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Bahá'í Administration
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Pages 30-31
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Letter of January 12, 1923
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To the members of the National Spiritual Assembly.
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Beloved co-workers in the Cause of God!
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In the midst of your unceasing labors for the progress of the
Movement in that country, I am sure you would welcome every now
and then such news as shall breathe a fresh spirit into your activities
and stimulate you to further effort for the promotion of His
Cause.
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Only the other day, in the course of my study of various Bahá'í
documents, I came, as if by mere chance, across a very important
message from our beloved `Abdu'l-Bahá, bearing no date, and revealing
no sign as to exactly where, how and to whom it was given,
written in the Master's own handwriting upon a leaflet that seemed
ordinary and ill-preserved in appearance but which on close study
proved of the profoundest interest to all believers in the East as
well as in the West. As to the authenticity of these remarkable
words, so clearly and forcibly written, there is no doubt whatsoever,
and the measure of assurance it shall inspire in the loved ones of Persia
and the spirit of hopeful encouragement it shall breathe in the
friends of the West, have urged me to communicate it to you, that
subject to your consideration and consent, it may be published
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amongst the friends and redouble their confidence in the very
remarkable share the West is destined to contribute to the immediate
spread of the Movement throughout the world.
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Recently, I have rendered it myself into English and enclosed
is a copy of the full translation.
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May I also mention in passing the fact that since my return
to the Holy Land I have directed and emphatically urged in my
letters, the friends in Persia, Turkestan, Caucasus, Great Britain,
India, Egypt and Syria to subscribe, through their respective Assemblies,
to the Star of the West, report regularly to that paper and
through their Assemblies the news of their activity and contribute
every now and then carefully written articles approved and sanctioned
by the same Assemblies.
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I trust that this measure will react favorably on the Star of the
West and will serve to stimulate the members of the Publishing
Committee to further activity in their sphere of service to the
Cause.
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Awaiting eagerly your letters and wishing you the fullest success
in your very arduous duties,
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I am your devoted brother,
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SHOGHI.
Haifa, Palestine,
January 12, 1923.
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Notes
1. [Published in the booklet "Prayer of Bahá'u'lláh: Prayers and Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá."]
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