time may conceivably come when it will oust Mohammedanism from the
field in Persia. This, I think, it would be unlikely to do, did it
appear upon the ground under the flag of a hostile faith. But since
its recruits are won from the best soldiers of the garrison whom it
is attacking, there is greater reason to believe that it may
ultimately prevail." (Vol. i, pp. 449-502).

43 The number of Baha'is is increasing every year and by 1979 the
number of localities throughout the world where Baha'is reside has
risen to over 103,000. (See Epilogue).

44 The Local and National Houses of Justice are at the present time
designated Local and National Assemblies, as previously indicated.

45 Of the Hands of the Cause appointed by Shoghi Effendi during his
thirty-six year ministry, twenty-seven were living at the time of
his passing. He also instituted, in 1954, Auxiliary Boards to be
appointed by the Hands and to be their deputies, assistants and
advisors.

46 This section on the Administrative Order is taken from the article
on The Present-Day Administration of the Baha'i Faith by Horace
Holley, published in 1933 in The Baha'i World, Volume V, p. 191 et
seq. Passages in this article quoting from Baha'i writings have been
replaced by newer translations where these are available.

47 The Universal House of Justice was elected for the first time in
April 1986 by the members of fifty-six National Spiritual
Assemblies.

48 In the year 1912.

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