Kheiralla continued to offer his teachings to interested persons. But whereas he had been successful in the 1890s (when he had converted hundreds in a few years), he made few converts as an independent religious teacher. The primary reason for his failure may have been the changes in the “pith” of his teachings: Kheiralla could no longer teach that ‘Abdu’l-Baha was the return of Christ, and because Muhammad-‘Ali did not claim special authority or ability, Kheiralla could not transfer this teaching to him. This deprived his teachings of a living individual who appealed to the seeker. He attempted to make himself the spiritual authority, instead, by providing his prayers of his own composition, the repetition of which was supposed to aid in the spiritual development of the individual.
(The Bahá'í Faith in America: Origins, 1892-1900 by Robert H. Stockman)
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