eaf was received and read with
great interest. The Guardian's sorrow was much relieved and the burden of
his agonizing pain immensely alleviated. He sincerely hopes that out of
the pangs of this crushing calamity the Faith will strengthen its
foundations and extend the sphere of its ever-widening influence.

Our loss is, indeed, immense and even irreparable. But our joy should also
be great, for the Greatest Holy Leaf has at least been released from the
bondage of this world after more than eighty years of continued suffering.
It would take me too long to relate in their fullness those incidents
which eloquently proclaim her as one of the greatest sufferers the world
has yet seen. And yet, with what a fortitude she bore all these
tribulations for she was confident in the grace of God.

Though now gone for ever from our midst we should be hopeful that from her
Celestial Realm she will send us her blessings and will extend to us her
help. Her memory will continue to cheer and strengthen our souls, deepen
our spiritual insight and bring us to a strong determination to serve till
the very last breath of our life a Cause for which our departed _Kh_anum
gave up her entire existence and for the future of which she cherished the
brightest hopes.

8: ...The news of the Memorial Service you ...

(82) ...The news of the Memorial Service you had held for the Greatest
Holy Leaf gave him the assurance that the friends are faithfully sharing
his grief and are demonstrating in a befitting manner their profound
devotion to one whose very life was an example of faithfulness and
sincerity, of self-abnegation and love.

The ascension of the Greatest Holy Leaf is, indeed, both a calamity and a
blessing. It is an overwhelming calamity since it has deprived us of the
presence in our very midst of the last Remnant of that Heroic age of the
Cause that gave birth to so many noble and faithful souls. The mere
presence of our beloved _Kh_anum among us was a source of inspiration and
blessing. And now that she has gone we cannot too deeply deplore the
immensity of our loss.

But thanks to God for having released her, after so many long years of
agonizing pain, of the bondage of this world and given her the priceless
privilege of being in direct communion with God.

May her everlasting spirit continue to guide our efforts and enable us to
serve a Cause, for which she suffered so much, with all our might, our
enthusiasm and hope.