Bibliography: #BIB00767

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reference type	Book
title	A Californian Circling the Globe
author	Fuller, Henry
year	1904
date	1904
publisher	Nazarene Publishing Co.
place published	Los Angeles, CA
issue	10.
abstract	Henry Fuller (1846-?), owner of a furniture store in Los Angeles and an orange grove in Redlands (east of Los Angeles), chronicles his journey around the world, his original purpose having been to visit the Holy Land. He and one of his sons, Leslie Elmer Fuller, left their home in Redlands on July 10, 1902, travelled cross-country to New York, then by steamer to the UK, through Europe to Moscow, then Palestine, Egypt, India, China, Japan, then finally to British Columbia and down the Pacific coast to return home in March, 1903. Fuller was a devout Presbyterian with evident prejudices, likening the barefoot poor of Warsaw to monkeys (p. 63). The fourth and last son of Henry and Helen Day Fuller was Charles E. Fuller (1887-1968), Christian clergyman and radio evangelist who gained renown as the radio host of The Old Fashioned Revival Hour, and was the founder of the Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
notes	Bahá'í Faith: pp. 146, 189-190. "On the inner circle of the bay, not far to the north, is the old town of Accho [sic], now called Acre, where the new Christ (Abbi Effendi) [sic] is getting many followers, even in America." "As I looked out towards the mouth of this annual river Kishon, I remembered the words of prophecy that Christ uttered, 'There shall be false Christs.' After sailing from Brindisi in Italy we found on every steamer people who admitted they were interested in the claims of Abbi Effendi at Acre, near the mouth of this river of Kishon. This so-called Christ has many followers about Washington and Baltimore in America, as well as elsewhere. The word 'Effendi' in this country is simply a title applied and used by educated gentlemen. This man's father claimed to be Christ and many people believed him. He received much money, large sums coming from Persia, and was not seen much except at times the poorest of the people got a glimpse of his back. He died, leaving three sons. The present 'Effendi' got the money, 'bagged the divinity,' and not long ago was summoned in court as a witness in a case of robbery in his own house. He was asked who he was. The answer came, 'I am neither a carpenter nor a camel driver, I will answer tomorrow.' Tomorrow never came. He used money to keep out of court." [Note: This charge was first leveled against Bahá'u'lláh Himself -- see Haifa, or Life in Modern Palestine by Laurence Oliphant -- a story scrutinized by Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff, Scottish politician, author and statesman, in his "Notes from a Diary, 1886-1888" vol. 2, p. 20, who identified the originator of the story by name ("Mr. Cardahi"). Adib Taherzadeh also discusses the lack of veracity of the claim, saying it is inconceivable that Bahá'u'lláh would show any disrespect toward the former Manifestations of God. It's striking that the propagators of the charge found a new target in 'Abdu'l-Bahá at the time Fuller visited the Holy Land in the fall of 1902.
language	English
keywords	TRAVELS & JOURNEYS; ANTI-BAHA'I
number of pages	x, [2], 329

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