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The Light of Divine Guidance [First of Two Volumes]
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Pages 16-18
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Letter of 31 December 1923
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The beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful
in Hamburg, Gera, Schwerin, Rostock and Wärnemunde.
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My dearly-beloved brethren and sisters in the love of God!
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The letter of our beloved and highly-esteemed fellow-worker,
Dr. Grossmann, together with the enclosed Bahá'í
leaflets and reports, as well as the most welcome and
encouraging circular letters sent out by the Hamburg and
Gera Bahá'í Assemblies, have all been received and read
with pride and gratitude. So unexpected were these
messages that were conveyed to us from those uttermost
corners of Germany, and so beautiful their spirit, that we all
felt at once surprised, gladdened and inspired. How
wondrous, how all-conquering is the Spirit of our beloved
Master which, despite the terrible distress now reigning all
over Germany, and notwithstanding the confusion and the
gross materialism in which mankind is now sunk, is causing
these vigorous, radiant and hopeful Bahá'í centres to be
established, linked together and strengthened, in even the
uttermost regions of your great country.
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I have shared all your news with the friends in the Holy
Land, and will forward them to all the Bahá'í centres
throughout the East, that the friends of `Abdu'l-Bahá may
realize more deeply than ever how His promise is being
fulfilled. The Haifa Spiritual Assembly will soon send you a
special message acknowledging the receipt of your circular
letters and will be glad to share your news with the friends
throughout the East and the West.
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Germany is at present in the throes of unprecedented
afflictions, and the immediate future may seem still dark
and disquieting, yet we, who follow in the Master's
footsteps will ever bear in mind His sure and emphatic
promise that your fatherland's present plight will erelong be
turned into a material prosperity and a spiritual
regeneration more glorious than ever before, and will offer
to the eyes of the world a vast, rich, and ready field for the
propagation of the Bahá'í principles.
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Let us then take heart, and endeavour to deepen in spirit,
to reinforce our numbers, so that, however depressing and
distracting the conditions around us may be, we may
persevere, with clear vision, steadfast hope, and united
effort to achieve the triumph of the Bahá'í Revelation
throughout the world.
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I am eagerly awaiting every news you may wish to send
me, for I thirst after the glad tidings of the progress of the
Cause in your mighty and promising land.
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Your fellow-worker,
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Shoghi
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