Grade 2 – 4 Homework Assignment 1.

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9/23/2018 The beginning of the hunt for The Báb

Teacher: Cindy Van Kley 405-630-4504 cindyvankley@gmail.com

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Remember: Worldwide fervor – “The Lord is Near”

In the mid-1840’s there were religious scholars and believers around the world who were expecting either the end
of the world or the return of their prophet. Jews were waiting for the coming of the Messiah, Buddhists were
waiting for the coming of a Buddha named Maitreye, Hindus were awaiting a new incarnation of Krishna who
would be known as the “Tenth Avatar”, Christians were looking for the return of Christ “in the Glory of the
Father”, and Muslims were awaiting the Promised Qa’im in the “Day of God”. Shaykh Ahmád and Siyyid Kazím
urged their students to seek out the Promised One. In the United States confident predictions were made that Christ
would return in 1843 or 1844. In fact, thousands of Christians sold their possessions, forgave debts, returned stolen
goods, even sewed “ascension robes” and watched the skies to prepare to be taken into heaven with Christ! A
group of German Christians moved to the small village of Haifa in the Holy Land to establish a community at the
foot of Mt. Carmel to await their Messiah. They were called German Templers. It was amid this worldwide feeling
of expectation that the followers of Siyyid Kazím heard his urging to search for the Promised One.

Memory Verse: Practice many times every day. Say it in class next time.

“I am, I am, I am, the promised One! I am the One whose name you have for a
thousand years invoked, at whose mention you have risen, whose advent you
have longed to witness, and the hour of whose Revelation you have prayed
God to hasten.”
— The Báb, The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl’s Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá’í Revelation, p. 315-316

Please READ THE REMEMBER section above, review your journal notes, and ponder the
questions, then write your answers in your Journal.

1) What two events might have been expected by people of the mid-1840’s?
2) Which people were expecting a promised one named “Maitreye”?
3) Who did the Christians expect to come in the 1840’s?
4) Which Christians moved to the foot of Mount Carmel to wait for Christ to descend there?
5) Fill in the blanks in the story on the back of this sheet.

PARENTS ONLY please initial each day the student practices the memory verse at least 5 times
and works on readings/questions:

For 9/30

Sun_______ Mon______ Tue_____ Wed_____ Thur_____ Fri_____ Sat_____

Fill in the blanks with the correct word(s):

In the mid-________’s there were religious ____________ and believers around the world

who were expecting either _____ ________ ______ _________ ______________ or the

__________________ of their ________________. Jews were waiting for the coming

of the __________________, Buddhists were waiting for the coming of a

________________ named Maitreye, Hindus were awaiting a new incarnation of

________________ who would be known as the “Tenth Avatar”, Christians were looking

for the return of _______________ “in the ______________ of the Father”, and

________________ were awaiting the Promised ____________ in the “Day of God”.

Shaykh Ahmád and Siyyid Kazím urged their ________________ to seek out the

Promised One. In the United States confident predictions were made that

_______________ would return in 1843 or 1844. In fact, thousands of Christians sold their

possessions, forgave debts, returned _____________ goods, even sewed “ascension robes”

and watched the ____________ to prepare to be taken into heaven with Christ! A group of

_________________ Christians moved to the small village of _______________ in the

Holy Land to establish a community at the foot of Mt. Carmel to await their Messiah. They

were called German ____________________. It was amid this worldwide feeling of

expectation that the followers of Siyyid Kazím heard his urging to

_____________________ for the Promised One.