Horace Holley (April 7, 1887 in Torrington, Connecticut – July 12, 1960 in Haifa, Israel) was a prominent follower of the Baháʼí Faith, having been elected to several Spiritual Assemblies, appointed by Shoghi Effendi in 1951 as a Hand of the Cause, and later elected as one of the nine Custodians who stewarded the religion from 1957–1963.
Holley was born in Torrington, Connecticut in 1887. He was introduced to the Baháʼí Faith in 1909, and later served as a member and secretary to the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada, first being elected in 1923. He also became editor of World Unity Magazine. He was elected by his fellow Hands of the Cause as a Custodian in 1959. This being announced on Christmas Day of 1959 in the New York Times:
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahais announced today that Horace Holley had resigned as secretary as the chief steward of the faith at international headquarters in Haifa, Israel.New York Times, December 25, 1959, p12
He and his wife Doris moved to Haifa, Israel, where he died July 12, 1960. He is buried at the foot of Mount Carmel in Haifa.
Publications Books 1913 - Bahá’ísm: The Modern Social Religion 1913 - The Inner Garden: A Book of Versehttps://archive.org/details/theinnergarden00hollrich 1913 - The Stricken King, and Other Poemshttps://archive.org/details/thestrickenking00hollrich 1914 - Creation: Post-Impressionist Poemshttps://archive.org/details/creation00holliala 1916 - Divinations and Creationhttps://archive.org/details/divinationscreat00hollrich 1916 - The Social Principle 1917 - Read-Aloud Plays 1921 - Bahá’í: The Spirit of the Agehttps://archive.org/details/bahaispiritofage00holl 1931 - The World Economy of Bahá’u’lláhhttps://bahai.works/World_Economy_of_Bah%C3%A1%E2%80%99u%E2%80%99ll%C3%A1h 1939 - The Bahá’í Faithhttps://bahai.works/The_Bahai_Faith_(Holley) 1943 - The Bahá’í Principle of Civilizationhttps://bahai.works/_Principle_of_Civilization 1946 - The Revelation of Baha'u'llahhttps://bahai.works/The_Revelation_of_Bah%C3%A1%E2%80%99u%E2%80%99ll%C3%A1h_(Holley) 1953 - The Meaning of Worshiphttps://bahai.works/The_Meaning_of_Worship 1954 - Challenge to Chaoshttps://bahai.works/Challenge_to_Chaos 1954 - The God Who Walks with Menhttps://bahai.works/The_God_Who_Walks_with_Men 1956 - Religion for Mankind Study Guides 1939 - Deepening the Spiritual Life 1943 - ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the Divine Plan Compilations 1923 - Bahá’í Scriptures
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Read-Aloud Plays (1916). A collection of stories involving the Baháʼí Faith Biography by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram Horace Holley Poems at Poetry Archive