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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
7 stories in the library.
In 1955 John and Audrey Robarts gave Shoghi Effendi a springbok-skin kaross from Bechuanaland. After the Guardian's passing, Rúhíyyih Khánum showed John Robarts that it had been his prayer mat.
Each summer Milly Collins gave Shoghi Effendi a sum of money and begged him to spend it on himself. The Guardian, who travelled third class and lived by strict economy, used a small part of it as she wished and spent the rest on the gardens, the Holy Places and the Archives.
During the Second World War the Guardian wrote God Passes By, his review of the first Bahá'í century, racing to finish it in time for the Centenary. Rúhíyyih Khánum, who proofread it with him late into the night, recorded what the work cost him.
In July 1947 the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine asked Shoghi Effendi whether the Bahá'ís wished to submit a statement. His reply explained the Faith's ties to the Holy Land and declined to take any political side.
Rúhíyyih Khánum dreamed of a great flood and begged ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to help her save the drowning. Without stopping His work, He smiled and said He was building the machine to stop the flood.
Rúhíyyih Khánum recalls how the Guardian, weighed down by burdens, tore from The Times only the articles he wanted, threw the rest away, and handed her long streamers of clippings to read.