Portals to Freedom Portals To Freedom By HOWARD COLBY IVES With Four Portraits of Abdul-Bahd and a picture of The Bahdi House of Worship Issued in Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of Abdul-Bahas Visit to the United States of America April to December, 1912 New York E. P. BUTTON COMPANY Publishers Abdu 1-Bahi Washington, D. C., 1912 To SHOGHI EFFENDI The Grandson of ABDUL-BAHA By Him Appointed Guardian of the Bahai Faith and Head of the International House of Justice This book is lovingly dedicated TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction PAGE 13 Chapter One Chapter Tivo Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Retrospect. Spiritual Bankruptcy. A Dawn ing Hope. The Golden Silence 1 8 The Glance that saved the World. A Divine Sincerity. The Masterly Teaching Method. 34 True Wealth, Power and Freedom. The Table of Abdu 1-Baha. Very Great Things. Are you interested in Renunciation . . 50 The Attraction of Perfection. The Boys from the Bowery. A Black Rose and a Black Sweet 60 A Leaf in the Breeze of the Will of God. My Throne is My Mat. Inscription in The Seven Valleys. 69 The Reality and Essence of Brotherhood. Cannot you serve him Once True Brotherhood due to the Breaths of the Holy Spirit. O, you should have Seen Him . 80 An Eternal Bond. The Wedding. The need for Reformation of Laws pertaining to Di vorce. The Laws of BahaUllah. Four Kinds of Love. The Children of the New Day 92 The Most Perfect Gentleman I have ever known. The Master Teacher. The Spir itual Warrior. A Fable. It behooves you to manifest Light. The Gift. The First Tablet 114 7 Table of Contents PAGE Chapter Nine Chapter Ten The American Itinerary. The Power of the Spirit. Her Highness the Cow. TrueGreatness. The Divine Teaching Method. 132 The Universe of BahaUllah. The Evolu tion of Man. The Glory of Self-sacrifice. 149 Chapter Instruction in the Way of Life. What is Eleven Authority The Science of the Love of God. . 167 Chapter The New World Order. A Divine Civili [...] Autor: Howard Colby Ives Wydawnictwo: Husband Press Rok wydania: 2007 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 260 Wymiary: 14 x 21.6 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9781406745825