was elevated to the rank of Hand of the Cause in 1957, and
has made invaluable contributions to the literature of the Faith with his
trilogy, "Baha'u'llah", "'Abdu'l-Baha" and "The Bab"; his "Edward
Granville Browne and the Baha'i Faith", his pamphlet on "Baha'i
Administration", and "Mu?ammad and the Course of Islam". (See page 490)

FRANK HURST

An early worker in the Trade Union Movement in Britain, Frank was an
outspoken sympathiser of the Faith for over twenty years before actually
accepting it in Bradford in 1939. He died in Leeds in 1949.

MRS. MARY BASIL-HALL (PARVINE)

Daughter of Lady Blomfield, she was active in the Faith from her youth,
particularly during the visit to Britain of the Master Whom she served
with such devotion, and Who bestowed upon her the name "Parvine" on His
first visit in 1911. She served for five years on the National Spiritual
Assembly and for a short time on the National Teaching Committee of the
Six Year Plan. At her passing the National Assembly cabled the Guardian,
"PARVINE GLORIED IN SUCCESS PLAN PASSED TO ABHA KINGDOM MORNING 28TH"
(April 1950).

ALBERT AND JEFF JOSEPH

Associated with the Faith from the very beginnings of the Administration
in the British Isles, the Joseph brothers gave long and outstanding
service to the Cause. Jacob (later "Jeff") was Chairman and Albert (then
Ibrahim) a member of the first "Spiritual Council" of the Baha'is of
Manchester. Jacob was a member of the first "All-England Baha'i Council"
in 1922 and of the first National Spiritual Assembly in 1923. Both were
mentioned in and received some Tablets from the Master and both were
warmly regarded by the Guardian for their services to the Faith. Jeff died
in August 1969 in Manchester and Albert in August 1978.

RICHARD ST. BARBE BAKER, O.B.E., LL.D., FOR.D.I.P. (CAMBRIDGE)

On his return from Kenya in 1924 where he had served as Assistant
Conservator of Forests since 1920, R. St. Barbe Baker was asked to speak
on the faiths of the Kikuyu under the title: "Some African Beliefs" at the
'Conference of Living Religions within the Empire', and was approached
afterwards by Claudia Stewart-Coles who exclaimed "You are a Baha'i". He
subsequently accepted the Faith and has introduced it to many thousands of
people in all walks of life in many lands, for more than half a century.
The Guardian became the first Life Member of the Men of the Trees in
Palestine in 1929. Later, fo