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Today's featured individual Hají Ákhúnd Hají Ákhúnd was an eminent follower of Bahá’u’lláh, Hand of the Cause, and Apostles of Bahá’u’lláh. He was living in Mashhad when he accepted the message of The Báb, this caused him to be immediately expelled from the city and the college he was attending. He eventually settled in Tihrán where he accepted Bahá’u’lláh and became a Bahá’í. It is recorded that when there was an outburst against the Bahá’ís in Tihrán, he would wrap his cloak around himself and sit waiting for the guards to come and arrest him.

Tomorrow's featured individual Mabel Grace Geary Mabel Grace Geary was a pioneer and Knight of Bahá’u’lláh named for pioneering to Cape Breton Island. While attending the first All-American International Teaching Conference in Chicago in 1953 the stirring message of the Guardian inspired Grace to offer to pioneer at the beginning of the Ten Year Spiritual Crusade. The difficult years spent in Cape Brenton Island were surmounted by her unwavering faith and characteristic courage. Her volunteer services as librarian at the public library in Baddeck afforded her excellent opportunities to spread the Glad Tidings of Bahá’u’lláh. Always ready to meet a need in the Cause, she returned to Charlottetown in 1961 to help complete the Spiritual Assembly there.