[284] See "Missions and Modern History," R. E. Speer, p. 130, Note 2. [285] _S. W._, July 13, 1913. [286] Browne's "Persian Revolution," pp. 424-429. [287] "Observations of a Bahai Traveller," p. 53. [288] _Ibid._, p. 172. [289] _S. W._, August 1, 1912. [290] "The Oriental Rose," pp. 185-186, 197. [291] _The Moslem World_, 1912, p. 238. [292] "Glad Tidings," p. 91. [293] Chicago Edition, p. 89. [294] Grundy's "Ten Days in Acca." [295] "Answered Questions," by Abdul Baha, Barney, pp. 198-199. [296] _S. W._, Dec. 12, 1913; April 9, 1914, p. 21. [297] "The Bahai Revelation," p. 123. [298] _Ibid._, p. 144. [299] "Bahai Movement," p. 69. [300] Grundy, _Ibid._ [301] Mohammed wrote to the rulers of Constantinople, Persia, Egypt, and Syria. That which was a bold and striking act on the part of Mohammed is a weak imitation on the part of Baha. [302] They become what they accused the Shiah Mullahs of being; "Dead men's heirs, consumers of endowments, and collectors of tithes and 'thirds.'" [303] Dreyfus, p. 131. [304] "Ishrakat," p. 33. [305] Remey, p. 61. [306] Kheiralla, p. 433. [307] "The Bahai Revelation," p. 32. [308] The word "priest" is used loosely for an officer of religion. Bahais use no special term. Abdul Baha says ("Universal Principles," p. 38): "The making of specific laws is apportioned to the House of Justice. The members will not form laws and statutes according to their own opinions and thoughts, but by the power of inspiration." [309] "Tablets," Vol. I, pp. 1 and 6. [310] "Brilliant Proof," p. 26. [311] _S. W._, July 13, 1913, p. 121. [312] Abdul Baha justified Mohammed's use of the sword, saying, "Mohammed commanded his followers to carry the religion of God by the sword. It is right to inflict injury to save a man's life," therefore to save his soul by force. [313] "Daily Lessons at Acca" (Goodall and Cooper), p. 72. VII Bahaism and Woman Baha Ullah in a letter to one of his wives:--This writing is to the Exalted Leaf, who hath tasted My Most Holy and Wonderful Saliva. We have given thee to drink from My Sweetest Mouth, O thou blessed and sparkling leaf. We have bestowed upon thee such a station as no woman had who preceded thee.--_In Prayers, Tablets and Instructions, 1900._ There is a touch of oriental luxury of admiration in some estimates of Kurrat-ul-Ayn, who in important moral characteristics did not rise above the level of her time and place. And in its results Babism has not exalted woman.--_R. E. Speer, "Missions and Modern History" Vol. I, p. 150._