High Endeavours: Messages to Alaska Part 21

(80) To the pioneers who filled the post at Barrow

(80) To the pioneers who filled the post at Barrow:

July 5, 1955

DELIGHTED a.s.sURE PRAYERS. SHOGHI

PART V

Statements on Various Subjects. These statements are extracted from letters to individual believers. These extracts are not found elsewhere in this compilation. They are from letters written by the Guardian's secretary at his specific direction. The arrangement is according to subject matter.

(81) ALASKA-Important

(81) ALASKA-Important

Your letter to our beloved Guardian was received, dated September 10th, and he is very happy to welcome you into the service of this glorious Faith, and especially to see that you are going to serve in Alaska, a country to which he attaches great importance.

(82) ALASKA-Incorporation of L.S.A. and growth

(82) ALASKA-Incorporation of L.S.A. and growth

He was also delighted to hear of the incorporation of Anchorage. The Faith is certainly going ahead by leaps and bounds in the "barren North"!

(83) ALASKA-Spirit of confidence

(83) ALASKA-Spirit of confidence

He was delighted with all the good news you conveyed of the progress of the Cause in Alaska, the radio broadcasts, the new believers, and the spirit of confidence and devotion which animates you all in serving our precious Faith.

(84) ALASKA-Unity of believers

(84) ALASKA-Unity of believers

He was very happy to hear of the unity of the Alaskan Baha'is; they are a Community particularly dear to his heart, and he hopes that in the years to come the Cause will make remarkable progress in that land.

(85) ANTI-CHRIST

(85) ANTI-CHRIST

We do not believe in Anti-Christ in the sense the Christians do. Anyone who violently and determinedly sought to oppose the Manifestation could be called an "anti-Christ," such as the Vazir in the Bab's day, ?aji Mirza Aqasi.

(86) CHRIST-RESURRECTION

(86) CHRIST-RESURRECTION

We do not believe that there was a bodily resurrection after the crucifixion of Christ, but that there was a time after His ascension when His disciples perceived spiritually His true greatness and realized He was eternal in being. This is what has been reported symbolically in the New Testament and been misunderstood. His eating with His disciples after resurrection is the same thing.

(87) CHRIST-Virgin Birth

(87) CHRIST-Virgin Birth

What science calls a virgin birth we do not a.s.sociate with that of Jesus Christ, which we believe to have been a miracle and a sign of His Prophethood. In this matter we are in entire agreement with the most orthodox church views.

(88) FEAR-Overcoming fear

(88) FEAR-Overcoming fear

He will certainly pray that you may entirely over-come your fear-complex.