From the Baha'i Encyclopedia article on Arthur Pillsbury Dodge:
On 2 November 1870 Arthur Dodge married Elizabeth Ann Day (1854–1927) of Boston. They had six children: Arthur Galloup (1873–1883), Edgar Adams (1877–1877), William Copeland (1880–1973), Wendell Phillips (1883–1976), Anna Hall (1887–1895), and Richard Paul (1890–1953).
in the fall of 1897, when he was about to move from Chicago to New York City, he met Dr. Burgess's teacher, Ibrahim G. Kheiralla (1849–1929), a Lebanese immigrant who had become a Bahá’í in Egypt in 1890. Dodge received Kheiralla's Bahá’í lessons in abbreviated form on 27 October 1897, and he invited Kheiralla to New York City to teach the religion there. In January or February 1898, Dodge and his wife, Elizabeth, took Kheiralla's entire set of lessons in the first Bahá’í class held in New York City.
Arthur and Elizabeth Dodge and two of their sons, Wendell and William, went on pilgrimage to Acre in the fall of 1900 . Returning to the United States via Britain, they visited Edward Granville Browne, the famous Cambridge orientalist who had met Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Acre; the Dodges asked Browne to translate letters (known as "tablets") written by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá that they carried home with them.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá's nearly eight-month-long visit to North America in 1912, during which He made New York City His base, provided Dodge innumerable opportunities to be in ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's presence. On 16 April, less than a week after His arrival, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá addressed a large public meeting in the Dodges' Manhattan home; His topic was "The Influence or Penetration of the Divine Power." He also answered a number of questions on Bahá’í subjects and spoke to a gathering of children there.
Early in 1914 Dodge and his family moved to Freeport, on Long Island, where they and other local Bahá’ís formed the "first Bahai Assembly [community] of Hempstead, in the County of Nassau and State of New York, and located in Freeport in said Township."
On 2 November 1870 Arthur Dodge married Elizabeth Ann Day (1854–1927) of Boston. They had six children: Arthur Galloup (1873–1883), Edgar Adams (1877–1877), William Copeland (1880–1973), Wendell Phillips (1883–1976), Anna Hall (1887–1895), and Richard Paul (1890–1953).
in the fall of 1897, when he was about to move from Chicago to New York City, he met Dr. Burgess's teacher, Ibrahim G. Kheiralla (1849–1929), a Lebanese immigrant who had become a Bahá’í in Egypt in 1890. Dodge received Kheiralla's Bahá’í lessons in abbreviated form on 27 October 1897, and he invited Kheiralla to New York City to teach the religion there. In January or February 1898, Dodge and his wife, Elizabeth, took Kheiralla's entire set of lessons in the first Bahá’í class held in New York City.
Arthur and Elizabeth Dodge and two of their sons, Wendell and William, went on pilgrimage to Acre in the fall of 1900 . Returning to the United States via Britain, they visited Edward Granville Browne, the famous Cambridge orientalist who had met Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Acre; the Dodges asked Browne to translate letters (known as "tablets") written by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá that they carried home with them.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá's nearly eight-month-long visit to North America in 1912, during which He made New York City His base, provided Dodge innumerable opportunities to be in ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's presence. On 16 April, less than a week after His arrival, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá addressed a large public meeting in the Dodges' Manhattan home; His topic was "The Influence or Penetration of the Divine Power." He also answered a number of questions on Bahá’í subjects and spoke to a gathering of children there.
Early in 1914 Dodge and his family moved to Freeport, on Long Island, where they and other local Bahá’ís formed the "first Bahai Assembly [community] of Hempstead, in the County of Nassau and State of New York, and located in Freeport in said Township."
From the Baha'i Encyclopedia article on Arthur Pillsbury Dodge:
On 2 November 1870 Arthur Dodge married Elizabeth Ann Day (1854–1927) of Boston. They had six children: Arthur Galloup (1873–1883), Edgar Adams (1877–1877), William Copeland (1880–1973), Wendell Phillips (1883–1976), Anna Hall (1887–1895), and Richard Paul (1890–1953).
in the fall of 1897, when he was about to move from Chicago to New York City, he met Dr. Burgess's teacher, Ibrahim G. Kheiralla (1849–1929), a Lebanese immigrant who had become a Bahá’í in Egypt in 1890. Dodge received Kheiralla's Bahá’í lessons in abbreviated form on 27 October 1897, and he invited Kheiralla to New York City to teach the religion there. In January or February 1898, Dodge and his wife, Elizabeth, took Kheiralla's entire set of lessons in the first Bahá’í class held in New York City.
Arthur and Elizabeth Dodge and two of their sons, Wendell and William, went on pilgrimage to Acre in the fall of 1900 . Returning to the United States via Britain, they visited Edward Granville Browne, the famous Cambridge orientalist who had met Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Acre; the Dodges asked Browne to translate letters (known as "tablets") written by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá that they carried home with them.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá's nearly eight-month-long visit to North America in 1912, during which He made New York City His base, provided Dodge innumerable opportunities to be in ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's presence. On 16 April, less than a week after His arrival, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá addressed a large public meeting in the Dodges' Manhattan home; His topic was "The Influence or Penetration of the Divine Power." He also answered a number of questions on Bahá’í subjects and spoke to a gathering of children there.
Early in 1914 Dodge and his family moved to Freeport, on Long Island, where they and other local Bahá’ís formed the "first Bahai Assembly [community] of Hempstead, in the County of Nassau and State of New York, and located in Freeport in said Township."
On 2 November 1870 Arthur Dodge married Elizabeth Ann Day (1854–1927) of Boston. They had six children: Arthur Galloup (1873–1883), Edgar Adams (1877–1877), William Copeland (1880–1973), Wendell Phillips (1883–1976), Anna Hall (1887–1895), and Richard Paul (1890–1953).
in the fall of 1897, when he was about to move from Chicago to New York City, he met Dr. Burgess's teacher, Ibrahim G. Kheiralla (1849–1929), a Lebanese immigrant who had become a Bahá’í in Egypt in 1890. Dodge received Kheiralla's Bahá’í lessons in abbreviated form on 27 October 1897, and he invited Kheiralla to New York City to teach the religion there. In January or February 1898, Dodge and his wife, Elizabeth, took Kheiralla's entire set of lessons in the first Bahá’í class held in New York City.
Arthur and Elizabeth Dodge and two of their sons, Wendell and William, went on pilgrimage to Acre in the fall of 1900 . Returning to the United States via Britain, they visited Edward Granville Browne, the famous Cambridge orientalist who had met Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Acre; the Dodges asked Browne to translate letters (known as "tablets") written by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá that they carried home with them.
‘Abdu’l-Bahá's nearly eight-month-long visit to North America in 1912, during which He made New York City His base, provided Dodge innumerable opportunities to be in ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's presence. On 16 April, less than a week after His arrival, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá addressed a large public meeting in the Dodges' Manhattan home; His topic was "The Influence or Penetration of the Divine Power." He also answered a number of questions on Bahá’í subjects and spoke to a gathering of children there.
Early in 1914 Dodge and his family moved to Freeport, on Long Island, where they and other local Bahá’ís formed the "first Bahai Assembly [community] of Hempstead, in the County of Nassau and State of New York, and located in Freeport in said Township."
Inscription
The grave monument for Arthur and Elizabeth Dodge is unique and distinctive. They were very early members of the Baha'i Faith, which first came to American in 1893. The Arabic symbol on the top is a calligraphic rendering of a Baha'i prayer, Yá Bahá'u'l-Abhá, meaning O Thou the Glory of the Most Glorious!
While you will see this symbol on very early Baha'i graves, it is no longer used because of the holiness of the prayer.
The phrase "The Glory of God" refers to Baha'u'llah, the founder of the Baha'i Faith.
The number 9 is another representation of the Baha'i Faith, being the numeric total of the value of the Arabic letters in Baha. Baha'i House of Worship have nine sides.
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