MISSING PARAGRAPHS FROM NEW ERA

"The spiritual or Providential character of the Faith...is further
exemplified in the continuance, after  'Abdu'l-Baha, of the office of
interpreter of the Sacred Writings in the person of the successive
Guardians provided in 'Abdu'l-Baha's Testament.  The Faith, therefore,
throughout  its era will never suffer the disintegrating influence of
schisms resulting from differences of interpretation, nor the
deterioration which follows when generally prevalent materialism
substitutes  lower values for those revealed by the Founder.  In
relation to the needs of social progress,  Baha'u'llah provided for
the formation of an international House of Justice, whose election and
functions are more specifically revealed in the Testament of
'Abdu'l-Baha.  The fact that this supreme administrative body, the
chairman of which  will be the successive Guardians, can not only
initiate legislation on all matters not defined in the Book, but also
annul its own enactments when new conditions require different
measures,assures for the Faith the vital continuity of a living
organism.  Established on universal truths, it is endowed with
capacity to adapt to the conditions and requirements of each
generation and age."

"Since acceptance of Baha'u'llah involves acceptance of the social
teachings and the social institutions He revealed and provided, or
which have been instituted by 'Abdu'l-Baha, no Baha'i can found a
separate school or sect, nor justify any other basis for schism."

Since Shoghi Effendi stated that "Baha'u'llah and the New Era" was one
of the basic three books Baha'is should use when teaching the Faith, I
think it is very serious when these two paragraphs were deleted from
editions printed after 1960.
                         
                                                                      
     Barbara