Sole Desire Serve Cause
Knights of Bahá’u’lláh Gale and Jameson Bond
Memoirs of Jameson and Gale Bond, Knights of Bahá’u’lláh to Franklin in the Canadian Arctic
'Our hope is that our lives are a reflection, however imperfect, of the Divine Will. Our hope has been to show forth an attempt to win the good pleasure of the Beloved. And it is our hope that the reader will understand how inseparable they are and will see through our personal frailties to something infinitely more beautiful. Our lives are blessed and full of bounties' Jameson and Gale Bond, 2001
Jameson and Gale Bond’s memoirs tell the story of their six decades of Bahá’í service, particularly as Knights of Bahá’u’lláh in the Canadian District of Franklin above the Arctic Circle. Shoghi Effendi realized that among the goals of the Ten Year Crusade, ‘the objectives of the far north are perhaps the hardest. On the other hand, the harder the task, the more glorious the victory. You...Show More
'Our hope is that our lives are a reflection, however imperfect, of the Divine Will. Our hope has been to show forth an attempt to win the good pleasure of the Beloved. And it is our hope that the reader will understand how inseparable they are and will see through our personal frailties to something infinitely more beautiful. Our lives are blessed and full of bounties' Jameson and Gale Bond, 2001
Jameson and Gale Bond’s memoirs tell the story of their six decades of Bahá’í service, particularly as Knights of Bahá’u’lláh in the Canadian District of Franklin above the Arctic Circle. Shoghi Effendi realized that among the goals of the Ten Year Crusade, ‘the objectives of the far north are perhaps the hardest. On the other hand, the harder the task, the more glorious the victory. You...Show More
Memoirs of Jameson and Gale Bond, Knights of Bahá’u’lláh to Franklin in the Canadian Arctic
'Our hope is that our lives are a reflection, however imperfect, of the Divine Will. Our hope has been to show forth an attempt to win the good pleasure of the Beloved. And it is our hope that the reader will understand how inseparable they are and will see through our personal frailties to something infinitely more beautiful. Our lives are blessed and full of bounties' Jameson and Gale Bond, 2001
Jameson and Gale Bond’s memoirs tell the story of their six decades of Bahá’í service, particularly as Knights of Bahá’u’lláh in the Canadian District of Franklin above the Arctic Circle. Shoghi Effendi realized that among the goals of the Ten Year Crusade, ‘the objectives of the far north are perhaps the hardest. On the other hand, the harder the task, the more glorious the victory. You may be sure that he is praying for your success ...’
The Ten Year Crusade's driving force was described by Shoghi Effendi as the energizing influence generated by the Revelation heralded by the Báb and proclaimed by Bahá’u’lláh . In Jamie's opinion, this same force could well have been the catalyst for advancements in society such as the introduction and accelerated development of health services and education in the Canadian Arctic; the first extensions into the Arctic of the Canadian judicial system; and the first ballot boxes that gave Eskimos a voice in the political mosaic all of which occurred during the Ten Year Crusade.
During the ten years they spent in the District of Franklin, Gale and Jamie never had a Bahá’í visitor. But the Arctic regions, and especially the indigenous peoples of the Arctic Archipelago, were always in their hearts and minds even after they left in 1963. Their services in later years, particularly Jamie's services on Bahá’í institutions and in international forums, and Gale's journeys to her native Hungary to help establish Bahá’í communities there, are recounted in the last three chapters.
'Our hope is that our lives are a reflection, however imperfect, of the Divine Will. Our hope has been to show forth an attempt to win the good pleasure of the Beloved. And it is our hope that the reader will understand how inseparable they are and will see through our personal frailties to something infinitely more beautiful. Our lives are blessed and full of bounties' Jameson and Gale Bond, 2001
Jameson and Gale Bond’s memoirs tell the story of their six decades of Bahá’í service, particularly as Knights of Bahá’u’lláh in the Canadian District of Franklin above the Arctic Circle. Shoghi Effendi realized that among the goals of the Ten Year Crusade, ‘the objectives of the far north are perhaps the hardest. On the other hand, the harder the task, the more glorious the victory. You may be sure that he is praying for your success ...’
The Ten Year Crusade's driving force was described by Shoghi Effendi as the energizing influence generated by the Revelation heralded by the Báb and proclaimed by Bahá’u’lláh . In Jamie's opinion, this same force could well have been the catalyst for advancements in society such as the introduction and accelerated development of health services and education in the Canadian Arctic; the first extensions into the Arctic of the Canadian judicial system; and the first ballot boxes that gave Eskimos a voice in the political mosaic all of which occurred during the Ten Year Crusade.
During the ten years they spent in the District of Franklin, Gale and Jamie never had a Bahá’í visitor. But the Arctic regions, and especially the indigenous peoples of the Arctic Archipelago, were always in their hearts and minds even after they left in 1963. Their services in later years, particularly Jamie's services on Bahá’í institutions and in international forums, and Gale's journeys to her native Hungary to help establish Bahá’í communities there, are recounted in the last three chapters.
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Bahá'í History
- Contributors:: Don Brown
- Format: Softcover book | 436 pages
- Dimensions: 128 x 200 x 30 mm | 620 g
- Publisher: George Ronald
- Language: English
- SKU: BKS-HIS-H.0520
Teachers & Pioneers
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David and Esther TanyiEnoch Tanyi
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To Climb A MountainFlorence Conway
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LifelineMeherangiz and Jyoti Munsiff
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Sole Desire Serve CauseDon Brown
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Knight with a BriefcaseJudith Kaye Logsdon-Dubois
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The Art of Empowering OthersJuliet Gentzkow
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The Life and Times of Charles DunningKeith Munro
Memoirs
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The Chosen HighwayLady Blomfield
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NineteenAdam J.T. Robarts
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LifelineMeherangiz and Jyoti Munsiff
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Memories of Nine Years in AkkaYouness Afroukhteh
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Lotus of BahapurSheriar Nooreyezdan
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Shoghi Effendi, RecollectionsUgo Giachery
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Beyond East and WestBernard Leach
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The JourneyNahid Meshgin
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Make Life ColorfulOmid Vafa
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Crossing the LineRichard Abercrombie
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Mahmud's DiaryMahmud-i-Zarqani
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Portals to FreedomHoward Colby Ives
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The Story Of My Heart‘Alí-Akbar Furútan
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When Reason SleepsAudrey Mellard
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Fires in Many HeartsDoris McKay
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Bridegroom from BaghdadShar Mitchell
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ForeignerHussein Ahdieh
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Our Story is OneMaryam Safajoo
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Sole Desire Serve CauseDon Brown
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Without HesitationAnisa Abdul-Razzaq Abbas
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Manijeh, Not Only A Change Of NameManijeh Saatchi
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Living in the Half-LightJean Gould
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On Wings of JoyLou Turner
Bahá’í History: Overviews
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A Basic Bahá'í ChronologyGlenn Cameron
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175 Years of PersecutionFereydun Vahman
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The Bahá’í Faith in Words and ImagesJohn Danesh and Seena Fazel
1844-1853: Ministry of The Báb
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The Dawn-BreakersNabil-i-A'zam
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The Báb and the Babi Community of IranFereydun Vahman
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ZanjanAaron Emmel
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Heroes of the New AgeEdward Diliberto
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Heroes of the Dawn BreakersIvan Loyd
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The Chosen PathHussein Ahdieh
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A Child in the Holy LandGisu Mohadjer
1853-1892: Ministry of Bahá’u’lláh
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The Story of Bahá’u’lláhDruzelle Cederquist
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Stories of Baha'u'llahAli-Akbar Furutan
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The Chosen HighwayLady Blomfield
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Treasures of the CauseRose Deloomy
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A Child in the Holy LandGisu Mohadjer
1892-1921: Ministry of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
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Vignettes from the Life of 'Abdu'l-BaháAnnamarie Honnold
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A World Without WarHoda Mahmoudi
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Memories of Nine Years in AkkaYouness Afroukhteh
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Lighting the Western SkyKathryn Hogenson
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá in France, 1911-1913Jan Jasion
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The Chosen HighwayLady Blomfield
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Sarah Ann RidgwayMadeline Hellaby
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Two Visits to BristolCarole Huxtable Lulham
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá in New YorkHussein Ahdieh
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A Seed in Your HeartJanet Rose
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Through the eyes of Margaret CousinsKeith Munro (Grandnephew of Margaret Cousins)
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Portraits of some Bahá'í WomenZebby Whitehead
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He Loved and ServedNathan Rutstein
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‘Abdu’l-Bahá: The Perfect ExemplarDariush Lamy
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Portals to FreedomHoward Colby Ives
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William Henry RandallBahiyyih Randall-Winckler
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John David BoschAngelina Diliberto Allen
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The Life of Laura BarneyMona Khademi
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Infinite HorizonsKathryn Jewett Hogenson
1921-1957: Ministry of the Guardian
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Shoghi Effendi, RecollectionsUgo Giachery
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George TownshendDavid Hofman
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A Seed in Your HeartJanet Rose
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The Story Of My Heart‘Alí-Akbar Furútan
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FaiziMay Faizi-Moore
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From Copper to GoldDorothy Freeman
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Portraits of some Bahá'í WomenZebby Whitehead
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A History of the Bahá'í Faith in South Carolina Louis Venters
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Fires in Many HeartsDoris McKay
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The Life of Laura BarneyMona Khademi
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Infinite HorizonsKathryn Jewett Hogenson
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Shu‘á: Ray of the SunShapour Rassekh
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Leroy IoasAnita Ioas Chapman
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A Child in the Holy LandGisu Mohadjer
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Sole Desire Serve CauseDon Brown
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Her Eternal CrownDella Marcus
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Knight with a BriefcaseJudith Kaye Logsdon-Dubois
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The Art of Empowering OthersJuliet Gentzkow
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Hermann Grossmann, Hand of the Cause of GodSusanne Pfaff-Grossmann
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The Life and Times of Charles DunningKeith Munro
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Beyond East and WestBernard Leach
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Attorney for Racial JusticeGwendolyn Etter-Lewis
1957 onwards
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FaiziMay Faizi-Moore
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The Story Of My Heart‘Alí-Akbar Furútan
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Our Friend MonaAzadeh Rohanian Perry
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A History of the Bahá'í Faith in South Carolina Louis Venters
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Manijeh, Not Only A Change Of NameManijeh Saatchi
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Without HesitationAnisa Abdul-Razzaq Abbas
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Crossing the LineRichard Abercrombie
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Shu‘á: Ray of the SunShapour Rassekh
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When Reason SleepsAudrey Mellard
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Anchor of FaithRichard W Thomas
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The JourneyNahid Meshgin
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Lotus of BahapurSheriar Nooreyezdan
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Make Life ColorfulOmid Vafa
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Our Story is OneMaryam Safajoo