he neglect into which they had
allowed it to fall, thus permitting the Guardian to restore the
building and establish its status in the eyes of the civil
authorities as a Holy Place. Subsequently, Shoghi Effendi secured
from the newly established Israeli government recognition that the
entire property had this privileged character, and an official order
was issued, requiring the remaining Covenant-breakers to evacuate
the unsightly building that they still occupied next to the Mansion.
When their appeal to the Supreme Court against this judgement
failed, the eviction order was executed, the building demolished at
the Guardian's instructions, and the last obstacle to the
beautification of the property was successfully overcome.

_ 101 Tablets of Baha'u'llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas,_ _op.
cit._, p. 68.

_ 102 Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha_, _op. cit._, pp. 19-20.

103 A full account of the role played by the Hands of the Cause during
these critical years is provided by Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum,
_Ministry of the Custodians_ (Haifa: Baha'i World Centre, 1997).

104 Shoghi Effendi, _The World Order of Baha'u'llah,_ _op. cit._, p.
148.

_ 105 Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha_, _op. cit._, p. 20.

106 Universal House of Justice, _Messages from the Universal House of
Justice, 1963-1986: The Third Epoch of the Formative Age_ (Wilmette:
Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1996), p. 14.

107 The subject is discussed in a number of places throughout _The
Priceless Pearl_, _op. cit._ See particularly pages 79, 85, 90, 128
and 159.

_ 108 Tablets of Baha'u'llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas,_ _op.
cit._, p. 69.

109 'Abdu'l-Baha, _The Secret of Divine Civilization_, _op. cit._, pp.
96-97.

110 J. E. Esslemont, _Baha'u'llah and the New Era: An Introduction to
the Baha'i Faith_, 5th rev. ed. (Wilmette: Baha'i Publishing Trust,
1998), p. 250.

_ 111 Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha_, _op. cit._, p. 11.

112 Shoghi Effendi, _The World Order of Baha'u'llah,_ _op. cit._, p. 8.

113 Baha'u'llah, _The Kitab-i-Aqdas_, _op. cit._, paragraph 83.

114 Baha'u'llah, _Epistle to the Son of the Wolf_ (Wilmette: Baha'i
Publishing Trust, 1988), p. 14.

115 Shoghi Effendi, _The World Order of Baha'u'llah,_ _op. cit._, pp.
43, 195.

_ 116 ibid._,