demarcation as to whether the type of world federation being
promoted by a certain society involves governments or peoples. The point
is that if it is not allied to any particular political faction, and is
not either Eastern or Western in its projects, the Baha'is may appear as
speakers on its platform and give it moral support."

220: YEAR NINE, THE

"The 'Year Nine' is an abbreviation of 1269 A.H. The beginning of the Year
Nine occurred about two months after His (Baha'u'llah's) imprisonment in
that dungeon. We do not know the exact time He received this first
intimation... We therefore regard the entire Year Nine as a Holy Year, and
the emphasis should be placed ... on the entire year, which started in
October, 1852. This means our Centenary Year of Celebration will be from
October, 1952 to October, 1953."

221: YOUTH

"He quite agrees that the dangers facing the modern youth are becoming
increasingly grave, and call for immediate solution. But, as experience
clearly shows, the remedy to this truly sad and perplexing situation is
not to be found in traditional and ecclesiastical religion. The dogmatism
of the Church has been discarded once for all. What can control youth and
save it from the pitfalls of the crass materialism of the age is the power
of a genuine, constructive and living Faith such as the one revealed to
the world by Baha'u'llah. Religion as in the past, is still the world's
sole hope, but not that form of religion which our ecclesiastical leaders
strive vainly to preach. Divorced from true religion, morals lose their
effectiveness and cease to guide and control man's individual and social
life. But when true religion is combined with true ethics, then moral
progress becomes a possibility and not a mere ideal.

"The need of our modern youth is for such a type of ethics founded on pure
religious faith. Not until these two are rightly combined and brought into
full action can there be any hope for the future of the race."

"The world that lies ahead of us after this war is going to be in a
terrible condition, and if the believers are going to accomplish their
duty and present the Divine Solution to mankind, they must prepare
themselves for the great tasks that lie ahead. This particularly applies
to Baha'i youth. Young men and women in the Faith must be deep and
thoughtful scholars of its teachings, so that they can teach in a way that
will convince people that all the problems f