![]() ![]() He then moved to a small bungalow outside of Dublin where he spent his last decade. However, at the age of 70, Townshend renounced his orders to the Anglican Church and wrote a pamphlet to all Christians under the title “The Old Churches and the New World Faith” proclaiming his allegiance to the Bahá’í Faith. He spent many years near Ballinasloe, County Galway, where he was incumbent of Ahascragh and Archdeacon of Clonfert. At Shoghi Effendi’s request he wrote the introduction to The Dawn Breakers and God Passes By. ![]() He became a Bahá’í in 1921 and in 1926 he acted as the literary adviser to Shoghi Effendi, reading through and editing all of the Guardian’s major publications. He married his wife Nancy, and had two children: a son Brian and a daughter Una. At the age of 31 he was ordained as an Episcopalian minister while he was living in the United States. ![]() George Townshend was born in Ireland and was a well known writer and clergyman. At Shoghi Effendi's request he wrote the introduction to The Dawn Breakers and God Passes By George Townshend He became a Baha'i in 1921 and in 1926 he acted as the literary adviser to Shoghi Effendi, reading through and editing all of the Guardian's major publications. ![]()
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