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likewise. If the government or other employers refuse to grant them these
days off, they are not required to forfeit their employment, but they
should make every effort to have the independent status of the Faith
recognized and their right to hold their own religious Holy Days
acknowledged."

98: HOLY DAYS OF OTHER RELIGIONS

"As regards the celebration of the Christian Holiday by the believers; it
is surely preferable and even highly advisable that the friends should in
their relation to each other discontinue observing such holidays as
Christmas and New Years, and to have their festival gatherings of this
nature instead during the Intercalary Days and Naw-Ruz...."

99: HOLY SHRINE (BELIEVERS TURN TO THE)

"He feels the drawing of the hearts together, as the believers turn
towards the Holy Shrine, will produce a greater love and unity amongst the
friends, and attract the blessings of Baha'u'llah."

100: HOSTS OF HIS TESTAMENT (THE)

"'The Hosts of His Testament' refers to those who are firm in the Will and
Testament of Baha'u'llah and who defend and uphold it."

101: CORD (MEANING OF)

"The word 'cord' so often mentioned in the Teachings means both the Faith
itself and also the power of the Faith which sustains those who cling to
it."

102: ILLNESS

"Such hindrances (i.e., illness and other difficulties) no matter how
severe and insuperable they may at first seem, can and should be
effectively overcome through the combined and sustained power of prayer
and of determined and continued effort."

103: ILLNESS (CANCER)

"Cancer is such a terrible scourge in the world today! But when the
believers are called upon to go through such bitter ordeals they have the
Faith to sustain them, the love of their Baha'i friends to comfort them,
and the glorious words of Baha'u'llah regarding immortality to give them
confidence and courage. Blessed are we, indeed, even in the midst of our
greatest trials."

104: INHERITANCE (DIVISION OF)

"To divide the inheritance as it is prescribed by Baha'u'llah we have to
divide it into 2,520 shares. But we can also divide it into 42 shares.
Then every one of the beneficiaries will take so many of these shares.
These numbers form like a highest denominator for the different fractions
which represent the shares of the different individuals that will benefit
in case of intestacy. In case of the non-existence of o