Hallowed Shrines, that they may become purified channels of His
Grace and instruments of His Divine Plan for this world. For my part, I
shall not fail to offer my humble share of help and assistance to every
one of them in their respective work and would welcome from each a special
report on their present activities and of their plans for the future.

Awaiting from you all the joyous news of the deepening as well as the
spreading of the Cause for which our beloved Master has given His time,
His life, His all, and remembering your labors of love and service every
time I lay my head upon the Sacred Thresholds,

I am, as ever, your brother in His Service,
SHOGHI.

Haifa, Palestine,
December 23rd, 1922.

P.S. I would be pleased and gratified if you could inform all the various
local spiritual assemblies of my wish and desire to receive as soon as
possible from every local assembly a detailed and official report on their
spiritual activities, the character and organization of their respective
assemblies, accounts of their public and private gatherings, of the actual
position of the Cause in their province, and of their plans and
arrangements for the future. Pray convey to all of them my best wishes and
the assurance of my hearty assistance in their noble work of service to
mankind.

SHOGHI.

Letter of January 12, 1923

To the members of the National Spiritual Assembly.

Beloved co-workers in the Cause of God!

In the midst of your unceasing labors for the progress of the Movement in
that country, I am sure you would welcome every now and then such news as
shall breathe a fresh spirit into your activities and stimulate you to
further effort for the promotion of His Cause.

Only the other day, in the course of my study of various Baha'i documents,
I came, as if by mere chance, across a very important message from our
beloved 'Abdu'l-Baha, bearing no date, and revealing no sign as to exactly
where, how and to whom it was given, written in the Master's own
handwriting upon a leaflet that seemed ordinary and ill-preserved in
appearance but which on close study proved of the profoundest interest to
all believers in the East as well as in the West. As to the authenticity
of these remarkable words, so clearly and forcibly written, there is no
doubt whatsoever, and the measure of assurance it shall inspire in the
loved ones of Persia and the spirit of hopeful encouragement it shall
breathe in the friends of the W