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Charles Mason Remey: Firmness in the Covenant -September 2, 1914

  FIRMNESS IN THE COVENANT               This article was written in the Fall of 1914, and some typed manuscriptcopies of it were at that time circulated among a few Bahais in the European Assemblies, where and when, it will be recalled, certain conditions of violation, centered in London, caused the matter of firmness in The Covenant to be forcibly called to the attention of the friends throughout the entire Bahai world.                 It is with the approval of the Bahai Committee of Investigation that copies of this treaties are now being circulated in this manifold form.                                            ...

Charles Mason Remey: The Violation in Chicago Written in 1935 About the 1917-1918 Violation of the Bahá'í Covenant

  THE VIOLATION IN CHICAGO               From the inception of the Bahá’í Cause in America there had been hypocrisy and violation in the Chicago Bahá’í Community.                 The Master wrote many Tablets upon this subject.   After His first visit to Chicago the Master sent Mr. MacNutt from New York to Chicago, Himself paying Mr. Macnutt’s expenses that he, Mr. MacNutt, might settle the matter of violation there caused by Dr. Nutt. I don’t recall exactly what happened except that Mr. MacNutt was not awakened to the condition and accomplished practically nothing.   Zia Bagdadi once told me that the Master had remarked to him that instead of sensing the condition of violation in Dr. Nutt, that Mr. MacNutt conferred with him and thought things to be alright and as they should be.        ...

Charles Mason Remey: An Open Letter to the Bahá'ís in America March 21, 1918 - Violation of the Covenant

  AN OPEN LETTER   TO   THE BAHAIS IN AMERICA               Written to refute certain erroneous statements which are being made with reference to the activities of the Bahai Committee on investigation in its endeavor to free the Cause of Baha’o’llah from the spirit of violation through the application of the explicit commands of the Center of the Covenant regarding the treatment of violators.   By C.M.R. March 21, 1918              **************************************************************************                                                      ...