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Bahá'í Administration
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Pages 25-27
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Letter of December 16, 1922
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To the loved ones of `Abdu'l-Bahá throughout the continent of America.
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Dear fellow-workers in the Holy Vineyard of Bahá!
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Now that my long hours of rest and meditation are happily at
an end, I turn my face with renewed hope and vigor to that vast
continent the soil of which is pregnant with those seeds that our
beloved Master has so tenderly and so profusely scattered in the
past. Prolonged though this period has been, yet I have strongly
felt ever since the New Day has dawned upon me that such a needed
retirement, despite the temporary dislocations it might entail, would
far outweigh in its results any immediate service I could have
humbly tendered at the Threshold of Bahá'u'lláh.
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I am now confident that the energies of my beloved brethren
and sisters across the seas, far from being damped by my sudden
disappearance from the field of service, will henceforth be fully
maintained, nay redoubled in their intensity, that we may all together
carry triumphantly to the uttermost corners of the world the
glorious Standard of Bahá.
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Bereft of all news whatsoever during my hours of restful seclusion,
I now feel the more the thrill of the various tidings, few but
indeed promising, that have been awaiting my return to the Holy
Land. The work of the noble Edifice that the mighty hands of the
All-wise Master has reared in this world can suffer no delay, nor
can its foundations be made to totter, whatever the apparent obstacles
its enemies in their impotent wrath and despair may throw
in its way. We need not wait too long, for already from various
quarters there comes the news that the awful promises of `Abdu'l-Bahá
regarding the Covenant-breakers have been strikingly fulfilled!
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But it behooves us not to dwell for a moment on these doomed
and darkened efforts, for the shining light of the Master's unfailing
guidance is beckoning us to more constructive service, to nobler and
worthier achievements.
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We have, not a long time ago, with tearful eyes commemorated
the world over the passing hour of our beloved Master. Would to
God it has marked in our lives, which we all have consecrated to
His service, a fresh, solemn and unswerving resolution of devotion
and fidelity to His Cause
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Your brother and co-worker,
SHOGHI.
Haifa, Palestine,
December 16, 1922.
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