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by Robert Weinberg (Compiled by)
The Dispensation of the B b began quietly with a profound conversation one May night in the year 1844, unattended by all save a single listener. The impact of that momentous announcement has since reverberated through a turbulent humanity, largely ignorant of its source, for a century and a half. Yet it is a world that is growing increasingly aware of the global Bah ' community that has slowly taken shape following the B b's announcement.
The B b's principal purpose was to announce the dawning of a new age for humanity through a vast new Revelation of guidance from God - the Revelation of Bah 'u'll h, outlining a framework for the development of a global civilization which would take into account all of the manifold spiritual and material dimensions of human life.
The purpose of this present anthology marking the bicentenary of the B b's birth is to collect together some of the many tributes and testimonials to the B b that capture, not so much the chronological details of His earthly life, but rather the importance of His station and the impact of His Revelation.
