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Here are, very briefly explained, some of the principles
of Bahá’u’lláh.
In short, it behoves us all to be lovers of
truth. Let us seek her in every season and in every country, being careful
never to attach ourselves to personalities. Let us see the light wherever it shines,
and may we be enabled to recognize the light of truth no matter where
it may arise. Let us inhale the perfume of the rose from the midst
of thorns which surround it; let us drink the running water from every pure spring.
('Abdu'l-Bahá:
Paris Talks, Pages: 133 - 134)
Baha'is in the Albany, New York USA cluster celebrate the beginning of the New Baha'i Year. (Photo by Paul Murray, BahaiPrinciples.org) 
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Mrs. Olson later became a journalist for the United States Trust Territory of the Pacific, and then a supervisor responsible for arranging scholarships for island students. Many of those students, some of whom stayed in the Olsons' home, later became prominent members of Guam society, including legislators, teachers, and businessmen.
In her memoirs, Mrs. Olson wrote about the first Bahá'í Feast on Guam, when she and Robert Powers, a young Bahá'í sailor who had been posted there temporarily, said prayers and had a picnic at the water's edge in the southern village of Inarajan. Mr. Powers also received the title Knight of Bahá'u'lláh.
The first Micronesian islander to become a Bahá'í was Joe Erie Ilengelkei, who became the ninth member of the community, thus meeting the required number to form the first Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Guam. It was established on 21 April, 1956.
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