ing the petition submitted to it by the Baha'is of
'Iraq--and none can deny that should its verdict be in our favor, a triumph
unparalleled in its magnitude will have been achieved for our beloved
Faith--the work already accomplished is in itself an abundant proof of the
sustaining confirmations that are being showered upon the upholders of the
case from the realm on high.

I cannot refrain from giving expression in this connection to my feelings
of profound appreciation of the ceaseless vigilance and marked distinction
with which our precious brother and fellow-worker, Mr. Mountfort Mills,
has undertaken and is still shouldering this sacred and historic mission
committed to his charge. His unremitting labors, despite ill-health and
domestic anxieties and cares, are worthy of the highest praise and will be
gratefully recorded in the annals of an immortal Cause.

Surely, if we read the history of this case aright, we cannot but discern
the direction which the forces, released by these prophetic utterances of
Baha'u'llah sixty years ago, are destined to take in the eventual solution
of this mighty issue:--

"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 fullness 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 Dominion, the Shrine
round which shall circle the concourse of the faithful."

Your true brother,
SHOGHI.

Haifa, Palestine,
January 1, 1929.

Letter of February 12, 1929.

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

Fellow-laborers in the Divine Vineyard:

I feel impelled by the force of various circumstances to share with you
the news of recent happenings in those countries of the Near and Middle
East which, by the ruling of Providence, are in these days undergoing a
transformation which is as startling in its features as it is significant
in its bearings upon the interests of our beloved Faith.

I have already in my previous communication briefly referred to the nature
and effects of that momentous Revolution which has, with surprising
swiftness, substituted a westernized and rejuvenated Turkey for the
primitive and decrepit Ottoman Empire. I have also attempted to describe
the first stages of that recent and moving episode which has served in a
manner that is truly providential to thrust th