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Letter of March 12, 1923 34 |
Over a year has elapsed since that calamitous Hour, when the
glorious Person of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was veiled from mortal eyes and
His Spirit ascended to the Kingdom of Glory; and I feel that the
time is now ripe to take those fresh and momentous decisions which
will enable us to fulfill, speedily and faithfully, the last wishes of our
departed Master.
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The year has been to the outside world a year of fear and suffering,
of disillusion and turmoil. To us, however, the bereaved
followers of a gracious and loving Master, it has been, despite the
passing cares which His sudden departure must necessarily entail,
a period of hope, of wholesome activity, marked throughout with
a spirit of undiminished confidence in His power and of fidelity to
His Cause.
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From the East and from the West, from the North and from
the South, the unnumbered servants of Bahá’u’lláh, disdainful of
the evil machinations of the enemies of His Cause, the breakers of
His behests, have rallied to His Standard, and risen with one accord
to carry on the great Work He has entrusted to their charge. All-hail
to that undying spirit of fidelity which burns and shall burn
unceasingly, in the breasts of His loved ones! Great shall be their
reward, and blissful the hour, when after a toilsome life of service,
they are gathered to the glory of Bahá, and partake in their Beloved’s
Presence, of the joy of eternal Reunion.
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