. There in
that symbolic spot between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, in both of
which she had labored so mightily, she died, on September 28, 1939, and
brought to its close a life which may well be regarded as the fairest
fruit as yet yielded by the Formative Age of the Dispensation of
Baha'u'llah.

To the injunction of 'Abdu'l-Baha bequeathed in His Will to follow in the
footsteps of the disciples of Jesus Christ, "not to rest for a moment," to
"travel throughout all regions" and to raise, "without rest and steadfast
to the end," "in every land, the cry of 'Ya Baha'u'l-Abha,'" this immortal
heroine yielded an obedience of which the present as well as future
generations may well be proud, and which they may emulate.

"Unrestrained as the wind," putting her "whole trust" in God, as "the best
provision" for her journey, she fulfilled almost to the letter the wish so
poignantly expressed by 'Abdu'l-Baha in the Tablets, whose summons she had
instantly arisen to carry out: "O that I could travel, even though on foot
and in the utmost poverty, to these regions, and, raising the call of 'Ya
Baha'u'l-Abha in cities, villages, mountains, deserts and oceans, promote
the Divine teachings! This, alas, I cannot do. How intensely I deplore it!
Please God, ye may achieve it."

"I am deeply distressed to hear of the death of good Miss Martha Root," is
the royal tribute paid to her memory by Princess Olga of Yugoslavia, on
being informed of her death, "as I had no idea of it. We always enjoyed
her visits in the past. She was so kind and gentle, and a real worker for
peace. I am sure she will be sadly missed in her work."

"Thou art, in truth, a herald of the Kingdom and a harbinger of the
Covenant," is the testimony from the unerring pen of the Center of
Baha'u'llah's Covenant Himself, "Thou art truly self-sacrificing. Thou
showest kindness unto all nations. Thou art sowing a seed that shall, in
due time, give rise to thousands of harvests. Thou art planting a tree
that shall eternally put forth leaves and blossoms and yield fruits, and
whose shadow shall day by day grow in magnitude."

Of all the services rendered the Cause of Baha'u'llah by this star servant
of His Faith, the most superb and by far the most momentous has been the
almost instantaneous response evoked in Queen Marie of Rumania to the
Message which that ardent and audacious pioneer had carried to her during
one of the darkest moments of her life, an hour of bit