Horace Holley

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.

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