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Abstract:

Account of the stewardship of the Hands of the Cause of God from 1957-63, from the passing of Shoghi Effendi to the election of the House, riding the waves of crisis to the moment of victory — the fulfillment of prophecy.

Notes:

Also available as an updated, corrected Microsoft Word document, prepared by Mike Thomas.

While Ruhiyyih Khanum is not listed as an official author, we have included her as author here because, in the Introduction below, she says the book is "based on the files of the Hands in the Holy Land and on my personal experience as one of the Custodians of the Bahá'í Faith for five and a half years." As well, the Ruhi Book 8 (unit 2 section 1) says of this book "she [Khanum] presents a collection of messages from the Hands of the Cause of God."

Ministry of the Custodians:

An Account of the Stewardship of the Hands of the Cause 1957-1963

Universal House of Justice [by or on behalf of]
Rúhíyyih Khánum

Haifa: Bahá'í World Centre, 1992

Chapter 8

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REFERENCE SOURCES

FROM THE WRITINGS OF BAHA'U'LLAH

Epistle to the Son of the Wolf. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1988.
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1990. London: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1978.
Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Pub-lishing Trust, 1987. London: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1978.
Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Haifa: Bahá'í World Centre, 1978.

FROM THE WRITINGS AND UTTERANCES OF 'ABDU'L-BAHÁ

'Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy. Boston: Tudor Press, 1918.
Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era. Oakham: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 4th rev. edn., 1976.
The Promulgation of Universal Peace. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1982.
Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Haifa: Bahá'í World Centre, 1978.
Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, vol. 1. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, three vols. 1909-1916.
Tablets of the Divine Plan. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1977.
Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1991.

FROM THE WRITINGS OF THE GUARDIAN, SHOGHI EFFENDI

The Advent of Divine Justice. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1984.
Bahá'í Administration. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1960.
Citadel of Faith: Messages to America, 1947-1957. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1980.

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Directives from the Guardian. New Delhi, India: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1973.
God Passes By. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1974.
Letters ftom the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand, 1923-1957. Sydney, Australia: The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Australia Incorporated, 1970.
Messages to America: Selected Letters and Cablegrams Addressed to the Bahá'ís of North America, 1932-1946. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Committee, 1947.
Messages to the Bahá'í World 1950-1957. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1971.
The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1980.

A few of the quotations in the messages of the Hands of the Cause are from unpublished letters of the Guardian to individual National Spiritual Assemblies.