Having heard enthusiastic reports of the building of the first
Mashriqu’l-Adhkar [Baha’i Temple] in ‘Ishqabad, Russia, the members of the
Spiritual committee (better known as the "House of Spirituality") of
the Chicago Assembly were inspired to supplicate to the Center of the Covenant,
‘Abdu’l-Baha, to grant permission for the second Mashriqu’l-Adhkar to be built
in America. Read
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(The Baha’i Year Book 1925-1926)