guidance of God in this Great Age, will surpass men in every respect; and she will be informed of the Hidden Mystery of Preserved Allegory; her word will take effect even in a hard rock; minds will be astonished at the power of her understanding; and souls will be subdued by the strength of her argument."
Same as 452
Pod: 452

35.
No date or trans. given, writ. in calligraphy, 1p.
>>> Prayer, unidentified.
Subject: Prayer for vision
Quote: "cause me to enter into the tents of Thy Nearness. . .Then disclose unto me, . . .that which is concealed from the sight of Thy servants and that which is veiled from the Knowledge of Thy creatures."
Moved to behind 33

36.
No date or trans. given, a published page, 1p.
>>> Compilation, "To Live the Life" attributed to 'Abdu'l-Baha
Quote: "By these things you know the faithful of God."
Same as 390 & the extra behind 119
Moved to behind 119

+ I have a 122KB electronic version of the completed publication.
37. A - D
Date trans. & published, circa 1900, by Anton Haddad, 4 pp.
>>> Tablets & excerpts of Tablets,
Comments: 37 is typed excerpts of "Message From Acca" by Anton Haddad printed, circa 1900. This retyping is not particularly well done, typos, deletions, etc. The original is 16 pages long and quite interesting.
Extra: added behind 37, I've put the 12-page typed doc. of the complete "Message From Acca"

38.
Date trans., Mar. 27, 1920, by A. S. Bahadur, 1p.
>>> Tablet to LA
Subject; renewal of civilization the world, a new cycle, advice on teaching, reconstituted government, science reborn.

39.
Date trans., Jul. 23, 1919, by Shoghi Rabbani, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mr. & Mrs. Beckett, Glendale, CA
Subjects; the passing of Thorton Chase, visiting his grave site & the passing of souls into the next world.
Pod: many Tablets about those in the next world are moved to behind 39;
11, 55, 63, 121, 178, 197, 198, 241, 247, 254, 255, 257, 260, 346, 454, 457
Also see: 13, 46, 75, 190, 265

40.
Date trans., Jul. 29, 1914, by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, 1p.
>>> Tablet to LA
Subject: acknowledges their letter & encourages them to teach.

41.
No date or trans. given, location mentioned in letter: Tropico, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Frank and Loretha Beckett
Subject: mentions their trip to Egypt, a letter of encouragement.

42. A - C
>>> Same as 30, only this one is complete, 3 pp.
Moved to behind 52

# 43 A & B, listed separately

43-A. Perhaps, a lost page, # Also see 43-(a) (b) & (c), below
No date or trans. given, 1p.
>>> Pilgrim note: excerpts, I think. Perhaps a compilation of pn
Subjects; Recount of physical return of Baha'u'llah after His physical death. Resurrection of Jesus; Buddha; return after death or reincarnation.
Quote: 1. "After the death of the Blessed Perfection, one day the chief of the Mohammadon priests of Acca came to our Lord, and said he had seen the door of his room open and the Blessed Perfection come into his room. This was the Truth and Cause of the Perfection which manifested itself and its continuance to him this way."

43-B. #Also see 43-(a) (b) & (c), below
Date, 1902, 1p.
>>> Tablet to I. D. Brittingham
Subjects; Q & A, No infant is born bad but their education and surroundings make them become what they are afterwards.
Q: Are planets or stars the mansions mentioned by Christ?
A: Re: the plants & stars: "they are worlds. . .But they differ in their bodies by the difference of elements from this earthly body. They differ in formation. The beings existent upon these bodies are according to their formation." Etc.
>>> Pilgrim notes: Follow up questions asked in person, date, Jul. 1912, NYC.
Q: (3^rd Q) Were the souls created as individuals before they entered the physical bodies of this world?
A: "They existed before coming to this world, but not as we know personality upon this planet."
Pod: I have moved a lot of documents about spiritual topics behind 43:
17, 43 (a, b, c), 180, 186, 211, 272, 273, 335, 347, 348, 370, 381, 500-A, 501
regarding 43-B: 17 has same questions and answers.
Also see: 335

43. (a, b, c) # Also see 43-A & 43-B, above
No date or trans. given, 3 pp.
>>> 43 (a) (b) (c) Tablets, extracts, a compilation on Immortality.
Found: only partially; TA p. 611. URL, below
http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/abdulbaha/tab.abd/index.html
Subjects; station, immortality. Next world where all souls enter, eternal life, afterlife.
> (a) Quote: "Concerning the condition of the human soul after its ascention [sic] from the mortal world; the essences of the human soul are clarified from material substances and purified from embodiment of substantial things. It is exclusively luminous; it has no body; it is a dazzling pencil of light; it is a celestial orb of brightness."
> (b) discusses Lazarus and "the rich man" (bible subject)
> (c) 1901, man can receive Reality of Triune Powers through his innate sight.
"As to the voice" Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Baha, p 611. (See 501)
> (c) Extract from Tablet to Hatch (See 351-F): 'Abdu'l-Baha says He speaks to the Friends without lip or tongue and discusses with them Divine Messages (speech without tongue)
See re: (c), 501, which is behind 43; & 352-F
Moved to behind 43

44.
No dates or trans. given, 1p.
>>> Tablets, extracts, mostly unidentified.
Subject: A real hodgepodge of stuff, value questionable
> Words written by request on the fly-leaf of the I-ghan [sic].
> Quotes from the Akdas
Subjects; dirty clothes, clean clothes not obligatory if there is a valid excuse; teaching & thirsting for truth.

45.
One has a date, Mar. 1913. Trans. may be Mirza Ahmad, 1p.
>>> (4 items), Tablets, as extracts & Words as reported by Mirza Ahmad.
> 1^st item; (maybe suppose to be from Baha'u'llah? although) it says 'Abdu'l-Baha. It is pretty strong language.
Quote: "I have. . .sacrificed myself for your salvation."
(strong language also used in 83)
> 2^nd item, selections of Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Baha in letters to Mirza Ahmad
Quote: "Arise with great fervor and enthusiasm. "
> 3^rd item, Quote: "If thou couldst measure the heights and depths of the marvelous events which have transpired, and are transpiring, in this Cause thou wouldst write down every word I utter with a pen of diamond upon a page of gold."
> 4^th item, Tablet, an extract
Quote: "The Standard of the Testament is wavering upon the Castles of Glory, and there is no refuge for those who flee from this strongly fortified Fortress!"

46.
Date, Jan. 23, 1903, trans. A. K. Khan, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mrs. Josephine Cowles
Subjects; opposition, tests & trials, standing firm in whirlwinds & hurricanes
A dead son who addresses her from next world, attained station, after life, immortality

47.
>>> Compilation; Prayer, Tablets, as extracts, & a "message", 1p.
> 1^st Prayer, date, Jan. 30, 1915, trans. Mirza Ali Kuli Khan
Subject: "YA ALLAH EL MOSTAGHAS" and explanation
> 2^nd Tablet extracts, date, May 1913
Extracts from letters of Ahmad Sohrab to Miss Harriet Mages reportedly quoting Words of 'Abdu'l-Baha.
Subject: 13 verses that start with the words "Blessed is he who. . ."
> 3^rd Message, date, May 23, 1913, "Mr. Bryan's message"
Subject: Universal Peace
Comment: don't know if the "message" is claimed to be from 'Abdu'l-Baha,
Same theme as Seven Candles Tablet, 185, 359, 407
See 209 similar theme
See, also, the extra added below 168 re: Madame Ali Kuli Khan & YA ALLAH EL MOSTAGHAS

48. Lost page "page #5" only
Labeled "Happiness p. 5.", 1p.
>>> Compilation???
Subjects; Be happy. Teaching advice
Quotes; "Do not be sad" "This world is the arena of tests, trials and calamities"
"Strive with all thy power to paint thy likeness on the pages of the hearts with such beauty as to brighten the minds."
Pod: many documents on happiness are moved to behind 48; 15, 188, 195, 204
Also see: 31, 82

49.
No date given, p 1.
>>> Prayers specifically for the Fast. Two short Prayers.
Pod: Prayers of various sorts, or information on prayer & fasting, are moved here: 107, 122, 205, 289, 325, 326, 392, 410, 426, 427, 434, 458, "extra: p2 pn, below"
See 35: prayer for vision
Also see: 16 & 302 about how to pray & receive guidance. More prayers: 54 behind 78, 55 behind 39, 61, 62 behind 141, 75, 123-A behind 52, 123-B, 123-C

+ I made an electronic copy.
Extra: Lost page (this is page 2)
Date, Apr. 21, 1901, 1p.
>>> Pilgrim note-- from a Talk of 'Abdu'l-Baha
Subject: prayer, pre-existence
Quote: "God hears every prayer as soon as it is voiced."
Added behind 49

50.
Date, Jul. 13, 1903, owned by Goodall, 1p.
>>> Poem by believer, Louise "Shahnaz" Waite, Titled, "Because I love Thee So"
Moved to after 489

51.
No date given, 1p.
>>> Compilation taken from various Tablets and Talks.
Subject: explanation of the Ring Stone Symbol
Moved to behind 152

52. A - Z
Date, circa 1914, compiled by Mrs. H. Emogene Hoagg, 26 pp.
>>> Compilation, "A Compilation of The Tablets and Words Pertaining To The Center of the Covenant of God on Violation."
More than a strict compilation, we also find the words of Mrs. Hoagg in this compilation.

Comments: The word "Violation" is not commonly used in vocabulary of Baha'is today, but it is used repeatedly in many of the documents found in the BC. It refers simply to those who violate the Covenant and seems to refer to a lager group than those who have been pronounced as "Covenant Breakers".

She does attempt to identify her sources for Quotes of Tablets, but unfortunately, many of her references to where these Tablets are printed, in SOW, for example, are often wrong. Often they have enough information to find the Tablet with a little sleuthing. For example, page BC# 52-H says "Star of the West, Vol. 14, No. 15, p. 255" This is actually found on vol. 4, #15, p 255.

Description: This is a significant Compilation and is perhaps as pertinent in 2000, as it was in 19-teens, when it was compiled. I think, it would serve our community well, if a similar compilation were printed today. On page 52-C is found an introduction to the compilation.

In order to help identify some of these Quotes, I will make a list of them as found in the compilation. I have not verified the sources as given in the document unless specifically stated (corrected).

Pages are identified by BC page letters;
> 1^st -A Tablet (complete) addressed to, "O thou whom my heart addresses!"
> 2^nd -C 2 from Hidden Words
> 3^rd -D Tablet, an excerpt, to M. Lotfullah, date, Aug. 1, 1914
> 4^th -D SOW, no date, SOW: vol. 6, p. 95
> 5^th -D SOW, no date, SOW: vol. 3, p. 8
> 6^th -E Tablet, an excerpt, to Miss Alma Knoblock, date, Apr. 2, 1910
> 7^th -E Tablet, an excerpt, to Roy Wilhelm, date, Oct. 14, 1914
> 8^th -F Surat'ul Hykl, p. 34
> 9^th -F Tablet to Roy Wilhelm, date, Aug. 12, 1914
> 10^th -G Tablet, an excerpt, to Mrs. Brittingham,
> 11^th -H Tablet, an excerpt, to San Francisco, compilation says this is an
"Address" but 310 shows it is a Tablet.
> 12^th -H Address (talk), NYC, date, Dec. 2, 1912,
(as corrected) SOW: vol. 4, #15, p. 255
> 13^th -J Tablet (the complete Tablet?) to M. Lotfullah,
London, date, Aug. 1, 1914
> 14^th -K Tablet, an excerpt, to Charles M. Remey
> 15^th -L 2 short quotes from 'Abdu'l-Baha, no references given.
> 16^th -L Tablet, an excerpt, to the American Friends, date, Apr. 28, 1911
> 17^th -M Short quote, no reference given.
> 18^th -M A "Talk" to Misses Lesch, Lanyon & Buikema & Mrs. Slater, No date.
> 19^th -N Tablet, an excerpt, to Mrs. Harriet Cline, LA, trans. by MAS,
Paris, date, Mar. 29, 1913; SOW: vol. 6, p. 94
> 20^th -N Tablet, an excerpt, to Mr. Dealy, date, 1907
> 21^st -O Extract of an Address (talk), date, Sept. 16, 1912
> 22^nd -O Tablet, an excerpt, to Mr. Remey, SOW: vol. 3, #7, p. 16,
date, Jun. 24, 1912
> 23^rd -Q Address, excerpt, (talk), NY, date trans., Jun. 19, 1912,
by Ameen U. Fareed
> 24^th .-R Tablet, an excerpt, to Mr. Dealy, date, Sept. 1, 1901
> 25^th -R Tablet (complete) (name withheld) Chicago,
date, Sept. 30, 1913, trans. M.A.S.
> 26^th -S Address (talk) at Kenny home, NY, date, Dec. 2, 1913
> 27^th -T 6 short quotes, either from ibid. or reference not given.
> 28^th -U 3 more short quotes, either from ibid. or reference not given.
> 29^th -U Tablet, an excerpt, from "Tablets of Abdul Baha" vol. 1, p. 72
> 30^th -V Pilgrim note, (talk) Tomb of Baha'u'llah, Bahajee, Apr. 2, 1914
> 31^st -W Pilgrim note, (talk) Home of Baha'u'llah, Acca, Apr. 1, 1914
> 32^nd -X Pilgrim note of Pleides Sylvan Bower, Lake Tiberas, Syria,
date, May 6, 1914. (see 318 for more pn from PSB)
> 33^rd -Y Tablet, an excerpt, to Mrs. Nobel, Cleveland, Ohio, date trans.,
1903, by A. K. Khan
> 34^th -Z Tablet, an excerpt, SOW: vol. 5, #14, p. 218

Pod: I have moved many documents on violation, or covenant breakers, to behind this document; 13, 30, 31, 42, 73, 74, 131, 132, 175, 177, 189, 234, 240, 258, 266, 267, 268, 269, 308, 310, 373, 374, 416, 459, 461
Also see: 46, 98, 442

53. [omit]
Early translation of prayer found in Am. P. B., p. 60, 1p.
>>> Prayer of Baha'u'llah for protection

54.
Date trans., Aug. 25, 1907, by Dr. Ameen Ullah Fareed, 1p.
>>> Prayer/Tablet to Chicago, through Misters Chase, Agnew & Scheffler
Subjects; this is a prayer revealed especially for the Chicago community,
also "to build the Mashrak-el-Azkar"
Moved to behind 78

55.
Date rev., Jun. 1, 1904, date trans., Sept. 15, 1904, NY, by Ameen-Ullah Fareed, 1p.
>>> Prayer/Tablet
Subject; Prayer for the departed and forgiveness of sins.
Moved to behind 39

56.
Date, 1912, 1p.
>>> Voice recording of 'Abdu'l-Baha --the translation
Pod: 87, 98, 164, 174, 199, 212, 270, 309

57.
Date, Apr. 16, 1902, trans. Mirza Ameen'u'llah, Chicago, 1p.
>>> Prayer/Tablet through Miss Gertrude Buikema, Chicago
Subject: prayer for severance

58 & 59.
Date, (gleaned from 505), Jul. 1905, 1p (per document).
>>> Letter from the Friends regarding unified action for prayers for unity.
>>> "Petition" to sign and mail to the Master after completing the prayers.
Clarified words: Across the top of 59, difficult to read in the photocopy are these words: "Form of supplication to be sent to the Master, Abdul-Baha at the end of the nineteen days of prayer."
Pod: (58 & 59) 173, 311, 388, 505, 506

60.
Date trans., Oct. 1908, by A. K. Khan, 1p.
Found in SOW: vol. 4, #18, p. 303, but this is more complete than what is in SOW.
Also found: 4th paragraph of this letter is in, BNE, (c) 1987, p. 93
Also found: 4th paragraph of this letter is in MARS
>>> Tablet to maid-servant of God, Xxx (name withheld) titled "Why pray?"
Subject; Why pray? /prayer---not a prayer, but rather, a Tablet answering, "Why pray?"
Quotes; "It is becoming of the weak one to supplicate to the Strong One" "This is the mystery of supplication and the wisdom of stating one's wants (praying)."
Same as 111, different typing
Moved to behind 49

61.
Date, Jul. 18, 1908, trans. Mirza Ahmad, 1p.
>>> Prayer/Tablet to Mrs. Bethlin
Subject: A prayer for forgiveness for elimination of sorrow: Depression

62.
>>> Prayer, 1p.
Comments: A nice prayer--I like it.
Subject: Calls to sacrifice ourselves and be united with each other.
Quote: ". . .drew lights from the Lights of Thy wisdom. Bring them together again"
Moved to behind 141.

63. (Also see 63, below)
Date trans., May 6, 1909, by Ali Kuli Khan, 1p.
>>> Prayer (invocation) for forgiveness (of the departed) Husband of Mrs. Goodall
Moved to behind 39

# 63, 63 & 64. Numbering problem--two # 63's. [omit second 63, & also 64]

64. A - B (was 2^nd 63 & 64) [omit] , pp 2.
>>> Title page and Table of contents for BC 65 - 72-L

65.
Date trans., Sept. 15, 1908, in Haifa, by Ameen Ullah Fareed, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Corrine True.
Subject: Mashrak-el-Azkar, receipt for 9 stones anointed with olive oil & attar & water
Moved to behind 78

66.
Date trans., Dec. 25, 1907, by Dr. Ameen U. Fareed, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mrs. E. Grace Foster
Subject: praises that she has become awakened

# 67 - 72 & 77 - 79 & 286 & 287 all published by Sprague

67. A - B
Date trans., Feb. 17, 1908, by Dr. Ameen O'llah Fareed, in Chicago, 2 pp.
>>> Tablet & Letter,
> Tablet (typed notation--"in 'Abdu'l-Baha's Hand"--but this is a typed English copy)
Subject: endorses the following letter written by Zoroastrian Baha'is--from the Parsee Assembly of Yezd to the American Baha's.
> Letter
Subject: very sweet supportive letter, offers love and encouragement.
Published by Sprague

68. A - B
Date trans., Nov. 4, 1907, by Mirza Ameen, in Chicago, 2 pp.
>>> Tablet of encouragement to Baha'is of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Subject: He says every soul (of the beloved) must be generous with each other. Unity
See 54
Published by Sprague

69. A - B
Date trans., Oct. 9, 1907, by M. Ahmed, Esphahani, 2 pp.
>>> Tablet through Charles Mason Remey to the Denver Assembly, USA
Subject: How to thank God for "this Most Great Guidance"
See 137
Published by Sprague

70.
Date trans., Oct. 12, 1907, by M. A. Esphahani in Washington D.C., 1p.
>>> Tablet revealed to a Believer in Persia--Beautiful metaphors!
Quote: "Let us keep up and compete with each other."
Published by Sprague

71.
Date trans., Sept. 6, 1906, by M. A. Esphahani, 1p.
>>> Prayer "I am a child of tender years"
>>> An intro. by 'Abdu'l-Baha, not found in the prayer book
Quote: "Each child may memorize as much as he can from this supplication."
Published by Sprague

72. A - L
Date writ., Aug. 14, 1907, trans., Nov. 24, 1907, Chicago., by Dr. Ameen Ullah Fareed, 12 pp.
>>> Tablet from 'Abdu'l-Baha enclosed within the letter--regarding genealogy
>>> Letter to Anayat'ullah from Mirza Assid'u'llah
Subject: answers to two questions:
1^st question: answers genealogy of the mother of 'Abdu'l-Baha (See 20)
2^nd question: is regarding the uniting of east & west--prophecy return of the Jews
Prophecy: Uniting of East & West --"two great nations" ---Christian & Mohammedan
Bible prophecy explained "3 days", Latter Days, Days of the end
Mentions the word "pyramid" in the question.
Published by Sprague

73. A - G
Dates ranging from 1912 to 1914 (& 1903), 5 pp.
Undated; Dec. 30, 1912; Dec. 29, 1912; Feb. 3 1913; Feb 14, 1913; Mar. 25, 1913; Mar. 29, 1913; March 4 1913; Sept. 23, 1913; Sept. 30, 1913; Sept. 30, 1913; Oct. 11, 1913; Apr. 19, 1914; Jun 29, 1914; Jun 29, 1914; Jun 29, 1914; 1903 & Sept. 2, 1913.
>>> Compilation of Tablets & Cables-dates shown above
Subject: Shunning ANY Persian Believer who is in the USA without express permission from 'Abdu'l-Baha, violation
Moved to behind 52
} More work could be done identifying the different Tablets of the compilation

74.
Date, Nov. 1921 & assorted dates, 3 pp.
>>> Compilation of Tablets & Cable
Subject; Violation & Shunning
Moved to behind 52
} More work could be done identifying the different Tablets of the compilation

75.
Date trans., Jun. 4, 1907, by Mirza Ahmad Esphahani, 2 pp.
>>> Tablet to Miss F. Meadow Croft
Subject; re: death of her mother; theosophists; re: humans need the Holy Spirit to reach God
Quotes; [A mistype perhaps] "The light has a center and if one desires to seek it otherwise but from the center, he can never attain to it." "Become not extinguished by the winds of tests."

76.
No date or trans. given, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Miss Meadowcroft, Chicago, Ill.
Subject: It seems she asked 'Abdu'l-Baha for a name. He told her to ask her spiritual mother.

77. A - B
Date trans., Oct. 9, 1907, by M. Ahmed Espahani in Washington D. C., 2 pp.
>>> Tablet to Denver Assembly through Charles Mason Remey
Subject; Unity
Quote: "rend asunder the curtain of foreignness and consort with all people."
Published by Sprague

78. A - E
Date trans., May 9, 1908, by M. A. Esphahani in Washington D. C., 5 pp.
>>> Tablet through Mirza Ahmed to Assembly of NY
Subject: Building a Mashrak-el-Azkar in one place & merely renting a center in NY.
Published by Sprague
Pod: 65, 126, 166, 193, 194, 196, 236, 237, 249, 376-A, 383
Also, see: 237 behind 254, 312, 620

79.
Date trans., Mar. 4, 1908, by M. A. Esphahani in Washington D. C., 1p.
>>> Tablet to Members of the Spiritual Assembly of Chicago & NY through Mirza Ahmed
Subject: He asks them to send English Baha'i books to India.
Published by Sprague

80. (Compare to 81 & 82.) A - B
Date trans., 1909 by Mirza Enayet 'o'llah, 2 pp.
>>> Tablet to "O Friends of God! O spiritual companions!"
Subject: Baha'u'llah suffered and sacrificed so much--how can we for even one moment seek ease and comfort?

81. (Compare to 80 & 82.)
Date writ., Apr. 3, 1910; trans., May 18, 1910, by M. A. Sohrab in Wash. D. C., 1p.
>>> Tablet/Prayer for Mr. Harry Gales
Subject: prayer for health & prosperity so that they may become engaged in service; hopes they find rest & composure.

82. (Compare to 80 & 81.)
Date, Sept. 1911, 1p.
>>> Message---Pilgrim note, or verbal message, for Boston brought by Mrs. Garrett from London
Quote: "One who does not suffer in the path of God, will not enjoy peace & happiness" Quote for depression: "Whenever you are sorrowful or sad, say loudly 'Ya Baha el-Abha and your sorrow will change to happiness and help and blessings come to you."
See 48, 61

+ I made an electronic copy.
83.
Date, Dec. 1911---Seems to be at least 2^nd generation of typing, 1p.
(Received by Mrs. Logi, May 22, 1917.)
Possibly typos-looks like two sentences have words deleted mid-sentence.)
>>> Tablet (seems to be a long excerpt)
Comment: Prophecy, Faith will only spread fast once the Jews are taught the Faith--my understanding of the Tablet.-TL
Quote: "There is no such thing as self-development. Growth only comes by working for others." "Turkey was freed in one night; the world will change in the same way, not from a Baha'i movement, but from World Movement. Many Baha'is in name will steal away disappointed."

84.
Date, Dec. 1911, Paris, 1p.
>>> Pilgrim note--message to Boston Assembly brought by Mary Hanford Ford
Subject: Nobility; about overcoming tests--acting with nobility
See: 82 & 292-C

85. A - B
Date, Tues., Jun. 1912, Stenographed by Charlotte Segler, 2 pp.
>>> A Talk, Greenacre at Unity Feast. NOT recorded in PUP
Subject: Talk about nativity. (See 185 & 117)

# 86 & 86 Numbering problem--two # 86's; 1^st 86 A-D; 2^nd 86 (a)

86. A - D See 86, below
Date, Oct. 8, 1912, given at Unitarian Church, Palo Alto, CA, 4 pp.
>>> A Talk. This talk IS NOT in PUP. Same day as He went to Stanford.
Subject: Unity, the Fundamental Basis of Divine Teachings.

86. (a) (maybe this is a lost page?) See 86, above
Date trans., Oct. 28, (19??, 1913?) (Minneapolis, Minn ?) by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, 1p.
Maybe is shortly after His trip to US, but year is unknown.
>>> Tablet (to Someone in NY?)
Subject: Confirmation of letters addressed to Shogi Rabanni, Jul. 10, 17 and 30.
Mentions many believers by name; mentions "delegates" & a "Congress" in, I think, NY.

87. A - B
No date, 2 pp.
>>> Pilgrim Note, signed in hand by E. C. G. (probably, Edward C. Getsinger)
Comments: This was said before the death of 'Abdu'l-Baha, so that the succession not passing to Mohammed Ali, should not have been a surprise to anyone.
Subject: Significant information re: Mohammed Ali (the greater branch) 'Abdu'l-Baha's half brother. Hisorical
Quote: "nowhere is it mentioned by inference even that such a station [Center of the Covenant] was transmissible."
See 98
Moved to behind 56.

88.
Date, Nov. 16, 1912, Sat., afternoon, stenographed by E. McKinney, 1p.
Interpreter Zia Bagdadi
>>> A Talk given at 780 West End Ave. NYC. NOT IN PUP.
Subject: Jesus' entire Mission was educating 11 men & 2 women. Let us be the result of Baha'u'llah's Mission to be trained by Him! (bible subject)

89. A - C
Date, Nov. 26, 1912, stenographed by Estha Foster, 3 pp.
Interpreter Ish'te'a'l Ebn-Kalanter
>>> A Talk given at 780 West End Ave. NYC. NOT IN PUP.
Subject: Mankind reaching maturity
Encouragement that you may be the cause of aiding the maturity of others.
Pod: 16, 155, 157

90. A - E
Date, Jan. 3, 1913, 5 pp.
Published in "The Path" London, Feb. 1913.
>>> A Talk in London at the "White Lodge", Wimbledon NOT IN PT, AL or ADP.
Comments: An interesting Talk.
See 272
Subject: Elements of Nature not being destroyed, but mix and match and continue. He discusses the atom & maybe electrons & that matter cannot be annihilated. The difference between man & animal, the existence & nature of God.
Quotes: "All phenomena are eaters and the eaten." "Life cannot become annihilated." "As long as God was God there has been creation; there have been creatures."
Moved to behind 365---Same talk.

91. A - D
Date trans., Jan. 12, 1913, by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, 4 pp.
>>> A Talk
Found, PT p. 173 or 185 depending on issue, different wording.
Quote: "About 1000 years ago a society was formed in Persia. . ."

92. A - B
Date, Jan. 30, 1913, Paris, 2 pp.
Trans. from some Persian notes by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab
>>> A Talk, a longer portion of this talk (different wording) is found in ADP.
Found in ADP (c) 1916 p. 90-2 or (c) 1918 p.120-2
Click on different chapters in the index found at this web site.
http://bahai-library.com/books/div.phil

93. A - E
Date, Mar. 1913, 5 pp.
>>> Diary of Ahmad Sohrab, an extract, letter to the USA
>>> Pilgrim note--(I guess this could be called a "pilgrim note"?)
Subject: About disasters; Marriage & Divorce; Prophecy about airplanes; Answers if there will ever be clergy in the Baha'i Faith.

94.
Date sent, Oct. 2, 1913, from Ramleh, Egypt, trans. by Ahmad Sohrab, 1p.
>>> Tablet, an excerpt, to Albert R. Windust (editor of SOW)
Subject: about teaching the Faith & the early Spiritual Assemblies--Boards

95.
Date, Dec. 16, 1913, 1p.
>>> Diary of Ahmad Sohrab, an extract
>>> Pilgrim note--(I guess this could be called a "pilgrim note"?)
Subject: He spoke out against prejudice to a Mohammeden Sheikh-- a message for us all! Religious prejudice, race

96.
Date, Mar. 10, 1914, 1p.
>>> Diary of Ahmad Sohrab, an extract
>>> Pilgrim note--(I guess this could be called a pilgrim note?)
Subject: On humility & about those who teach Baha'u'llah's teachings without ever having heard of Baha'u'llah.

97.
Date, Apr. 17, 1914, 1p.
>>> Diary of Ahmad Sohrab (extract of)-- Called "Tablet to Boston"
>>> This may be a Tablet
Subject: Calling the Boston Baha'is to unity & to teach.

98. A - B
Date, trans. Apr. 19, 1914, by Ahmad Sohrab from home of 'Abdu'l-Baha in Haifa, 2 pp.
>>> Tablet through Roy Wilhelm, NYC, to Everybody in America
Subject: about 'Abdu'l-Baha being the Center of the Covenant & interpreater. It is not acceptable to interpret the Text contrary to 'Abdu'l-Baha. Whoso ever does will cause division.
See: 129, 189, 266, 310, 416, 442, 443, 459, 461
Moved to behind 56

99.
Date, Apr. 28, 1914, 1p.
>>> Diary of Ahmad Sohrab, an extract
>>> Tablet--this is called a "Tablet".
Found in PT, p. 183, or 195, depending on the issue.
Comments: this is the last entry in PT. It is a letter not a talk.
Subject: Woman as equal to men. "They will attain to. . . be considered the very higest station of the world of humanity."
Quote: "As regards the constitution of the House of Justice: . . .'O men of the House of Justice' but . . . the right which belonged to women so far as their voting and their voice is concerned is indisputable."
Same as 108-B, (99 & 108-B are both parts of different compilations)

100.
Date writ., Oct. 1, 1920, trans., Nov. 14, 1920, by M. A. Sohrab, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mirza Ahmad Sohrab
Subject: Spiritualists--difference between communication & explanation, mentions Jenabe Fazel, confirmation of the sign of God, upon Jenabe, being the "delay in the departure of the train".

101 & 102.
101 is dated, Oct. 18, 1920, 1p.; 102 is dated, Dec. 9, 1920, 1p.
>>> Tablet (102) & a prayer written by Horace Holly (101)
>>> prayer by H. H.(101)
Comments: Handwriting on bottom & on back side of paper help tell the story:
Handwriting on bottom of page: "Horace to A.B. Remember? (over)"
Handwriting on back of page: "H. H. wrote this to A. B. & we all signed it. The group rec'd a beautiful answer!"
Subject: 101 is prayer written by Horace Holly that was signed by the Baha'is of NY & then mailed to 'Abdu'l-Baha.
>>> Tablet: 102 is His sweet response to it.

103. A - C
Date trans., 1921, by Shoghi Rabbani, in Balliol, Oxford., 3 pp.
>>> Tablet to "The beloved of the Lord Throughout the East & West"
Subject: opposition, beware of wolves in sheep's clothing

104.
Date trans., Dec. 2, 1920, by Aziz'Ullah S. Bahadur, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Alwyn Baker
Found in SOW: vol. 12, #12, p. 194
Subject: Bible, prophecy explained re: "Days of Marriage". & 'Abdu'l-Baha quotes Baha'u'llah saying we should study philosophy.
Pod: 32

105.
No date or trans. given, 1p.
>>> Tablet to "O thou spiritual leaf . . ." someone titled it, "The Covenant is a Lamp"
Quote: "Whosoever stations himself before this divine light, will be illumined with Manifest Glory. . ."

106.
No date given, trans. by Shoghi Effendi, 1p.
>>> Prayer
Found in Am. Prayer Book, p. 202, 3
Subject: a teaching prayer

107.
Date trans., Aug. 14, 1909, by M. Ahmad Sohrab, 1p.
>>> Tablet/Prayer through Mrs. James Carmichael, to Mrs. MacMahan, Chicago, Ill.
Comments: Interesting letter/prayer.
Subject: He says He will pray for her healing BUT that she must become a believer & assured. He tells us when prayer will be answered & when not.
Quote: "Should thou pray good earth be impregnated with vegetation & growth, it will be answered, but if thou prayest that hard stone be changed into meadow and rose garden, it has no capacity."
Moved to behind 49

108. A - B
Date, Tues., Nov. 19, 1912, given at residence of Mrs. Florian Krug (?) NYC, 2 pp.
>>> A Talk & Tablet
>>> A Talk 108-A, NOT IN PUP
Comment: Important talk, apparently lost to us
Subject: Women, prophecy
Quotes; "In this day Baha'u'llah has set a brilliant crown on the head of women, whose brilliant jewels will shine and gleam throughout all ages and cycles." "Their will power is greater than that of man, their moral consciousness and intuition is superior to that of man, and in all the virtues of humanity they shine like unto the stars."
>>> Tablet (108-B)
Found in PT
Same as 99

109.
Date trans., Mar. 18, 1916, by M. A. Sohrab, 1p.
>>> Letter from Sohrab or Tablet from 'Abdu'l-Baha, not sure which
Comment: It is unclear if this was a Baha'i sponsored event or not.
Subject: contains news about two congresses one in SF, 2^nd in Portland, OR.
18 names of speakers mentioned--mostly Baha'is. Letter claims that speakers were "assisted with divine confirmations" and at 2^nd meeting the speakers were "supremely assisted by the angels of the supreme Concourse."

110. A - B Lost pages--page, A starts in the middle of a sentence.
Dates trans., Jul. 14, 1913, Jul. 21, 1913 & dates unknown, 2 pp.
Translators listed as Mirza Ahmad Sohrab & Anton Haddad
Lost pages: These unnumbered pages are separated from the rest of their compilation.
>>> Compilation of Tablets, parts of four different Tablets.
> Tablet # 1, excerpt, date unknown, beginning of this is lost to an earlier page:
Quote: "That soul's face will be illumined in the. . .by the Light which illumines heaven and earth if it stands firmly in the path of the Center of Existence."
> Tablet # 2, trans. in Port Said, Egypt, 7/14/13, by M.A.S.:
Quotes: "Know thou . . .this mortal world, even if it be the Kingship of the whole existence of the globe, is ephemeral. It is an illusion." "But maid servants. . .who arose for the diffusion of the fragrances of God, eternally her signs are wildly spread & handed down through centuries & cycles."
> Tablet # 3, date trans., 7/21/13, by M.A.S., Port Said, Egypt, from a letter revealed earlier to the Persian Friends:
Subject: How to make eternal life to be revealed in this mundane existence.
> Tablet # 4, trans. by A. H. This may continue to another (lost) page:
Questions from Mrs. Louise Gibbons: Master, who art thou? Art Thou the Christ?
Answer: "Then know that for the dominion of the reality of Christ there is no beginning and there is no end; everlasting that luminous entity had been sitting on the Throne of might, and everlastingly it will have a penetrating dominion over the worlds of existence. This dominion is eternal and everlasting and has no abrupt end."
Re: # 4 please see 210 that is behind 110.
Pod: 207, 210, 253

111.
See notes for 60.
Same Tablet as 60.
Moved both 111 & 60 to behind 49

112.
No specific date or trans. given, "revealed prior to 1905", 1p.
>>> Tablet to "O Servant of the True One"
Subjects; sin, concealing the transgressions of another's "faults as far as possible."

113.
Date trans., Jul. 29, 1914, in Haifa, by Ahmad Sohrab, 1p.
>>> Tablet to LA Community
Subject: Letter of praise and encouragement
Quote: "May you become the cause of Guidance of the erring ones and the means of the salvation of the wicked ones."

114. [omit] send to the LA community file
Date, May 12, 1914, 1p.
>>> Letter from and to the LA Community. Signed F. M. Hall (Pres't)
Subject: re: the LA Center and the local fund.

115.
Date, May 6, 1914, 1p.
>>> Letter from Baha'i Publishing Society, signed by Mary Lesch, to Mrs. Wagner
Subject: Gives a report about the Convention. Mentions many believers' names including a Unitarian minister, Rev. Vail. Also mentions President Wilson.

116.
No date given, trans. by Mirza Ameen Ullah, 1p.
Published in "Sacred Mysteries" from the chapter on "The Mystery of Jonah"
>>> Tablet (excerpt) addressed to a Persian by the name of Jonah.
Bible Subject: Explains the parable of Jonah & the great fish. Says no part of this story is literal.

117. Lost page--this is the 1^st page, 2^nd page is lost
Date, Dec. 5, 1912, stenographically taken by Marion Haney, 1p.
Interpreter Ish'te'a'l Eba-Kanlanter
Found in PUP that are also attributed to Notes of Marian Haney, but words are different.
>>> A Talk- farewell speech aboard Celtic to American believers.
Subject: The earth is but one nativity.

118.
Date trans., Jul. 11, 1911, by M. A. Sohrab in Wash. D. C., 1p.
>>> Tablet through Helen S. Goodall to the SF Assembly.
Subject: Congratulations on forming the new Assembly.

119. Lost page -- this is the 1^st page
Date, Apr. 20, 1910, 1p.
>>> Letter from Isabella Brittingham to O. O. Wolcott, Spokane, Wash.
>>> A Pilgrim note-probably
Subject: Human stations. She quotes 'Abdu'l-Baha & lists Beatitudes allegedly expressed by 'Abdu'l-Baha.
Pod: 36, 390 & the "extra" below 119

Extra:
Attributed as to from "The Divine Art of Living", 4 pp.
>>> Compilation--three different things
> 1^st Titled "To live the Life"
Same as 36, 390
> 2^nd not sure what this is, maybe from 'Abdu'l-Baha
Subject: something showing some high ideals to live by
> 3^rd Beatitudes---different from 119 list of Beatitudes
Added as an extra, behind 119

120.
No date or identification, 1p.
>>> Could be from 'Abdu'l-Baha, but not sure--unidentified
Bible subjects. Mentions Revelations and other Bible books
Clarified words: First paragraph is as follows:
"Concerning "overcoming" in Revelations, 11,11, the second death means depravation of immorality of the soul are made clear in verse 12 the first death being depravation of mortal life by natural death, and the loss of opportunity. Revelations 11.7-17; 111 12; 111, 21; xx1, 7, xx11, 14. "
[This is my best guess at the numbers. Some of them are written over with pencil and I'm not 100% sure of the writer's intent.--TL]

121. A - B
Date trans., Feb. 23, 1914, by Mirza Valiollah Kahn Wargha (Varga) in Teheran, 2p.
>>> Prayer/Tablet of Visitation
Subject: A Tablet of Visitation for the two martyrs Wargha (Varga) & Ruhollah.
Clarified words: 121 A & B are the same document photocopied at different percentages.. A is true size, and B is enlarged. The tiny rectangle at the bottom of the enlargement is still so small, it is not legible. I got out a magnifying glass to the original. It reads:
"UPON THE SEVENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM THIS COPY OF THE TRANSLATION OF THE TABLET OF VISITATION REVEALED BY THE SACRED PEN OF THE BELOVED ABDUL BAHA FOR THE MARTYRS WARGHA AND RUHOLLAH IS PLACED AT THE SHRINE OF THESE TWO HOLY SOULS BY A FRIEND AS A TESTIMONIAL OF THE DEVOTION AND THE REVERENCE OF THE BAHAIS OF AMERICA TO THE MEMORY OF THE DIVINE SACRIFICE OF THESE TWO-FATHER AND SON-WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE MINISTRY OF THE CENTER OF THE COVENANT"
Moved to behind 39

122.
Date, Oct. 1920, 1p.
>>> Pilgrim notes--pilgrim unidentified. Typed & sent by the Spiritual House of LA
Subject: Questions & Answers re: the Fast
Moved to behind 49

# 123 A, B, C & D are listed separately

123-A.
No date given, 1p.
>>> Prayer signed Abdul Baha Abbas
Subject: to enlighten & shield from the violators and the evil suggestions of the waverers.
Moved to behind 52

123-B.
No date given, 1p.
>>> Prayer signed Abdul Baha Abbas
Quote: "Send thou to us the Messenger of Providence and Angel of Guidance"

123-C.
No date given, from Diary of Ahmad Sohrab, 1p.
>>> Tablet/ Prayer for "an American Believer"
Quote: "Whosoever stations himself in front of this Divine Light, his face will become illumined with Manifest Glory"
See 110 part #1. Maybe different translation of same prayer?

123-D.
Date, Sept. 1913, Ranleh, 1p.
Found in SOW: vol. IV, #16, p. 273
>>> Tablet
Comments: Ruth Moffet quotes this Tablet in "New Keys to Revelations". She suggests that "the earth rolling on its axis" is a world-wide calamity like a pole shift or some such disaster, rather than, as it appears to me, to mean, that "a few days will pass".
Subject: War & next world, eternity
Quotes: "earth will roll on its axis" "Happy is the pure soul who does not attach himself to the transient conditions and comforts, but rather seeks to attach himself to the purity, nobility & splendor of the world which endures."
Moved to behind 168

124. A - G
No date given, trans. by A. E. Kahn, 7 pp.
Comments: this name is probably a typo. Trans. is likely to have been A. K. Kahn
>>> Tablet signed Abdul-Baha-Abbas.
Bible Subject: prophecies concerning "The Great Message"
Subject: An instruction from the Master concerning the station & function & distinction of the Manifestation.
Quote: "Were We to manifest ourselves more than that which we have manifested, dogs & deniers would surround Us."

125.
No date or trans. given, 1p.
>>> Tablet
Subject: exhortation for teaching

126.
No date or trans. given., 1p.
>>> Letter from believer with quotes from 'Abdu'l-Baha, no sources given.
Signature: "Ella C." is clear. The last name is not clear. Some possible interpretations of the last name could be: "Quant" "Lerent" "Lerout" "Leront" "Leraut"
Subject: Funds for the Mashrak-el-Azkar & encouragement to give.
Moved to behind 78

127.
Date trans., Dec. 11, 1913, by Valiolah Khan Varga in Teheran, 1p.
>>> Tablet Of Baha'u'llah
Subject: Establishes 'Abdu'l-Baha as center of the Covenant
Pod: 377

+ I made an electronic version.
128.
Date trans., Jun. 9, 1903, by Mirza Fareed Ameen, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Corinne True
Comments: I believe this letter forecasts that she will (is) a Hand of the Cause. That the day when "the maid-servants . . .will rejoice", I think, is a reference to when the all-female executive body comes into being - when "the Sun of Truth will shine. . .in that country" -I think is a reference to when the US becomes a Baha'i state. (Reward for those who are firm)
Subject: Prophecy re: Mrs. True, women & Baha'i state.

129.
Date, Jul. 1912, at 309 W. 78^th St. NYC, NY. 1p.
>>> Pilgrims note, signed and approved by 'Abdu'l-Baha to Goodall Cooper & Wise.
Subjects: He denies saying NY will sink to the bottom of the ocean. About the Center of the Covenant. Warns: to not accept statements saying they come from 'Abdu'l-Baha if He has not written & signed it.
Comment: Statements similar to some found in 52.
See: 98, 189, 266, 310, 416, 442, 443, 459, 461
See, also: 7-page pilgrim notes of Wise, 1912 file
Pod: 172 same notes, same typing, clearer to read. 351 is a longer version-6 pages.

130.
Date, Oct. 18, 1904, Acca, 1p.
>>> Pilgrims note, an extract of a letter from Anna Watson
Subject: About a dream 'Abdu'l-Baha had re: current (1904) American Baha'is not being united

131.
Dates; Aug. 12, 1914, Apr. 2, 1910, undated & SOW, 1p.
>>> Extracts (4): Titled "Extracts from the Words of Abdul Baha on Violation"
> # 1: Extract of a Tablet to Mr. Wilhelm, 8/12/12
> # 2: Extract of a Tablet to Alma Knobloch
> # 3: Quote from a Tablet: This excerpt found in SOW: vol. 4, p. 174.
> # 4: Tablet: This excerpt found in SOW: vol. 4, p. 174.
Subject: Covenant Breakers--Violation (For more on subject see: SOW: vol. 4, p. 174)
Moved to behind 52

132. A - B
Date, evening, Oct. 31, 1912, at Plaza Hotel, Chicago, 2 pp.
Interpreting Ameen U. Fareed, stenographically taken by Gertrude Buikema
>>> A Talk, to Mary Lesch, Mrs. Lanyon, Mrs. Slater, G. Buikema
Found in PUP p. 381, different Words in PUP.
Subject: Violation & Covenant Breakers
>>> Plus extra stuff NOT Found in PUP
Description: 3 Q & A--(132-B) on same subject
one question, for example: As to how one would know a Nakazeen (Covenant Breaker) He replied, "Would you know a donkey if you saw one?"
Same as 308
Moved to behind 52

133. A - B
Date, Nov. 28, 1909, parlor adjoining Corinthian Hall, Masonic Temple, Chicago, 2 pp.
>>> A Lesson (part of) given by Albert Windust
Bible Subject: Creation, Adam, the Word made flesh, 5 days of creation
See 139-B & C shows these same stages
Comments: A good lesson. Albert has tamed some of the allusions of the Bible regarding progressive revelation and the maturing of man.

134.
Date, Apr. 1909, translated in Akka, 1p.
>>> Pilgrim note (or could be Tablet?) to I. D. Brittingham
Bible Subject: Ten plagues of Egypt

135. A - M (There is no page "K")
No date, 12 pp.
>>> Pilgrims note, pilgrim not identified.
Bible Subjects; This is a verse by verse explanation of the Book of John Ch. VIII.
And also re: the temptation of Christ (135 M)
Subject: Also, personal stories about the holy Family. (135 I - J)

+ I made an electronic version
136. A - C
Date, "translated in Akka, received Apr. 1909", 3 pp.
>>> Pilgrims note (or could be Tablet?) to I. D. Brittingham
Bible Subject: Explanation of Revelations, Ch. XVI, verse by verse.

137.
No date or trans. given, 1p.
>>> Tablet---an extract---receiver of Tablet unidentified.
Quote: "Is it just that we should sit silent and sorrowful and become speechless? No, by God! This is not attitude of gratitude, but the essence of unfairness and negligence!"
See 69

138. A - E
No date given, 5 pp.
>>> Pilgrims note--maybe--source unidentified
Bible subject: Lesson on Adam & Eve.

139. A - C
No date or trans. given, 3 pp.
>>> Tablet to a Paris believer
Bible subject: Progressive Revelation
Subject: Next world, progress of man after death depends on the generosity of God.
See 133--same stages

140. A - C
No date or trans. given, 3 pp.
>>> Pilgrims note (?), titled "Book of Enoch"
Bible subjects, A - C: Book of Enoch, Seven heavens, Messenger, "seventy thousand veils he wore to hide the brightness"
>>> Extract from Baha'u'llah, unidentified (140-C)
Quote from Baha'u'llah -C, "Thou hast been associate with Me and hast seen the Sun of the Heavens of My Wisdom and the surges of the Sea of My Utterances when we were behind seventy thousand barriers of light. Verily, thy Lord is the faithful, the perfect!"
Pod: 141, 163, 447, 62, 158, 165

141.
Date, from A. Sohrab's Diary, Oct. 4, 1913, 1p.
>>> Tablet from Baha'u'llah, unidentified
First line: "In the Name of the Wise, the Might! This is the day in which the Throne is amongst the tribes (of Israel); is calling for the inhabitants of the earth and is summoning to the glorification and sanctification of the Almighty"
See: 140
Bible subject: The Lamb. The city hath no need of the sun; no light of the moon to shine in it.

142.
No date or trans. given, (circa, 1900), 1p.
>>> Pilgrims note (or Tablet?) "Instructions given by Abdul Baha to Mrs. Thornburg Cropper"
Found in my 1900 pn file, identifies these notes as "about 1900" and taken in Akka.
Subjects; Christian Science is mentioned.
Prophecy: Restated--When technology reaches the east, the Faith will spread quickly.

143.
Date revealed, Oct. 24, 1903, trans., Dec. 26, 1903, by Fareed Ameen, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mrs. I. D. Brittingham
Bible subjects: Meaning of "the beginning of Creation" & second birth, born again;
Sex (male & female) has only to do with the material world, nothing to do with the spirit; next world.
Same as 286 --DO NOT READ THIS COPY --read 286, it's a lot clearer.
Moved to behind 286

144. A - B
No date or trans. given, 2 pp.
>>> Tablet
Bible subjects: On misunderstanding of Prophecy. Metaphor on why Christians' understanding of things is not correct.
Quote: "Whatever thou hast. . .heard was fancy. . .was tradition, not vision for it was but an explanation concerning the raising of the Sun and the explanation was during the night."
Pod: 451

145. A - B
Date trans., Jul. 3, 1906, by Mirza Ahmad Esphahani in Wash. D. C., 2 pp.
>>> Tablet
Subject: Prophecy, when the Faith reaches a certain stage it will spread very quickly and even to the "insects below the earth." (those without sight)

146.
No date or trans. given, 1p.
>>> Pilgrim note or Tablet ? attributed as "Words of Abdul Baha"
Subject: How to recognize a Great Master. 9 conditions.
Pod: 327--the same document, same typing

147. A - F
Date, Friday evening, Feb. 14, 1913, 15 Rue de Greuze, Paris, 6 pp.
>>> A Talk--this Talk appears Not to be in ADP.
Bible subject: Prophecy, how to calculate when to have expected the Bab & about the 4 proofs of a Manifestation. Page 4 mentions "Surat Ulkyl" was printed in India 22 years ago and is about the prophecy of Baha'u'llah.

+ Electronic copy can be found at:
http://bahai-library.com/guardian/easy.familiarity.html
148. A - B
2 pp.
>>> Pilgrim notes (2)
> Pilgrim notes of Ann Boylan, date, Jun. 7, 1912
Subject: PN are about men and woman embracing.
Same as 431, same pn of Ann Boylan, different typing
> Pilgrim notes of Harriet M.Wise on Psychic Forces, Jun. 9 to 21, 1912
Subject: warns Miss Buckton not to tamper with psychic forces.
Same as 351-B(3) & 356 as Wise's note re: Miss Buckton

149.
Date, Sept. 1905, 1p.
>>> Letter, an excerpt, written by Mirza Assad Ullah
>>> Tablet to Mirza Assad Ullah & Khanum Zeah from 'Abdu'l-Baha is in the letter
Subject: Marriage
Pod: 217

150.
Date trans., Aug. 1, 1907, by M. Ahmed Esphahani, Wash. D. C., 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mrs. Rosa V. Winterburn
Subject: Marriage between a believer and a non-believer is permitted, but the believer must not rest until the second believes.

151.
No date, 1p.
>>> Compilation from Tablets & Talks
Subject: Explanation of the Greatest Name
See 152 & 14

152. A - B
Date, 1903, 2 pp.
>>> Compiled by I. B. Brittingham in 1903
Subject: Explanation of the Greatest Name, Ring stone symbol, Allah o Abha, etc.
Bible subjects: Rev. and the New Jerusalem.
Pod: 152, 296, 14, same documents/different typing, 296 same typing as 14. 296 best to read.

153. A - C
Date trans., Oct. 1914, at the home of Baha'u'llah, Acca Syria, by M. A. Sohrab, 3 pp.
>>> Tablet to an undisclosed person in London, England
Subject: Prophecy--'Abdu'l-Baha quotes Baha'u'llah "the Balkans will become a volcano."
Same as 213, same Tablet/different translation, 153 is difficult to read, read 213 instead
Moved to behind 168

154.
Date trans., Oct. 17, 1906, by M. A. Eshpahani, 1p.
>>> Tablet to a believer in America
Subject: La Hague Congress will not be the Cause of Universal Peace. Cause of war
Quote: "The Congress of the La Hague is as follows; The wine sellers call a meeting so that they may discuss the evils of wine and remove from the world the drinking of wine yet their own vocation is wine selling."

155. A - E
Date, Oct. 20, 1912, at Lankershim Hotel, LA, 5 pp.
>>> A Talk -- NOT IN PUP
Subject: About the LA believers. Mentions Thornton Chase & His visit to that site.
Moved to behind 89

156.
>>> Tablet of Baha'u'llah to the "Rulers of America" from the Akdas.
Subject: He tells them to crush the great oppressors.
Moved to behind 161

157. (a lost page--italicized-print--this is 1^st page)
Date, May 1, 1912, between 7 & 8 in the morning, Plaza Hotel, 1p.
>>> A Talk to 13 "delegates from California"
Subject: Contains historical information, Race is discussed
Moved to behind 89

158.
Date trans., Aug. 16, 1910, by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mr. & Mrs. William H. Replogle, a photographer
Quote: "May the surface of your heart reflect the picture of the Supreme Concourse."
Moved to behind 141

159.
>>> A poem by Henry Van Dyke
Moved to behind 489

160.
>>> A story--The legend of Camel-Back Mountain, by Annie Fellows Johnston
Moved to behind 489

161. A - B
2 pp.
>>> Tablet of Baha'u'llah to the Czar or Russia,
Found in Proclamation of Baha'u'llah, p 27-30, a different translation.

162. Lost page, (this is page 3, the final page, typed on legal sized paper)
>>> Pilgrim note--maybe--as this is a lost page it is impossible to determine it's source.
Title: "The Pope and the station of Peter"
Comments: this does read like a pilgrim note, example: "Let me now compare the words of Christ to the lives of the Popes."
Bible subject: Peter, Christ & the Pope
Moved to behind 135

163. A - B Lost pages, (these are numbered 2 & 3)
Date, trans., Mar. 8, 1903, Washington D. C. by A. K. Khan, 2 pp.
>>> Tablet
Bible subjects: Three days before Christ's believers became firm, & resurrection of the body of Christ
Subject: As to the light thou witnessed; it is a Heavenly not earthly light.
Moved to behind 141

164. Lost page
Date trans. (gleaned from 309-B), Oct. 27, 1903, by A. K. Khan, 1p.
>>> Tablet, an extract, to an American believer
Exhortation: "You should adhere to that what hath issued from My Pen."
Subject: About love & unity
Quote: "When love is obtained, the mystery of Truth will become manifest."
Same as 309 same document, but is longer. 309 has a 2^nd page
Same as 199 also without the 2^nd page
See 98--content very similar
Moved to behind 56

165.
1p.
>>> Tablet of Baha'u'llah, excerpt of the Igan
Subject: About the power contained in the sand wherein the blood of the martyr Hosein was sprinkled. Miracle? Miraculous healing
Moved to behind 141

166.
Date, 1909, 1p.
>>> Not sure what this is--[signed--initials maybe are E. C. G. (Getsinger)-maybe not]
Subject: Mashrak el Azkar
Moved to behind 78

167. A - F
6 pp.
>>> Baha'u'llah Tablet to the Pope.
Excerpts of this Tablet are found in "Proclamation of Baha'u'llah" pages 83-86, whereas this document, although a different translation, appears to be the entire Text.

168. A - F
6 pp.
>>> Baha'u'llah Tablet to Queen Victoria.
Excerpts of this Tablet are found in "Proclamation of Baha'u'llah", p. 31, whereas this document, although a different translation, appears to be the complete Tablet.
See 190, 311
Pod: these are of WWI, or war information, historical; 21, 22, 123-D, 153, 202, 213, 203, 214, 215, 220, 221, 222, 229, 230, 231, 232, 244, 243, 252, 262, 263, 312, 446, 500-B, an extra, see below.

+ I made an electronic copy.
Extra: 1924 re: 1918
>>> Pilgrim Note of Madame Kuli Khan
Subject: This is a second hand account reported by Madame Kuli Khan as told to her by Shoghi Effendi re: 'Abdu'l-Baha praying in the Shrines near the end of WWI using the prayer Ya Allah el Mustaghas
See 47

169. A - J (some lost pages here, but the complete thing is in my 1900 file of pn)
Date, Nov. 21, 1900, through, Dec. 2^nd, 10 pp.
>>> Pilgrim Notes of Miss Alma Albertson of Chicago-other pilgrims were there.
Published as: "Table Talks with Abdul Baha Abbas Regarding Re-incarnation Mystery
of Self-sacrifice and other subjects" Found in my 1900 file. (Rabb B-6)
Comments: Neither 169, nor "Table Talks", identify this pilgrim as AA,
however, in a file at the US Nat'l Archives, (Rabb B-6), a retyping of this publication
identifies them as the pilgrim notes of AA. 169 is the pn part of "Table Talks"
& not the Tablet. 272 is the Tablet & not the pn.
Bible subjects: Bible explanations
Subject: on page marked 11 (#H) He talks of earth changes which erase memory of all past incidents.
He quotes the Bab, "Before the appearance of the 1^st Adam an hundred thousand Adams appeared upon the earth, but in these days the people only know the Adam which came 5000 years ago."

170.
No date given, trans. by Dr. Fareed, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mrs. C. Cline. This name may be accurate, but it was handwritten in later.
Subject: He confirms that a vision she had was true. & says "My Soul was with Mrs. Nash."
See 171
Moved to behind 33

171. Maybe a lost page--this is marked with a (-3-)[but this Tablet is complete]
No date given, trans. by Mirza Ameen Ullah, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mrs. Ella T. Nash
Subject: He says He addresses those who address Him "in spirit or vision"
See 170
Moved to behind 33

172.
See 351--longer version, 1p.
Moved to behind 129, same document/same typing

173.
Moved to in front of 58, this is a duplicate of 130, 1p.

174. A - B
Date trans., Jan. 1, 1907, by Esphahani, 2 pp.
>>> Tablet to New York
Subject: 'Abdu'l-Baha denies that He is a Manifestation of God, that He is not the return of Christ & who He is. He is "Servant"
Quote: "Abdul Baha is the Ensign of the Most Great Peace"
Moved to behind 56

175.
Date trans., Aug. 6, 1914, by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, Haifa Syria, 1p.
>>> Tablet, an extract (see 461 for Tablet), to Joseph Hannen, Washington D. C.
Subject: Opposition, Covenant Breakers, Violators
Prophecy: "Letters will come in the future from people of doubt return them with concise, full & sweeping answers that we are firm in the covenant."
Same as 461, 461 shows the complete Tablet
Moved to behind 52

176.
No date or trans. given, 1p.
>>> Tablet to "Oh Thou who art attracted to God, may God uphold thee." (signed E E)
Subject: Redeeming thy self and healing of disease by laying on of hands, station
Quote: ". . .he who is filled with the Love of Baha [so that nothing will be left of thee] and forgets all things, the Holy Spirit will be heard from his lips and the Spirit of Life will fill his heart, the Lights of the Sign will shine forth from his face, the words will issue from his mouth in strands of pearls, and all sickness and disease will be healed by the laying on of the hands."
Same as 182, different typing

177.
Date trans., Jul. 30, 1919, by Shoghi Rabbani, 1p.
>>> Tablet, an excerpt, to Martha Root, Cambridge Springs, PA
Found in SOW: vol. X, #12, p. 234
Subject: the book of the Covenant by Baha'u'llah, his last Tablet.
Moved to behind 52

178.
As told in, Jan. 1913, then retold in a letter, Feb. 26, 1917, 1p.
>>> An account from Jenabi Hassan Abeeb, a Hand of the Cause to Amatola 'Alla (Dr. Moody) then retold to Elizabeth Stewart and retold by her in a letter to I. D. Brittingham
Subject: About the martyr of Kurrat'lAyn (Tahirih).
Moved to behind 39

179.
Date trans., Aug. 21, 1919, by Eshte Al Kalantar, Paris, 1p.
>>> Tablet through Mrs. Standard "To the beloved of God and the Maid-servants of the Merciful"
Subject: Work is worship, "that a farmer who engages in tilling & cutting his farm with utmost humility and supplication. . .that laborer. . .is as engaged in prayer."
Same as Tablet 242, different typing--& is a clearer copy.

180.
Date of 'Abdu'l-Baha's time, Acca, the Pope had just died, 3 pp.
>>> Pilgrims notes, the writer of the pn is not identified, but the notes say, "Madame J asked". (This maybe a clue to what group of pilgrims this may be from.)
Comments: one pope died in 1903 & another in 1914
Questions: 1. Re: the spiritual condition of the recently departed Pope.
2. 180-C, Can our friends see us from the spiritual World?
3. 180-C, Re: Reincarnation: When one leaves here will he ever return? "No, When a bird leaves a cage it does not wish to return."
Moved to behind 43.

181.
Date., Oct. 19-24, 1900, 1p.
>>> Pilgrim notes of Miss Barney. (She later became Mrs. Dreyfus)
Subject: Christ, Bible
Quotes: "Open your souls that the divine Light may shine"
Story about Christ: "During a terrible storm Christ wondered on the mountain seeking shelter; a den of wild beasts is all He found, and that was the beloved Son of God."

182.
Moved to behind 176--different typing, same Tablet, 1p.

183.
Moved to behind 2--different typing, same Tablet, 1p.

184.
See 19. Same Tablet/different, but almost identical, typing, 1p.

185. A - D
Date trans., Sept. 24, 1924, by Foad Ashraf, Tihran, Feb. 1908, 4 pp.
>>> Tablet "revealed for a Christian" given by Dr. Moody to Beatrice Irwin.
359 dates this as "to a lady who visited Acre in Feb. 1908."
Tablet called "The Seven Candles of Unity"
Found in WOB, p. 38, 9, but this is a different translation.
Comments: The 5^th candle in this translation is "The Oneness of Nativity". I find that word-choice helpful in understanding the Tablet.
See more on "nativity" 86 (a), 117
Same as Seven Candles of Unity, different translations 359, 407
Pod: 209 (similar topic)

186.
Date trans., "about 1902", by Ameen Ullah, 1p.
>>> Tablet to "O thou venerable questioner!"
Subject: Comparing the Kingdom of God and Dominion, He says the Bab, before & after His coming here, was in the Divine World, corporeal world
Moved to behind 43

187. A - B
No date or trans. given, 2 pp.
>>> Compilation "from Talks by Abdul Baha" (maybe from pilgrim notes)
Titled "The Exaltation of the Poor"
Subject: Says Christ's statement that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter Heaven is His exaltation of the poor. (Bible subject)
See 83

188. A - B
Date trans., Mar. 27, 1900, by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, 2 pp.
>>> Tablet to (or perhaps only the typist) D. W. G.
Opening line: "In truth thou hast been thrown amidst dire ordeals. . ."
Subject: He tells why tests & difficulties are good for us. Wisdom of Tribulations.
Bible subject: He talks about Job
Moved to behind 48

189.
No date, but quotes from WOB, 1p.
>>> Compilation compiled by Doris Goodrick, titled "The Pure Word" Sources given.
Subject: Baha'is must base their words on Text and not on opinion or pilgrim notes.
See: 98, 129, 266, 310, 416, 442, 443, 459, 461
Moved to behind 52

190.
Date trans., Jan. 30, 1917, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, a famous poetess.
Opening line: "O thou eloquent and fluent poetess"
Clarified Words:
There is a hand drawn asterisk in the right hand margin.
This asterisk does not appear on the photocopies. It was inadvertently cut off.
This is an important piece of information. Find your copy and draw this asterisk in the margin just to the right of the hand drawn line in paragraph 3 that leads out to the right-hand margin.
Shown at the bottom of this document, the typist discovered that 6 words had been dropped between the words "become" and "intoxicated". The asterisk "or star" tells you where to insert them. The 6 words are:
". . .fresh and blooming. Shouldst thou become. . ."
Comments: The original of this was lost in the mail during WWI, but a copy was buried in the ground at Haifa and was unearthed later. (1920) See note at bottom of the page.
Subject: It is regarding the death of her husband. He gives an analogy of an owl den and a sweet singing nightingale & says the blessed souls do not wish to be established in this wilderness of a world. That their separation is temporary, but that in reality, the husband is not lost or absent. That she should seek to attain the station where absence & presence become identical. Historical, WWI
Moved to behind 33.

191.
1p.
>>> Prayers (two)
> 1^st Prayer: No date given, trans. by Ahmad Sohrab, Washington D. C.,
Subject: It is known as the Spiritual Assembly prayer & found in Am. P. B.
> 2^nd Prayer "from page 74, Old Hidden Words"
Titled, (the 2^nd one): "Prayer for Illumination"
Quote: "I ask Thee. . .to point out to Thy servants Thy straight pathway"

192.
1p.
>>> Compilation of excerpts of 4 Tablets
> Tablet 1: No date, "From a Tablet to the Jews"
Prophecy: Of the Jews returning to Israel.
> Tablet 2: Sept. 30, 1913, "To a Chicago lady"
Prophecy: "In the next Century there will not remain one Nakazeen."
> Tablet 3: 1913, "to an American believer"
Subject: He advises against Baha'is taking other Baha'is to court.
> Tablet 4: Tablet to H. C. W.
Excerpt of a Tablet on marriage & divorce
Moved to behind 83

193.
1p.
>>> Compilation, 2 parts
Bible subject: Bible references to "the (Baha'i) Temple"
Subject: Mashrak-el-Askar
Moved to behind 78

194. Either cut off at bottom or a lost page--maybe both
No date or trans. given, 1p.
>>> Compilation, 5 parts
> 1^st Tablet, to Ali Kuli Khan & to Mirza Abul Fazl,
> 2^nd "From early notes taken in Acca"
> 3^rd 2 extracts from Aqdas
> 4^th Quote from 'Abdu'l-Baha
> 5^th "The Beyond" a poem--the bottom cut off.
Subject: Prayer & fasting, Mashrak-el-Askar & more
See 49
Moved to behind 78

195.
No date or trans. given, 1p.
>>> Tablet, an extract, to a Paris believer
Subject: on Happiness or the Honorable station
Moved to behind 48

+ Electronic copy can be found at the URL
196.
Date trans., Jul. 1909, by Dr. Ameen U. Fareed, 1p.
Found at: http://www.bahai-library.com/provisionals/women.html
>>> Tablet to Mrs. True
Subject: Men & women being equal in all things save as members of the Universal House of Justice, Concerning the building of the Mashrak-el-Askar
Moved to behind 78

197.
1p.
>>> Tablets (2),
> 1^st Tablet: "his honor Dr. E. C. Getsinger", trans. Mirza Ahmad Esphahani, no date
Comments: 260, of which I've made an electronic copy, & 197 go together.
260 mentions a missing Tablet. 197 appears to be it.
Subject: Teaching & money, that one does not need to be rich to teach, teaching requires the confirmation of the Holy Spirit & not the means of substance.
See: 260, 303, 479-B
> 2^nd Tablet to "members of the LSA, Santa Paula, date, Nov. 12, 1919, Haifa
Subject: prayer at dawn--See 67-B
Quote: "that each one of ye may at dawn turn unto the Holy Land & may experience spiritual emotions with all their intensity."
Moved to behind 39

198.
Date trans., Jun. 2, 1919, by Shoghi Rabbani, Haifa, 1p.
>>> Tablet & 2 Prayers.
> Tablet issued after the death of Mrs. Hearst for her everlasting honor.
> 2 Prayers from "old Hidden Words p. 82"
241 is the same Tablet/different typing, minus the two prayers from Old Hidden Words.
Moved to behind 39

199. Lost page (found in 309), 1p.
Same as 164, different typing & 448 also missing 2^nd page
309 has the second page.
See 98, similar content
See 164 for notes
Moved to behind 56

200.
1p.
>>> Tablet (2)
> 1^st Tablet: Victoria Bedikian, Montclair, NJ, trans., Jul. 23, 1919, by Shoghi Rabbani
Subject: helping poor & orphans. Says helping the poor of Syria even more acceptable.
> 2^nd Tablet: received in NY, Apr. 27, 1904.
Subject: Unity among the Friends & Health, says listen to the Physician
Comments: Is He discussing doctors about health, or about, healing disunity through Divine Words?
Pod: 455, 456
Also see 39 & 222

201.
Date, 1900
>>> Pilgrim notes to "some American pilgrims" (typist D. W. G.), 1p.
Subject: children, man & gardens all require cultivation; for garden--gardeners; for children--teachers & for Mankind--Manifestations.

202.
Date, End of WWI, from a letter to Tudor Pole, it was sent to Mrs. Claudia Coles, Dec. 1918 & received in Washington D. C., Jan. 18, 1919, 1p.
>>> Prayer revealed by 'Abdu'l-Baha, it was sent to Tudor Pole in a letter written by S. Rabbani.
Subject: Prayer was to celebrate the end of the WWI!
Moved to behind 168

203.
Date, Jun. 20, 1920, this is a response to a letter written 6/20/20, 1p.
>>> Tablet, an excerpt, to Ahmad Khan Yazdani, the Hague
Comments: This appears to be a quoting of an excerpt of a Tablet from 'Abdu'l-Baha.
This quoting of the Tablet is in a letter from Albert R. Veil to Louis Gregory.
Subject: Prophecy by 'Abdu'l-Baha (WWII): that "a more terrible war will assuredly take place"
Moved to behind 168.

204.
No date or trans. given, 1p.
>>> Tablet, an extract, to Mrs. Dealy
Subject: an individual's trials & tribulations--should feel honored.
Moved to behind 48

205.
No date given, 1p.
>>> Pilgrim notes of Mary Lesch, recorded by C.M.B.
Subject: Prayer & Fasting, capitol punishment & true penitence
Moved to behind 49

206.
Date, Nov. 23, 1919, 1p.
>>> Pilgrim notes of Mr. Vail (typist D. W. G.)
Subject: Teaching, 'Abdu'l-Baha suggests to pick out sincere souls to teach the Faith & invite them to your home for dinner.

207. A - C
No date given, 3 pp.
>>> Tablets, extracts, "for American Believers" (Copied from an old compilation--D.W.G.)
Bible subjects: about Christ, His Station, coming, etc.
Moved to behind 110

208.
Moved to behind 624-the Shoghi Effendi era letters.

209. A - C
Date, Apr. 16, 1912, 3 pp.
>>> A Talk
Found in PUP, p 18-20
Subject: Prophecy that the world will become one nation! & the Most Great Peace will come.
Moved to behind 185

210.
Date trans., Dec. 1(or 11?), 1906 & Dec. 14, 1906, both by M. A. Esphahani, 1p.
>>> Tablets (2)
> 1^st Tablet:
Subject: is an explanation of "He is God" that is always written above the Tablets
> 2^nd Tablet:
Subject: Cause of God is one Cause--Baha'u'llah & Christ; one Cause, one spring.
Moved to behind 110

+ I made an electronic copy of this
211. A - B [omit page C]
Date, Apr. 15, 1907, handwritten, 2 pp.
Comments: When I made the electronic copy, I had the date as 1917. That is incorrect. I sent this copy to friends world-wide with wrong date, then later sent a correction--TL
>>> Pilgrim notes from an unidentified pilgrim
Subject: Questions concerning; communicating with others who are evil who have passed away; communicating with those who have passed away; & Hell: an explanation of a verse in the Koran about Hell
Moved to behind 43

212.
No date given, 1p.
>>> A paper by I. D. Brittingham
Comments: this seems to elevate 'Abdu'l-Baha to the station of prophethood.
Bible subjects: Quotes many passages of the Bible that are suppose to point to the Most Great Peace.
Moved to behind 56

213. A - B
2 pp.
>>> Tablets (2) Published on both sides & folded in half making a 4-page tract
> 1^st Tablet: see notes for 153--as this is the same Tablet/different typing
Same as 153, see notes for 153. 213 is easier to read.
> 2^nd Tablet: date trans., Nov. 25, 1914, by Loftullah S. Hakim, in London
Subject: 'Abdu'l-Baha had sent a Tablet widely circulated to Baha'is in Persia that because of His trip west did not bring about large-scale acceptance of Baha'u'llah that the Great War (WWI) was inevitable.
Moved to behind 168

214.
Date, circa 1918-right after WWI, 1p.
>>> Tablet "To the Friends of God & the maid-servants of the Merciful. British Isles."
Clarified Words: The last four lines on page 215-A are as follows:
"we have been occupied with ourselves. The intoxication of
passion seized us; we have taken the road of heedlessness and blindness; have abandoned the path of guidance and have chosen the path of obstinacy and forgotten the commandments of the"
Subject: Praises them for their steadfastness. Uses the "salt of the earth" quote. Bible
Moved to behind 168

215. A - D
Date revealed sometime during WWI, 1914-1918, 4 pp.
>>> Prayer--a long one-- Revealed to the Persian Believers to pray for an end to WWI
Move to behind 168

216. [omit] was an outside cover of a folder

217.
Date trans., May 7, 1920, NYC, 1p.
>>> Tablet & Prayer to/for Mirza Ahmad Sohrab & his wife.
Subject: marriage between east & west & a marriage prayer to be recited together
Move to behind 149

218. [omit] --inside title page

219. [omit] --inside title page

220.
Date, Oct. 4, 1918, [WWI officially ended, Nov. 11, 1918], 1p.
>>> Letter written on SOW letterhead.
Subject: Announcing that the Master is well.
Moved to behind 168

221.
Date, Oct. 10, 1918 (1919?), 1p.
>>> Letter written by Dr. Bagdadi
Subject: that during the war Mohammad Ali caused trouble for 'Abdu'l-Baha & caused Jawad Pasha, a Turkish general to proclaim that after he took Egypt he would crucify 'Abdu'l-Baha as they had done to Jesus. Historical, WWI
Moved to behind 168

222.
Date trans., Dec. 30, 1918, by Shogi Rabbani, rec'd in London 2/17/19, 1p.
>>> Tablet to the Maidservant of God, "Roseh", London
Subject: mentions His danger during the war & Mirza Lotullah's services during the war caring for the injured solders. Historical, WWI
See 39 & 200
Moved to behind 168

223.
Date trans., Jan. 28, 1919, by Shoghi Rabbani, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mrs. Grace Holly-Visalia, Calif.
Bible subject: born again "the one who is born of the flesh is flesh & the one born of the sprit is spirit, ye must be born again."
Moved to behind 286

224.
Date, Ridvan, 1919, 1p.
>>> Letter from LA Baha'i community to 'Abdu'l-Baha
Subject: they pledged their support of/to Him.

225.
Date trans., Jan. 10, 1919, by Shoghi Rabbani, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Geraldine Luxmore, Akron, Ohio
Subject: [the dream letter]--says He travels to America in sprit & in soul.
Moved to behind 33

226.
Date trans., Aug. 31, 1921, by Rouhi Afnan, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Jessie Revell
Subject: gives her permission to come on pilgrimage "in the winter" [He of course died in Nov.--wonder if she made it?]

227.
1p.
>>> Tablets (2?)
> A message to California, 1912.
Subject: Prophecy, California will suffer much
Quote: "To them much has been given; from them much will be expected."
> Tablet, an excerpt, to Mrs. Goodall & Mrs. Cooper, date trans., Jan. 3, 1919, by Shoghi Rabbani
Subject: Prophecy says California shall be steadfast

228.
Date given as published in SOW is wrong, 1p.
>>> Tablet
Comment: This document says this Tablet, or excerpt of a Tablet, is found in SOW: Sept. 1913, issue. That would be SOW: vol. IV, #10, however these words are not to be found in that issue, neither in the English, nor the Persian.
Subject: re: Assemblies

229.
Date trans., Feb. 1919, Persia, by Dr. S. I. Moody & Mirza Farajollah Khan, 1p.
>>> Letter dated, Sept. 25, 1918, from Mirza Azizollah Shirazi to Mirza M'hm'd
Subject: Historical account to the end of the WWI in Haifa.
Moved to behind 168

230. A - B, 2 pp.
>>> Tablet & a newspaper clipping attached
> Tablet 230-B "To the Believers of Egypt" 1^st tablet to reach Egypt after WWI.
Date trans., Feb. 1919, by Dr. S. I. Moody & Mirza Fafajollah Khan
Subject: Telling the Friends in Egypt that He was OK & also giving some historical accounts of the end of the War.
> Newspaper clipping LA Times 7/6/1919--glued to 230-B
Subject: It gives historical information to the end of the war.
Both moved to behind 168

231.
Date trans., Jan. 30, 1919, by Shoghi Rabbani, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Roy Herrick, France
Subject: explains that the prophecy that World Peace will come after WWI, means "eventually". He tells them not to come on pilgrimage because He's awaiting Americans to come who can go to Persia.
See 252 & See Fugita's pilgrim notes in the 1919 file.
Moved to behind 168

232. A - B
Date, Apr. 9, 1919, 2 pp.
>>> Letter from Convention & Congress Committee to the Friends of US & Canada
Subject: gives historical Accounts of WWI
Quote: "Mirza Ahmad has brought the story of the terrible suffering of the people in Syria during the war. He tells us that during the days & the middle of the nights one could hear the cries of the starving crying hungry, hungry, hungry."

233.
Date trans., Jun. 3, 1919, by Shoghie Rabbani, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mrs. Mary Rabb---[Another Tablet to Rabb 298]
Quote: "The teacher is like unto a Farmer who sows a seed."
Bible subject: Born again
Moved to behind 286

234.
Date trans., Jun. 2, 1919, by Shoghie Rabbani, 1p.
>>> Tablet to LA Spiritual Assembly
Subject: Shun every from of dispute, opposition, violators, covenant breakers.
Moved to behind 52

235.
Date trans., Apr. 1919, by Shoghie Rabbani, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Sophia Engelhorn
Subject: A letter of encouragement

236.
Date, Aug. 19, 1919, 1p.
>>> Letter from the Portland Assembly to "Baha'i Friends"
Subject: concerning Mashrak el Adkar
Moved to behind 78

237.
Date, Jun. 8, 1919, 1p.
>>> Shogi Rabbani Diary notes, Re: Mashrak-el-Azkar
Moved to behind 620
See 620 for more diary notes

238.
Date trans., Mar. 31, 1919, by Shogi Rabbani, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mrs. Frankland, Berkly, Calif.
Subject: letter of encouragement, mentions "unseen confirmations"

239.
Date, winter of 1919, or 1920, 1p.
>>> Pilgrim notes of Maryan Stannard--a letter to "Dear Friend & Sister"
Comment: These very insightful remarks seem to come from one more than a pilgrim as if she were living and working there. But perhaps not.
Subject: Maryan mentions how unusual & hard working Shoghie Effendi is. Some insight to the early Shoghi Effendi. She also mentions 'Abdu'l-Baha.
See 262

240.
Date trans., Jun. 2, 1919, by Shoghi Rabbani, 1p.
>>> Tablet, an extract, to Mrs. Cooper
Subject: Opposition, Violation
Bible subject: mentions events during the time of Christ
Moved to behind 52

241.
Same as 198, 1p.
Moved to behind 39

242. Same as 179, see notes for 179, 1p.
See 262
Moved to behind 179

243.
Date, Jun. 18, 1919, 1p.
>>> Tablet to the Honorable William Sulzer ex-governor, NY,
copied from "The World"
Subject: Prophecy
Quote; "This Great Tribunal must be the guarantor of universal peace." "The members of which shall be composed of the best men & women."
See Fugita's pilgrim notes 1919 file mentions this letter
Moved to behind 168

244.
Date trans., Jul. 16, 1920, by Shogie Rabbani, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Roberta Balfour, Thudichum, Calif.
Subject: Re: WWI, historical, health, He talks about diseases that originate because of warfare, about His lost hope, that mankind will not awaken because of these horrible incidents. He sees, now, that mankind will not be awakened due to such calamities.
Moved to behind 168

245.
Date trans., Jul. 16, 1919, by Shoghi Rabbani, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Anna Roberta, Thudichum, Calif.
Subject: He talks about "bounties" & says they are conditioned upon firmness & steadfastness.

246.
Date trans., Jul. 16, 1919, by Shogie Rabbani, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Arbella Balfour, Thudichum, Calif.
Quote: "When thou attainist to this lofty station, thou shalt soar on the wings of joy."

247.
Date trans., Mar. 28, 1920, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Roberta Balfour, Carmel, Calif. (same name as in 244)
Subject: Mr. Hannen passed from this world to the next world. He makes comparisons of the two worlds (or conditions).
Moved to behind 39

248. A - B [omit] Moved this to LA file
Date, Mar. 21, 1920, 2 pp.
>>> Letter to the LA Area Baha'is, letter is not signed--maybe from the Assembly.
Subject: It is an announcement & description of the first Spiritual Assembly of LA
The name of all nine members is stated.

249.
Date, Dec. 27, 1916, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Roy C. Wilhelm
Subject: Quotes Koran "The believing souls who are in the utmost sincerity & steadfstness will undoubtedly become confirmed & assisted."
Quote: "the foundation of the Mashrak el Askar will be laid next year"
Moved to behind 78

250. [omit] it's the same as 25 & 502.

251.
Date trans., Dec. 6, 1919, by Shoghi Rabbani, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mrs. E. R. Mathews
Comment:: It seems Lewlie Mathews, the author of "Not Every Sea Hath Pearls", is the same person.
Subject: He confirms her desire to go to Paris & gives her advice.

252.
Date trans., Dec. 6, 1919, by Shoghi Rabbani, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Committee on Teaching
Subject: Asks that some Baha'is (American) come to Persia - see 231
See 231, also, behind 168
Moved to behind 168

253.
Date trans., Mar. 27, 1920, by Azizullah S. Bahadur, 1p.
>>> Tablet to LA
Quotes; "The world had through the rotten, out-of-date & blind imitations became like the dark night." "The people had adhered to the shell & neglected the kernel."
Moved to behind 110

254.
Date trans., Jun. 25, 1920, by Azziz'u'llah, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mr. A. W. Randall
Subject: 1) Mentions Fazel-i-Mazzandarani is a deticated Baha'i
2) Mentions Mr. Hearst, relative of Mrs. Hearst, "may that name live eternally"
Quote: "The papers of Mr. Hearst are striving for the protection of the rights of the public." See 198, also, behind 39
3) Mentions Mr. Bourgeois & that the model has been accepted & is even acceptable to Mr. Remey. Mashrak el Azkar. See 78 & the pod that follows 78.
Moved to behind 39

255.
Date, Aug. 26, 1920, 1p.
>>> Letter to His Holiness Abdul Baha Abbas from "thy maidservant"
Subject: Mentions A. W. Randall & Fazel-i-Mazandarani. She asks for intuition that she may understand the Writings with understanding & power.
See also; 254, 257 ---255 goes with 254 & 257
Moved to behind 39

256.
Date trans., Aug. 10, 1920, 1p.
>>> Tablet to (name withheld) signed Abdul Baha Abbas.
Subject: This letter tells Baha'is what to tell the Governments of "these regions"
Comment: These regions seem to be in the Middle East although not stated.

257.
Date trans., Sept. 17, 1920, by Azizullah S Bahadur, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mr. Randall
Subject: Ever since Mr. Randall has left the Holy Land, that He has been praying that he may receive Divine Confirmations.
See 254 which is behind 39
Moved to behind 39

258.
Date trans., Sept. 20, 1920, Azizullah S. Bahadur, 1p.
>>> Tablet (?) to Roy Wilhelm
Subject: Talks about how much time He spent in NY, Discusses violators of the Covenant in Chicago, Talks about crows and ravens
Quote: "Like unto loathsome worms, they are trying to lodge in the ground"
Moved to behind 52

259.
Date trans,. Nov. 26, 1919, by Azizullah S. Bahadur, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Bishop Brown
Quote: "Praise God. . .that thou hast been made of the Chosen & not the called."
Bible subject

+ I made an electronic copy.
260.
Date trans., Nov. 27, 1919, handwritten, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Edward Getsinger (penned by E. G.)
Subject: Apparently, Edward and Lua had a religious misunderstanding. Now, after her death, it is still a problem for E. G.
>>> Letter to Bert, or coda to the Tablet, (also, penned by E. G.)
Comment: He mentions a Tablet he never got. 260 may be that Tablet.
Subject: Coda to Bert, who had requested a copy of the Tablet, Edward explains what he had written to 'Abdu'l-Baha that brought back such a response.
See 197 & 303 for more understanding of the situation. Especially see 260
Moved to behind 39

261. A - B
Date trans., Nov. 29, 1917, by Zia Bagdaddi, Chicago, 2 pp.
>>> Tablet & Prayer for teaching
Found (261-B) latter part of the prayer is in the Am. Prayer Book on page 202 & 3

262 & 263. Both are the same Tablet
Date trans., Jan. 30, 1919, by Shoghi Rabbani, 1p (each-document).
>>> Tablet to Mrs. J. Stannard of London, Eng.
Subject: Historical: Post WWI comments, commends Mrs. Stannard for protecting the Friends. Also said the "safety of the Friends constituted one of the Greatest Gifts"
And that the "Standard of Universal Peace" this is "the Dawn of its Morn".
Prophecy
Moved to behind 168

264.
1p.
>>> Tablets (2)
> Tablet to His Honor Zia M. Bagdadi, Chicago, Ill., date, Apr. 25, 1919
Subject: About publishing books about the Cause: must be under the management of the Executive Board. & Do not engage in conversations that are useless.
> Tablet to Someone in Chicago, [maybe also Bagdadi,] date, May 18, 1919
Subject: He says that travel teaching trips to the area outside Chicago, weekly, is OK. He mentions Mrs. Grace Anderson in body of Tablet.

265. Maybe a lost page--this is page one.
No date--(it may have been on 2^nd page), 1p.
>>> Tablet to His Honor Zia M. Bagdadi, Chicago, Ill.
Subject: On publishing books (see 264): It is conditioned & depends upon the opinion of the Board. On race: White & Blacks become intimates. Chinese, Japanese & Hindu students may attend Baha'i meetings. Conditions vary & change so the very latest order should be followed.
The book of Mirza Mahmood Zargani maybe translated & circulated.
Dr. Barton Peeke (made a trip in 1899) is asked to be made firm.
Geo. Lesch has passed & is saying, "I wish my people knew how my Lord has forgiven me & made me the sign of mercy in the World of Light."
Moved to behind 39

266.
Date trans., Jul. 16, 1919, by Shoghi Rabbani, 1p.
>>> Tablet to A. W. Randall, Boston, Mass.
Quotes: "Baha'i unity is unachievable save through the power of the Covenant."
". . .otherwise the Baha'i Cause will be utterly undermined, every person will put forward a particular opinion & the Cause will be ruined & exterminated."
See: 98, 129, 189, 310, 416, 442, 443, 461
Moved to behind 52

267.
Date trans., Jul. 18, 1919, by Shoghie Rabbani, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Sarah Van Winkle, Boston, Mass.
Subject: Violation, He explains the Covenant to her.
Moved to behind 52

268. A - B
Date trans., Jul. 30, 1919, by Shoghi Rabbani, 2 pp.
>>> Tablet to Martha Root, Cambridge, Mass
Found, excerpted in SOW, which is the same as 117, but this is the entire Tablet.
Subject: Prophecy: The present is the dawn of Universal Peace. On Violation
Same as 117
Moved to behind 52

269. A - B
See notes for 13, 2 pp.
Same as 13 & 269, same typing
Moved to behind 52

270. A - C
Date read, Nov. 26, 1902, in Washington D. C., 3 pp.
>>> A "Paper" written by Mirza Abul Fazl
Subject: This paper extols 'Abdu'l-Baha & quotes much from the Bible. Calls Him the "Branch" & the "Mystery of God"
Comments: After reading this paper, one can see how the early believers thought of Him as the Return of Christ.
See 212 (a paper by Brittingham) which is behind 56
Moved to behind 56

271. A - D
Date, May 2, 1916, 4 pp.
>>> Convention Report --This paper is very difficult to read--poor ink.
Subject: It's pretty negative about the capacity of American Believers. It quotes 'Abdu'l-Baha as saying we as yet do not have capacity. Its intention seems to have been to get the Friends to work harder, but it surely sounds negative. A really negative report! (
Some historical stuff too. Includes quotes from 'Abdu'l-Baha that I've not seen elsewhere. Negative ones.

+ An electronic copy of this Tablet can be found on the internet. Address, below.
Be advised, there are some typos in this internet version.
272. A - D
4 pp.
>>> Tablet given to Lua Getsinger to share with the Friends
Found, as published tract, Published 1958, Teaneck, NJ & 1969 by Curtis Kelsey, AND before that, in "Table Talks with Abdul Baha Abbas Regarding Re-incarnation, Mystery of self-sacrifice and Other Subjects" by Alma Albertson from a pilgrimage in 1900. (See comments to 169.)
Comments: These 4 pages (the 4^th page is the top of 273-A) are a retyping of this document, and are not complete. In addition, the Tablet was always published with a chart that accompanied the Tablet. The chart may have been drawn by Lua Getsinger. The chart as published in "Table Talks" is less detailed than the one later published by Kelsey in 1969.
The 1969, published-by-Kelsey flyer, "Explanation of Spiritual Evolution As Taught from the Baha'i Teachings", gives the history of this Tablet as having been written by 'Abdu'l-Baha & given to Lua Getsinger along with a chart. [Shoghi Effendi, however, clarified that the chart was not drawn by the Master.] The published 1969 version is a newer translation of the Tablet than 272 or in the "Table Talks".
The published 1969 version, longer with commentary and history, AND THE CHART(!) can be found at:
http://bahai-library.com/visuals/evolution.txt.html
Click on See also a letter from the Universal House of Justice discussing this diagram, at the above URL address, for a letter from the Memorandum Dept. giving more details.
Subject: Advancement of man, reincarnation, before life, afterlife
Further comments. I have a copy of a letter written by Lua Getsinger from Haifa, where she anticipates this Tablet, as it had been already promised to her as of the letter, Oct. 1900. She also says she will be returning home next month in Nov. The pilgrim notes published with the Tablet & chart, later attributed to Alma Albertson, are from Dec. 1900, after Lua was to have left Haifa.
See 90 & 365--Same talks as each other, similar theme as 272, 273, 274 Tablet #4, 347
Moved to behind 43 (along with 273 as 272 & 273 are joined together by page 273-A)

Extra:
I have added the chart, the Memorandum letter, the 1969 publication & the Tablet as found on the internet, address above, to in front of this document.
Behind 43 (& in front of 272)

273. A - D
DO NOT TRY TO READ THIS DOCUMENT. Poor quality print---read 274 F - J, 9^th Tablet, instead.
Date as per 274, Nov. 6, 1900, 4 pp.
Comment: page 272-D & 273-A are top & bottom of the same page.
>>> Tablet to Mr. ... (name undisclosed), signed E. E. ['Abdu'l-Baha]
Subject: Mr. ? asks concerning the Spirit & it's return to this world of humanity & this element space & it's return to this world of humanity, i. e. reincarnation, afterlife
See the 9^th Tablet in 274--the same Tablet, different typing.
Moved to behind 43 (along with 272 as 272 & 273 are joined together by page 273-A)

274. A - Q [ 275 & 276]
Date, 1900, 17 pp.
>>> 16 Tablets; A compilation, "Tablets from Abdul Baha Abbas to American Bahaist 1900"
Comment: no names to whom Tables are Written.
Few dates other than 1900 for the whole collection are given.
> 1^st Tablet: a letter of encouragement
> 2^nd Tablet: a letter of encouragement
> 3^rd Tablet: a letter of encouragement
> 4^th Tablet
Subject: before life
Quote: "Amen, I say unto you that the gifts of your Lord are encircling you in a similar way as the spirit encircles the body -- at the beginning of the elements & natures in the wombs, the power of the spirit begins then to appear in the body gradually & successively according to the preparation & capacity to receive that everlasting abundance." (see 272)
> 5^th Tablet
Subject: Teaching, station
Quote: "The Holy Spirit will speak in thy mouth, the word of God will be revealed in thy heart, the Doors of success & prosperity will be opened upon thy face & the secrets of the holy Books will be unfolded, then at that time thou shalt cry at the top of thy voice saying; 'Blessed I am for this power which could not be resisted by the powers of whomsoever is upon the earth.' "
> 6^th Tablet
Quote: ". . .and distinguished thee particularly with a gift of dazzling light through which the faces of the righteous will shine."
> 7^th Tablet: a letter of encouragement
> 8^th Tablet: a letter of encouragement
> 9^th Tablet: date trans., Nov. 6, 1900, by Edward G Browne, Cambridge, Eng.
Comments: This date appears between the 9^th & 10^th Tablets. It looks as though the date belongs to 9, but could possibly be a 2^nd date for #10.
This is the same as 273, but that copy is not clear to read. Read this one instead.
Bible subject: Explanation of the Trinity.
> 10^th: Pilgrim notes "Notes of oral Teachings by our Beloved Lord": Date, Oct. 7, '00
Bible subject: "vicarious atonement"--there is not such a thing.
> 11^th Tablet to "O ye crying voices in the Region of America!"
Quote: "I know, verily that universal, never ending, eternal, bright and divine establishments are only the diffusion of the breathes of God, and all that are besides these, though they be reigning over all the regions of the earth, or the construction of railroads from earth to the heavens, or means of transportation with the rapidity of raising lightning from the globe of the earth to the globe of the Sun, are all but mortal, perishing, demolishing and disadvantageous, in comparison with the Divine establishments. Because the later (divine establishments) are intrinsic maters, while the former are but metaphoric matters; the latter are truth, while the former are imaginary."
> 12^th Tablet to a returning female pilgrim
Subject: words of a description of the Holy Land to those to at home.
> 13^th Tablet to a little boy, or perhaps a youth.
Quote: "blessing is a magnetic power that makes things drain to the horizon of El Abha."
> 14^th Tablet: a "love" letter
> 15^th Tablet to a child of the Kingdom: asking for the bounty of God.
> 16^th Tablet
Subject: Tests & trials, opposition
Quote: "As to those things published in your journals against thee, you must not be grieved nor sorry therefore, because, thousands of journals have written traducing 'Abdu'l-Baha. . ." "under these conditions silence is best."

# 275 & 276 are both part of 274 & have been renumbered as 274 C - Q.

277 - 285.
>>> 9 Tablets; all addressed to Margaret Sprague, only 3 show dates, 9 pp.
Dates; Jan. 3, 1902, Feb. 15, 1902, Nov. 3, 1903, these 3 are trans. by A. K. Kahn
Subject: All 9 Tablets mention her deep desire for martyrdom
She even wishes martyrdom for 'Abdu'l-Baha who thanks her for this.
2 Quotes of interest are: 284: "Thank God that thou hast seen me in thy vision. This indicates the purity of thy conscience & the purity of thy conscience & the sincerity of thy intention & thy abundant yearning after the kingdom of God."
285: Re: her martyrdom desire: "your attainment to this Station was not by any means than by a magnetic power of the Kingdom of El-Abba" "Be in the Station of ransom but be patient & deliver the Cause of thy Lord & draw the hearts by the magnet of the Love of God; for thy being in this world is not purpose for pleasure, lust & indulgences but for spreading the fragrance of God."
See 31: re: desire for martyrdom
All moved to behind 290

286. A - C
Date trans., Dec. 24, 1903, by Mirza Fareed Ameen, 3 pp.
>>> Tablet to Isabella Britingham
Bible subjects: Meaning of "the beginning of Creation", the nature of God, second birth, born again; woman, station, sex (male & female) has only to do with the material world, nothing to do with the spirit; next world.
This is the same Tablet as 143--286 is the clearer copy to read
See 306-B,
Pod: 223 (see 381-C), 233, 391

287.
Date received., Nov. 1904, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Sister Sanghanita
Subject: Afterlife (Bible) Souls do not become non-existent. But those souls who are attracted to the Holy Spirit, compared to those who are not, are accounted among the dead by comparison.
See, also, quote found in the introduction of "Tablets to Abdul Baha, vol. I":
"As to the question of annihilation and destruction of the Spirits: Mr. Phelps hath not fully understood the matter or else the translator hath made some mistake. It was not intended to convey the idea that the unbelieving souls are absolutely annihilated. Nay, rather, it was meant that the existence of the evil spirits in comparison to the existence of the sanctified souls was like unto annihilation. As you clearly behold, the existence of mineral in comparison with the existence of man is like unto non-being. When the body of man is destroyed and disintegrated, it returneth to the mineral."

288.
Date trans., Oct. 24, 1903, by A. K. Kahn, 1p.
>>> Tablet to a Persian believer.
Subject: How to be; how to react: avoidance is of two kinds. Teaching must be done with wisdom, achieved lovingly, gracefully, kindly.

289.
Date trans., Feb. 16, 1905, by A. M. Fareed, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mrs. J. O. Wilhelm
Subject: fasting and the Greatest Name is mentioned
A note is included: 'The word "mind" (Persian "dale") is also translated "heart". Here it is mind.'
Moved to behind 49

290.
Date trans., Oct. 5, 1906, by Ali Kuli Khan, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Isma'eel (It says Tablet revealed some years ago to a Persian Believer.)
Subject: about "death in God" This station is that of abandoning of ones desire."

291.
Date quoted., Oct. 30, 1906, by Ahmad Sohrab, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Agnes Alexander, Tokyo, Japan: Quoted in a letter from Ahmad Sohrab
Subject: about her teaching & having meetings in Japan
Quote: "All the individuals of humanity are farmers. Every soul sows a certain kind of seeds which are sown by the believers of God. That alone will obtain heavenly blessing."

292. A - C
Given in an address by Jenabe Fazel, 3 pp.
>>> Tablet of Baha'u'llah: Seven Cities-----Another 7 Valleys !!!!!!!!
Subject: Janabe says Baha'u'llah wrote 2 different Tablets to the same man, both Tablets named Seven Valleys, one in Persian & one in Arabic. Says the one that is translated into English is the Persian & then he gives the opening Passage translated into English of the Arabic Tablet.
Comment: Jenabe says He wrote two 7 Cities, or Valleys, to the same man. The, apparently 1^st one, the one in print, says near the end, "If any of the utterances of this Servant may not be comprehended. . .the same must be inquired again, that no doubt may linger". Whereas the 2^nd one, 292, has a question & answer within it. I think, therefore it likely, that the published 7 Valleys is the first, and 292 is the second, that He wrote in response to questions generated from the 1^st.
Quote: "Question: 'Will not the traveler have a definite object, in the Manifestation of God as the object of his love?' Answer: Some persons pass rapidly through these seven valleys. He who searchers for Truth, who longs to know right from wrong, seeks to find God's Manifestation for he realizes his inability to understand God's Essence. He knows there can be no salvation without the Manifestation of God. He wishes to find the mystery of Manifestation, to grasp the Center of Lights. Then he become[s] a love[er] of truth."
See 292-C, a quote about "nobility" is also in 84.

293. A - E
5 pp.
>>> Compilation
Subject: tests and the wisdom of tests

294. [omit]

295.
1p. A mystery:
Comments: This calls itself "A Talk with Abdul-Baha" It has a date, Aug. 13, 1938, Haifa, Syria.
I have no answer for the date discrepancy. Perhaps, it is the date typed.
>>> A Talk on Forgiveness & Mercy
Subject: Someone sent a clipping to the Master that states the violators of the Covenant would never be forgiven & they were lost. The sentiments in said article, so grossly misrepresented the Baha'i Principles that this Talk was given, with the suggestion that it be copied and sent to the believers. In short, the talk says, "Mercy is not restrained."
Move to behind 52.

296. A - B, 2 pp.
Same as 14 & 152---296 is the best of the 3.

297.
Date trans., May 18, 1910, by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, 1p.
>>> Tablet through Addie Dealy to Mattie Watson
Subject: Poetry (Baha'i poetry) written now will be used through out the ages!

298.
Date trans., Jul. 29, 1909, by Dr. Fareed, 1p.
>>> Tablet through Mrs. Brittingham to Mrs. Rabb (another Tablet to Rabb 233)
Subjects; "Nothing is worthy of attachment save Reality" (see Tablets 286 on 2^nd Birth)
& about two types of catastrophes (one kind for punishment; another for trial)
Tests & trials
Moved to behind 293--see compilation on tests (293)

299. A - C
Date trans., Jul. 10, 1909, by A. K. Kahn, 3 pp.
>>> Tablet through Mirza Moneer Zani to Arther S. Agnew
Subject: About Divine Civilization-so that people will be so trained that crime will be almost nonexistent. Autobiographical
Quote: "During hours of leisure, when in the middle of the night, I engage in supplications, I shall beg for assistance & favor in their behalf."
Pod: 382

300.
Date trans., 1902, by Dr. Ameen U. Fareed, 1p.
>>> Tablet to The Baha'is in Samarkand, Russia
Subject: How do we pray? Seek confirmation
Quotes: "Do you know in what cycle ye are ordered & in what age ye exist?" "If we are not cheerful & joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait, & for what other time shall we look?"

301.
Date trans., Feb. 5, 1904, by A. F. Ameen, 1p.
>>> Tablet to Mrs. A. M. Bryant
Quote: "Thank God that He hath. . .chosen thee from among women."

302. A - B
Date trans., Apr. 2, 1908, by M. Ahmad. Esphahani, 2 pp.
>>> Tablet to Wilhelmina Bain, New Zealand
Subjects: Confirmation & assistance
Language of Esperanto - Universal language will undergo some changes & alterations & will become adopted--A more complete language than this.
About seeking guidance: (prayer) whatsoever question thou hast in thy heart, (1) turn thy heart toward the king