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December 2001 marked the
100th anniversary of the Bahá'í Faith
in the Hawaiian Islands. On December 26, 1901 Agnes Baldwin
Alexander, a native of Hawaii, returned to Honolulu from
a trip to Rome where she discovered the Bahá'í Revelation.
She
rejoiced that she was continuing work begun by her distinguished
grandparents (Rev. Dr Dwight and
Charlotte Baldwin and Rev. William Patterson and Mary Ann Alexander) who
were in the fourth and
fifth companies to bring Christianity to the Hawaiian Islands. She later
wrote, 'To my dear grandparents
I owe a debt of deep gratitude. If God has used me in His plan and I have
received His favors, the
praise belongs to the heritage which He bestowed on me, that from a timid
creature He raised me up to
serve His Cause.'
Today the Bahá'í
communities can be found in over 200 nations. The voluminous Sacred
Scriptures of
the Bahá'í Revelation have been translated into more than 800 languages.
The Bahá'ís of Hawaii are found on every inhabited island of the Hawaiian
chain. Every race and
ethnic group found in the islands is reflected in the Bahá'í community, as
Baha'u'llah
stated, we are all 'fruits of one tree' and 'flowers of one garden'.
"His Coming is
inherent in the destiny of mankind. By right of the Spirit, Baha'u'llah is
the World Redeemer..." ~ Helen Reed Bishop ( Bishop
Estate )
Kitáb-i-Íqán: Introduction to the 1950 edition
For more
information on the Bahá'í faith visit
www.bahai.org
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