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.
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.
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Publications
Books
1913 - Bahá’ísm: The Modern Social Religion
1913 - The Inner Garden: A Book of Verse
1913 - The Stricken King, and Other Poems
1914 - Creation: Post-Impressionist Poems
1916 - Divinations and Creation
1916 - The Social Principle
1917 - Read-Aloud Plays
1921 - Bahá’í: The Spirit of the Age
1931 - The World Economy of Bahá’u’lláh
1939 - The Bahá’í Faith
1943 - The Bahá’í Principle of Civilization
1946 - The Revelation of Baha'u'llah
1953 - The Meaning of Worship
1954 - Challenge to Chaos
1954 - 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