The Memory of Her Saintly Life
On behalf of Shoghi Effendi, Bahíyyih Khánum, (1982), p. Part IV, no. 32 · Read original
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...He was deeply touched by the strong attachment of the friends to one who, besides being the beloved daughter of Bahá’u’lláh, exemplified perhaps more than anyone the true spirit that animates His teachings. His sincere hope is that your love for our departed Greatest Holy Leaf will attain such depth and intensity as to enable you to follow on her footsteps and to carry out with increasing devotion and vigour all that she cherished so much during the entire course of her earthly life. The memory of her saintly life will undoubtedly sustain and feed your energies and will provide you with that spiritual potency of which we are all in such a great need.
Source: Letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, in Bahíyyih Khánum (Bahá'í World Centre, 1982), part IV, no. 32. Text from Project Gutenberg eBook #19242.
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Effendi, O. B. O. S.. (1982). *Bahíyyih Khánum*. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/19242/pg19242-images.html
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