June 18. On this date in 1991, Canadian Hand of the Cause of God John Robarts died in Rawdon, Quebec.

June 18. On this date in 1991, Canadian Hand of the Cause of God John Robarts died in Rawdon, Quebec.

John Robarts was born on November 2, 1901 in Waterloo, Ontario, to Aldham Wilson Robarts and Rachel Mary Montgomery-Campbell. His sister was Marjorie Campbell Robarts, who survived the sinking of the Allan liner RMS Hesperian in September of 1915.

In 1957, Shoghi Effendi appointed Robarts a Hand of the Cause of God. His travels as a Hand included Southern Rhodesia, Morocco, Liberia, Cameroon, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Hawaii, Jamaica, Iceland, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Fiji, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, and Western Samoa.

On May 3, 1980, John Robarts addressed the Canadian Bahá'í National Convention, stating, "..the only hope, the only light in the world is the light of Bahá'u'lláh...the pioneers have been telling us for years that masses are waiting to receive the news of the love of God and the coming of Bahá'u'lláh. We have it, and the only way that they're going to get it is for us to go and give it to them ...."

221. "..the only hope, the only light in the world is the light of Bahá'u'lláh...the pioneers have been telling us for years that masses are waiting to receive the news of the love of God and the coming of Bahá'u'lláh. We have it, and the only way that they're going to get it is for us to go and give it to them ...."
— Hand of the Cause of God John Robarts, from an address at the Bahá'í National Convention, Vancouver, Canada, May 3, 1980

He died in Rawdon, Quebec, on June 18, 1991.