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Show LEADER OF BAHAISM IS HERE ( - it' r, -1 ; , , - 4 I 1 J , I Abbas Effendi, known to his millions mil-lions of followers as Abdul Baha, th leader of "Bahaism." is now on a visii to America. Never before lb recorded history has one of the founders of an Oriental religious movement since become world-wide visited America. The personality per-sonality and life history of one who has spent sixty years of his life in banishment, imprisonment and exile from his native land makes a story of fascinating interest, vividly impressing impress-ing upon the mind of the investigator the fact that the days of religious persecution are not ended, and that even in this modern age a drama has been, enacted which for human interest inter-est equals or surpasses Biblical history. his-tory. Abbas Effendi, who is known to his millions of followers as Abdul Baha the servant, of God was born in Teheran, Persia, May 23, 1844, and is now about elxtv-eleht. To write the history of Abdul Baha's life one must first give a brief statement of what is known as the "Babist" cause. Abbas Effendi's father was born in 1817, and was called by the Bab 'Baha'ollah," a title meaning "The Glory of God." He gave up his wealth and position to become an associate of this lowly band, and after the death of Bab was looked upon as their leader. In the massacre massa-cre in 1852 he, with others, was imprisoned; chained in a dungeon as a suspect, sus-pect, and narrowly escaped a death sentence, was banished from Persia with his family and a few of his faithful disciples. |