time and manner which would be most suitable for its execution. I would
strongly urge the friends to consult most earnestly with that devoted,
experienced and indefatigable handmaid of Baha'u'llah, Dr. Moody, whose
past services have ennobled the record of collaboration of East and West
for the furtherance of the Cause of Baha'u'llah. It would be highly
satisfactory and immensely helpful if our beloved sister could find it
possible and convenient to accompany such a carefully-chosen person on the
way to Tihran, and, by her unrivaled experience and loving-kindness,
assist personally in the fulfillment of this pressing need.

Whoever steps into this field will find, as he settles down to his work,
that the environment is extremely disheartening, that restrictions are
oppressive, that the amenities of social life are lacking, that the forces
of opposition are determined and organized. But let him realize also that,
however tedious and exacting his labors, however precarious and thankless
his task, the pioneer services it is his unique privilege to render in
this time of stress will forever live in the annals of God's living Faith,
and will prove a source of inspiration to the countless workers who, in
happier times and with better means at their disposal, will consummate the
spiritual regeneration and material rehabilitation of Baha'u'llah's native
land.

Your true brother,
SHOGHI.

Haifa, Palestine,
November 14, 1926.

Letter of February 12, 1927.

To the beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful throughout
the West.

Dearly-beloved brothers and sisters in 'Abdu'l-Baha:

The trend of various events, affecting directly and indirectly the
interests of the Baha'i Cause, have of late served to bring into further
prominence the character as well as the significance of a Faith destined
to regenerate the world.

Decision of Egyptian Tribunal

Of all the diverse issues which today are gradually tending to consolidate
and extend the bounds of the Revelation of Baha'u'llah, the decision of
Egypt's religious Tribunal regarding the Baha'is under its jurisdiction
appears at the present moment to be the most powerful in its challenge,
the most startling in its character, and the most perplexing in the
consequences it may entail. I have already alluded in my letter of January
10, 1926, addressed to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of
the United States and Canada, to a particular fea