Table of Contents
Preface to the 2012 Edition ix
Introduction 3
Chapter One
Retrospect. Spiritual Bankruptcy
A Dawning Hope
The Golden Silence 7
Chapter Two
The Glance That Saved the World
A Divine Sincerity
The Masterly Teaching Method 21
Chapter Three
True Wealth, Power, and Freedom
The Table of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
Very Great Things
"Are You Interested in Renunciation?" 35
Chapter Four
The Attraction of Perfection
The Boys from the Bowery
A Black Rose and a Black Sweet 43
Chapter Five
A Leaf in the Breeze of the Will of God
"My Throne is My Mat." Inscription in The Seven Valleys 51
Chapter Six
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!" 61
Chapter Seven
Marriage under the New World Order of Bahá'u'lláh An Eternal Bond
The Wedding The Need for Reformation of Laws Pertaining to Divorce
The Laws of Bahá'u'lláh
Four Kinds of Love
The Children of the New Day 71
Chapter Eight
In Dublin, N. H. with 'Abdu'l-Bahá
"The Most Perfect Gentleman I Have Ever Known."
The Master Teacher
The Spiritual Warrior. A Fable.
"It Behooves You to Manifest Light."
The Gift. The First Tablet 89
Chapter Nine
The American Itinerary
The Power of the Spirit
"Her Highness the Cow." True Greatness
The Divine Teaching Method 105
Chapter Ten
Address in the Great Northern Hotel
The Universe of Bahá'u'lláh
The Evolution of Man. The Glory of Self-Sacrifice 119
Chapter Eleven
Instruction in the Way of Life. What is Authority?
The Science of the Love of God 135
Chapter Twelve
The Center of the Covenant
The New World Order. A Divine Civilization
The Kingdom of God on Earth 143
Chapter Thirteen
Some Divine Characteristics
The Humility of Servitude. The Station of True Manhood 157
Chapter Fourteen
The Departure
'Abdu'l-Bahá's Last Words in America
Seven Distinctive Characteristics of the Teachings
Evidences of the New World Order 173
Chapter Fifteen
By Their Fruits Shall Ye Know Them. Four Tablets 189
Chapter Sixteen
Conclusion 205
Notes 209
Bibliography 215
