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Bahá'í Administration
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Pages 113-114
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Letter of October 29, 1926.
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To the beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful throughout the West.
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Dear fellow-workers in the Divine Vineyard:
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It will gladden and rejoice every one of you to learn that from
various quarters there has of late reached the Holy Land tidings of
fresh developments that are a clear indication of those hidden and
transforming influences which, from the source of Bahá'u'lláh's
mystic strength, continue to flow with ever-increasing vitality into
the heart of this troubled world.
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Both in the wider field of its spiritual conquests, where its indomitable
spirit is forging ahead, capturing the heights, pervading
the multitude; as well as in the gradual consolidation of the administrative
structure which its avowed followers the world over are
laboring to raise and fortify, the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh, we can increasingly
discern, bids fair to become that force which, though not
as yet universally recognized, none can afford to belittle or ignore.
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In the bold and repeated testimonies which Her Majesty, Queen
Marie of Roumania, has chosen to give to the world,--a copy of
whose latest pronouncement I enclose,
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--we truly recognize evidences
of the irresistible power, the increasing vitality, the strange
working of a Faith destined to regenerate the world. Her Majesty's
striking tribute paid to the illuminative power of the Teachings of
Bahá'u'lláh and `Abdu'l-Bahá is bound to effect an entire transformation
in the attitude of many to a Faith the tenets of which have
often been misunderstood and sorely neglected. It will serve as a
fresh stimulus to the enlightened and cultured to investigate with an
open mind the verities of its message, the source of its life-giving
principles.
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From Baghdád, moreover, where the sacred habitation of Bahá'u'lláh
has been violated by a relentless enemy and converted into a
rallying center for the corrupt, the perverse, and the fanatical, there
comes the news, highly reassuring to us all, of the satisfactory progress
of the negotiations which, we are informed on high authority,
will soon lead to the expropriation of the property by the State,
culminating in the fullness of time in its occupation by the triumphant
followers of God's holy Faith. The case of the houses,
so ably presented, so persistently pursued, above all reinforced by
the vigilant and protecting power of our departed Master, will
eventually triumph, and by its repercussions in Persia as in the world
at large, will lend a powerful impetus to the liberation of those forces
which will carry the Cause to its ultimate destiny. I will, when the
occasion presents itself, inform the believers through their respective
National Spiritual Assemblies to address messages of appreciation
and gratitude to the authorities concerned in view of their unrelaxing
efforts for the triumph of right and justice.
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For the present, we cannot but rejoice and feel profoundly thankful
as we witness in so many directions the welcome signs of the
gradual emancipation of the struggling Faith of Bahá'u'lláh, of the
increasing recognition on the part of both the high and lowly of its
universal principles--all so rich in their promise of ultimate victory.
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Your true brother,
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SHOGHI.
Haifa, Palestine,
October 29, 1926.
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Notes
1. [This enclosure consisted of a copy of an article by Queen Marie in her newspaper syndicated series entitled "Queen's Counsel." Since the queen's first public reference to the Cause in this series, two additional references have appeared, one on September 26 and one on September 27, 1926.]
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