A Source of Courage and Hope
On behalf of Shoghi Effendi, Bahíyyih Khánum, (1982), p. Part IV, no. 29 · Read original
When in Bahá'í history
He fully appreciates the deep sorrow that you, as well as the other friends, feel for the passing away of the Greatest Holy Leaf. All those who met her cannot feel but an emptiness in their hearts. She was always such a source of courage and hope to those pilgrims that came from all parts of the world and had the pleasure of meeting her, that they left her presence with added hope and greater determination to serve the Cause and sacrifice their all in its path. This was especially true of them after the passing away of the Master when they felt that she was the only worthy remnant of Bahá’u’lláh’s immediate kin.
May her passing stir the friends to greater measures of sacrifice and direct their attention towards the spiritual duties that have been laid upon their shoulders.
Source: Letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, in Bahíyyih Khánum (Bahá'í World Centre, 1982), part IV, no. 29. Text from Project Gutenberg eBook #19242.
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