He Has Not Left Us Without a Leader
Bahíyyih Khánum, Bahíyyih Khánum, (1982), p. Part V, no. 26 · Read original
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We thank you most sincerely for your kind letters of sympathy, and we appreciate your loving Messages, which are as comforting balm to our wounded hearts.
It would be our wish to answer each letter individually, but the shock of our bereavement was so sudden, and the work to which we were compelled to attend, was so overwhelming, that time failed us. Now, we wish you to realize that your words of steadfast faith and love were our greatest solace throughout the days of our grief, for we felt that you would each and all faithfully and loyally strive to carry on the work for which the life of our Beloved Master was spent.
We are more than thankful to God that He has not left us without a leader, but that Shoghi Effendi is appointed to guide the administration of the Cause.
We hope that the friends of God, the beloved and the handmaidens of the Merciful, will pray for us, that we may be enabled to help Shoghi Effendi in every way in our power to accomplish the Mission entrusted to him.
Source: Letter of Bahíyyih Khánum, in Bahíyyih Khánum (Bahá'í World Centre, 1982), part V, no. 26. Text from Project Gutenberg eBook #19242.
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