Baha'i World Vol 13
MAYSIE ALMOND
In November 1923 a public meeting was held by a religious body-New Thought
Society- in Adelaide, South Australia. The guest speakers were Mr. and Mrs. Hyde
Dunn, recent arrivals from America and their subject was the Baha'i Faith.
Seated in the audience were Mr. and Mrs. Percy Meade Almond, perplexed, seeking
a faith, aware of something they one day hoped to find; and now they were waiting to
hear yet another speaker. As they listened their thoughts rapidly turned to awe, and
turning to one another they whispered, "This is it." Their search had ended, their road to eternity had begun-they had found the Baha'i Faith.
Just two days after this meeting Mrs. Almond and her husband entertained Mr.
and Mrs. Dunn in their home and accepted the Faith of Baha'u'llah, and as a result
there was formed the first Baha'i Group in South Australia.
In 1927 Mrs. Almond was to see the result of her teaching work in her own home town.
That year the first Local Assembly was formed in Adelaide. This devout soul then went
farther afield to the State of Victoria, as a pioneer. The Faith became very precious to
her as the years passed; the Continent was large, the laborers few and she realized there was much work to be done. When she returned to Adelaide she accomplished much useful work in goal areas of the Seven Year Plan. In 1955 she and her husband
visited the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, and other places where they encouraged the
pioneers in their work with the native population.
Mrs. Almond's letters were known far and wide for the encouragement and inspiration
they contained to new believers, pioneers and those serving in isolated places both
at home and abroad.
Mrs. Almond carved a niche for herself in the early Baha'i history of Australia: A Rose
Garden School was established by her for children in and around Adelaide, her gift
of music helping her very much in this work. Eventually she added something of wider value which was a Correspondence Rose Garden School and the lessons from this school were sent to all the states in Australia and as far as the island State of Tasmania where children were eager to get these wonderful lessons, so well thought out and well done.
They were appreciated by adults, too, who kept learning about the Faith along with
their children , and in this way Mrs. Almond literally sent the meaning of the Greatest
Name to the Baha'i children all over this vast continent. Today in Australia these same
children have formed wonderful Youth Groups while others have become adult
Baha'is.
At the time of her passing Mrs. Almond was a member of the Asian Teaching Committee, on which she had served since its inception in 1953, and she had devoted 37 years of her life to the Cause of Baha'u'llah.
She had kept her wonderful sense of humor and every visitor to her home was assured a happy time and always came away with a more intimate knowledge of the Faith.
On December 23, 1960 she died. One of her favorite verses from Holy Scripture was:
"Waft, then, unto me, O my God and my Beloved, from the right hand of Thy mercy
and Thy loving kindness, the holy breaths of Thy favours, that they may draw me away from myself and from the world unto the courts of Thy nearness and Thy presence."
Surely with these words in her heart Mrs. Almond passed to the Abha Kingdom.
CLARICE STANTON
MAYSIE ALMOND
In November 1923 a public meeting was held by a religious body-New Thought
Society- in Adelaide, South Australia. The guest speakers were Mr. and Mrs. Hyde
Dunn, recent arrivals from America and their subject was the Baha'i Faith.
Seated in the audience were Mr. and Mrs. Percy Meade Almond, perplexed, seeking
a faith, aware of something they one day hoped to find; and now they were waiting to
hear yet another speaker. As they listened their thoughts rapidly turned to awe, and
turning to one another they whispered, "This is it." Their search had ended, their road to eternity had begun-they had found the Baha'i Faith.
Just two days after this meeting Mrs. Almond and her husband entertained Mr.
and Mrs. Dunn in their home and accepted the Faith of Baha'u'llah, and as a result
there was formed the first Baha'i Group in South Australia.
In 1927 Mrs. Almond was to see the result of her teaching work in her own home town.
That year the first Local Assembly was formed in Adelaide. This devout soul then went
farther afield to the State of Victoria, as a pioneer. The Faith became very precious to
her as the years passed; the Continent was large, the laborers few and she realized there was much work to be done. When she returned to Adelaide she accomplished much useful work in goal areas of the Seven Year Plan. In 1955 she and her husband
visited the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, and other places where they encouraged the
pioneers in their work with the native population.
Mrs. Almond's letters were known far and wide for the encouragement and inspiration
they contained to new believers, pioneers and those serving in isolated places both
at home and abroad.
Mrs. Almond carved a niche for herself in the early Baha'i history of Australia: A Rose
Garden School was established by her for children in and around Adelaide, her gift
of music helping her very much in this work. Eventually she added something of wider value which was a Correspondence Rose Garden School and the lessons from this school were sent to all the states in Australia and as far as the island State of Tasmania where children were eager to get these wonderful lessons, so well thought out and well done.
They were appreciated by adults, too, who kept learning about the Faith along with
their children , and in this way Mrs. Almond literally sent the meaning of the Greatest
Name to the Baha'i children all over this vast continent. Today in Australia these same
children have formed wonderful Youth Groups while others have become adult
Baha'is.
At the time of her passing Mrs. Almond was a member of the Asian Teaching Committee, on which she had served since its inception in 1953, and she had devoted 37 years of her life to the Cause of Baha'u'llah.
She had kept her wonderful sense of humor and every visitor to her home was assured a happy time and always came away with a more intimate knowledge of the Faith.
On December 23, 1960 she died. One of her favorite verses from Holy Scripture was:
"Waft, then, unto me, O my God and my Beloved, from the right hand of Thy mercy
and Thy loving kindness, the holy breaths of Thy favours, that they may draw me away from myself and from the world unto the courts of Thy nearness and Thy presence."
Surely with these words in her heart Mrs. Almond passed to the Abha Kingdom.
CLARICE STANTON
Baha'i World Vol 13
MAYSIE ALMOND
In November 1923 a public meeting was held by a religious body-New Thought
Society- in Adelaide, South Australia. The guest speakers were Mr. and Mrs. Hyde
Dunn, recent arrivals from America and their subject was the Baha'i Faith.
Seated in the audience were Mr. and Mrs. Percy Meade Almond, perplexed, seeking
a faith, aware of something they one day hoped to find; and now they were waiting to
hear yet another speaker. As they listened their thoughts rapidly turned to awe, and
turning to one another they whispered, "This is it." Their search had ended, their road to eternity had begun-they had found the Baha'i Faith.
Just two days after this meeting Mrs. Almond and her husband entertained Mr.
and Mrs. Dunn in their home and accepted the Faith of Baha'u'llah, and as a result
there was formed the first Baha'i Group in South Australia.
In 1927 Mrs. Almond was to see the result of her teaching work in her own home town.
That year the first Local Assembly was formed in Adelaide. This devout soul then went
farther afield to the State of Victoria, as a pioneer. The Faith became very precious to
her as the years passed; the Continent was large, the laborers few and she realized there was much work to be done. When she returned to Adelaide she accomplished much useful work in goal areas of the Seven Year Plan. In 1955 she and her husband
visited the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, and other places where they encouraged the
pioneers in their work with the native population.
Mrs. Almond's letters were known far and wide for the encouragement and inspiration
they contained to new believers, pioneers and those serving in isolated places both
at home and abroad.
Mrs. Almond carved a niche for herself in the early Baha'i history of Australia: A Rose
Garden School was established by her for children in and around Adelaide, her gift
of music helping her very much in this work. Eventually she added something of wider value which was a Correspondence Rose Garden School and the lessons from this school were sent to all the states in Australia and as far as the island State of Tasmania where children were eager to get these wonderful lessons, so well thought out and well done.
They were appreciated by adults, too, who kept learning about the Faith along with
their children , and in this way Mrs. Almond literally sent the meaning of the Greatest
Name to the Baha'i children all over this vast continent. Today in Australia these same
children have formed wonderful Youth Groups while others have become adult
Baha'is.
At the time of her passing Mrs. Almond was a member of the Asian Teaching Committee, on which she had served since its inception in 1953, and she had devoted 37 years of her life to the Cause of Baha'u'llah.
She had kept her wonderful sense of humor and every visitor to her home was assured a happy time and always came away with a more intimate knowledge of the Faith.
On December 23, 1960 she died. One of her favorite verses from Holy Scripture was:
"Waft, then, unto me, O my God and my Beloved, from the right hand of Thy mercy
and Thy loving kindness, the holy breaths of Thy favours, that they may draw me away from myself and from the world unto the courts of Thy nearness and Thy presence."
Surely with these words in her heart Mrs. Almond passed to the Abha Kingdom.
CLARICE STANTON
MAYSIE ALMOND
In November 1923 a public meeting was held by a religious body-New Thought
Society- in Adelaide, South Australia. The guest speakers were Mr. and Mrs. Hyde
Dunn, recent arrivals from America and their subject was the Baha'i Faith.
Seated in the audience were Mr. and Mrs. Percy Meade Almond, perplexed, seeking
a faith, aware of something they one day hoped to find; and now they were waiting to
hear yet another speaker. As they listened their thoughts rapidly turned to awe, and
turning to one another they whispered, "This is it." Their search had ended, their road to eternity had begun-they had found the Baha'i Faith.
Just two days after this meeting Mrs. Almond and her husband entertained Mr.
and Mrs. Dunn in their home and accepted the Faith of Baha'u'llah, and as a result
there was formed the first Baha'i Group in South Australia.
In 1927 Mrs. Almond was to see the result of her teaching work in her own home town.
That year the first Local Assembly was formed in Adelaide. This devout soul then went
farther afield to the State of Victoria, as a pioneer. The Faith became very precious to
her as the years passed; the Continent was large, the laborers few and she realized there was much work to be done. When she returned to Adelaide she accomplished much useful work in goal areas of the Seven Year Plan. In 1955 she and her husband
visited the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, and other places where they encouraged the
pioneers in their work with the native population.
Mrs. Almond's letters were known far and wide for the encouragement and inspiration
they contained to new believers, pioneers and those serving in isolated places both
at home and abroad.
Mrs. Almond carved a niche for herself in the early Baha'i history of Australia: A Rose
Garden School was established by her for children in and around Adelaide, her gift
of music helping her very much in this work. Eventually she added something of wider value which was a Correspondence Rose Garden School and the lessons from this school were sent to all the states in Australia and as far as the island State of Tasmania where children were eager to get these wonderful lessons, so well thought out and well done.
They were appreciated by adults, too, who kept learning about the Faith along with
their children , and in this way Mrs. Almond literally sent the meaning of the Greatest
Name to the Baha'i children all over this vast continent. Today in Australia these same
children have formed wonderful Youth Groups while others have become adult
Baha'is.
At the time of her passing Mrs. Almond was a member of the Asian Teaching Committee, on which she had served since its inception in 1953, and she had devoted 37 years of her life to the Cause of Baha'u'llah.
She had kept her wonderful sense of humor and every visitor to her home was assured a happy time and always came away with a more intimate knowledge of the Faith.
On December 23, 1960 she died. One of her favorite verses from Holy Scripture was:
"Waft, then, unto me, O my God and my Beloved, from the right hand of Thy mercy
and Thy loving kindness, the holy breaths of Thy favours, that they may draw me away from myself and from the world unto the courts of Thy nearness and Thy presence."
Surely with these words in her heart Mrs. Almond passed to the Abha Kingdom.
CLARICE STANTON
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