house shine forth resplendent
in their assurance of a future victory: "In truth, I declare, it shall be
so abased in the days to come as to cause tears to flow from every
discerning eye.... And in the fulness of time, shall the Lord by the power
of truth exalt it in the eyes of all the world, cause it to become the
mighty standard of His domination, the shrine round which shall circle the
concourse of the faithful." How startling in His prediction, how
reassuring His promise!

The thoroughness of your methods in handling this grave and highly
delicate situation, the promptness of your response, the spirit of
unabated confidence, of unrelaxing determination and admirable courage
which you have abundantly displayed have, I am certain, endeared you to us
all, justified our hopes in you, and ennobled the already lofty position
you deservedly occupy among the staunch supporters of God's immortal
Cause. Whatever the outcome of your memorable endeavors, the immediate
consequences of your strenuous efforts cannot but be a growing realization
on the part of those placed in authority that the Cause of Baha'u'llah,
despite the calumny and slander showered upon it in the past, has linked
the East with the West as no other human agency can possibly link and is
capable of demonstrating the reality of that celestial potency which no
man can today safely belittle or ignore.

Furthermore, the spontaneous and generous response of the American
believers in connection with the land situation on Mount Carmel has, in
conjunction with the donations of the friends in other parts of the world,
safeguarded such lands as lie in close proximity to the holy Shrines. This
highly meritorious effort, blest and sanctified by the bountiful grace of
Baha'u'llah, has in like manner served to reveal to every discerning eye
the friends' unquenchable enthusiasm and unrivalled devotion--the dominant
characteristic of a Faith that is still in its stage of tender growth, and
now standing on the threshold of undreamt-of achievements.

Judgment of Egyptian Religious Court

Among the disturbing factors that have intensified the difficulties of the
present situation is the extraordinary judgment recently passed by the
Supreme Religious Court of Egypt, declaring the Baha'is of that land
adherents of a Faith heretical in character, and at variance with the
accepted doctrines of Islam, and hence utterly outside the sphere of its
jurisdiction. What exactly t