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A Still More Superb Mission – A Talk by Mr Paul Lample

August 17, 2024, in Videos > Talk, by

“A Still More Superb Mission” is a talk given by Mr Paul Lample, member of the Universal House of Justice, at the the 2024 ABS Conference in Atlanta (USA). This talk was generously shared by the Association for Baha’i Studies. While Mr Lample is addressing a North American audience about racial prejudice, his talk is of global interest and relevance.

The summary of the talk shared by ABS is as follows:

With the close of the first century of the Formative Age, the Baha’i world now turns its attention to the requirements of a new century of endeavour beginning with a release in ever greater measures of the society building power of the Faith. In The Advent of Divine Justice, Shoghi Effendi explained to the Baha’i community of North America that, following the close of the international mission placed upon them for the execution of the Divine Plan, “a greater, a still more superb mission, incomparable in its splendor, and foreordained for them by Baha’u’llah” may be thrust upon them. It would require their involvement in eradicating, from the generality of the people to which they belong, the three evil tendencies he addressed in detail in that book. “Suffice it to say,” he explained, “that out of the turmoil and tribulations of these ‘latter years’ opportunities undreamt of will be born, and circumstances unpredictable created, that will enable, nay impel, the victorious prosecutors of Abdu’l-Baha’s Plan, to add, through the part they will play in the unrolling of the New World Order, fresh laurels to the crown of their servitude to the threshold of Baha’u’llah.” The presentation will consider the initial steps in the century ahead toward fulfillment of this greater mission, including exploring a framework for action for the elimination of racial prejudice.

We have other talks by Mr Paul Lample on Baha’i Blog. If you enjoyed this talk, you might enjoy when Mr. Lample speaks about the power of consultation, or the challenge of our time, or the launch of the Nine Year Plan.

You can find more talks by the Association for Baha’i Studies on its YouTube channel.

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In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.
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