Wednesday, January 25, 2012

7- Newspaper articles - After the Talk

The Worcester Evening Gazette – Friday, May 24, 1912 – Page 8, Col. 3 

BAB RELIGION’S
LEADER TALKS TO
CLARK STUDENTS
Abdul Baha Abbas of the
Orient Also Pleads
for Science

    Clothed in Oriental costume of rich colors and his head ornamented by a glossy white turban, Abbas Effendi, or Abdul Baha Abbas, head of the new Bab religion recently arisen in the Orient, spoke to an audience of 500 yesterday afternoon in Clark university. He was a man of striking and stately bearing, and made a picturesque figure as he talked in his Persian robes.
    He had an interpreter with him, Dr. Ameen Ullah Fareed, as he was not himself familiar with English. He was introduced by Dr. George H. Blakeslee, head of the department of history, of Clark college, who arranged for the address. The Bab, as he is known officially by his followers, said little about the religion he professes, but he was rich in praise of science and the universities, declaring that in science lay the hope of ultimate solidarity for the human race.
    He said that science enables man to go beyond natural law, and it has given to the world its great array of scholars distinguished above their fellows, to whom he paid tribute. The scholar's sovereignty, he declared, is superior to that of the king. "May science proclaim the wonders of humankind," said the Bab, "may it bring about universal peace, may it cement the hearts of men together, may it make of all countries one fatherland, and may it unite all religions according to the fundamental conceptions of reality; and all religion is founded on one reality."
    The Bab gave a reception in President Hall's home after his talk, and a number met him there. 




 Worcester Evening Post    Friday May 24, 1912, page 3 columns 1 & 2

HEAD OF NEW RELIGION


CLARK COLLEGE SPEAKER

    About 500 persons interested in theology and philosophy listened to an interesting talk given in Clark college gymnasium yesterday afternoon, by Abdul Baha Abbas, head of the Bab religion, a new oriental faith that is said to have gained hundreds of thousands of converts in the United States and millions in the near east.
    The Bab, as the leader is called by followers of the faith, wore a characteristic Persian costume, flowing robes and snowwhite turban. He is 65 years old and
claims to have passed more than 50 years in prison in Akka, Persia.
    The religion of which he is the leading exponent had its beginning in 1944 in Persia.  The originator, who proclaimed himself the herald of the mighty one who was to be the Bab, was executed in 1855. Thousands of followers are said to have suffered death from persecution since that time.
    The present Bab, Abbas Effendi, or Abdul Baha Abbas, does not speak English and his remarks yesterday were interpreted by Dr. Ammen Ullah Fareed, his interpreter.
    He was introduced by Prof. George H. Blakeslee, head of the history department of Clark university.  His talk was devoted more to science than to a description of the new religion.





Worcester Telegram 2nd edition, Friday May 24, 1912.  
Source: Copy from Worcester LSA, the 2nd edition of the paper is not available at Worcester Public Library :-(
NEW FAITH HEAD HEARD
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Abdul Baha Abbas at Clark College
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TOUCHES BUT LIGHTLY ON RELIGION
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Pays Tribute to Science and Universities
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     Abdul Baha Abbas, head of the Bab religion, the new Oriental faith which has already gained hundreds of thousands of convert in the United States, as well as millions in the near East, spoke yesterday afternoon in the Clark college gymnasium before an audience of 500 men and women interested in theology and philosophy.
    The Bab, as the followers of the faith term the leader, was clothed in the flowing robes of his native country, Persia, and were a gleaming white turban, which gave him an air peculiarly venerable and reverential.
    He is 65 years old and has passed more than 50 years of his life in prison in Persia in the town of Akka.  The religion of which he is the head had its start in 1844 in Persia in which country nearly 59 per cent of the people are member of the new faith.  A Persian proclaimed himself the herald of the mighty one, who was to be the Bab and would embody the revelation of God for the present day.
    The one who started the religion was executed in 1855.
    since then it is estimated that as many as 10,000 of his followers have suffered death by persecution.  Soon after the death of the founder of the religion, one of his followers proclaimed himself as

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