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Passing Away of Dearest Martha |
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Your very kind message … expressing your profound sorrow
and sympathy at the passing away of our beloved sister
Miss Martha Root has just reached our dear Guardian, and he
feels indeed most deeply touched by the very thoughtful words
which you had been moved to convey to him. The loss which
the entire Baha’i world has come to sustain through her untimely
departure from this world is indeed enormous, and can be
compensated only partially by the self-sacrificing efforts which
our dear Baha’i teachers in East and West are now exerting in
their respective fields of teaching.
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The Guardian’s hope, however, is that, spurred by the noble
example of Martha’s life and character, the friends in every land
will make a supreme and united effort to carry onward the
great teaching task which she had so untiringly been endeavouring
to accomplish during all these years, and thus bring eternal
joy and impart infinite hope and solace to her heart in the other
world.
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I deeply appreciate, and am greatly touched by, the noble
sentiments you have expressed. The passing of dearest
Martha, that distinguished hero of the Cause of Baha’u’llah,
is indeed a great loss to those who labour for His Cause,
both in the East and West. May her glorious example
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continue to inspire the friends in India and Burma to tread in
her footsteps, and to extend the work she so nobly initiated.
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