Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas
Volume I
Introduction
This book is a reproduction of the
Tablets of
Abdul-Baha as contained in the archives of the House of Spirituality
1 of Bahais of Chicago from the recipients for the purpose of safe preservation in accordance with the purpose mentioned in the following letter sent out by that Body:
March 21, 1908.
To the Friends of God in the Light of El-
Abha, throughout America.
Greeting:—
For a number of years the House of Spirituality has been gathering copies of Tablets, received by the Friends in America from Abdul-Baha Abbas, for sacred preservation in its archives, in accord with permission from him to do so in a Tablet addressed to it dated April 21, 1903, as follows: “As to the compiling of the Tablets in a Book for the House of Spirituality, this depends upon the consent of the receivers of the Tablets; if the owners of the Tablets consent, copies should be kept and collected in the House of Spirituality and it will be acceptable.”
Although many Tablets, both published and unpublished, were known to be in circulation among the believers, and notwithstanding
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