House of Worship
centering in the heart of the Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kar, and the energies
consciously displayed by those who administer its affairs in their service
to humanity can possibly provide the necessary agency capable of removing
the ills that have so long and so grievously afflicted humanity. For it is
assuredly upon the consciousness of the efficacy of the Revelation of
Baha'u'llah, reinforced on one hand by spiritual communion with His
Spirit, and on the other by the intelligent application and the faithful
execution of the principles and laws He revealed, that the salvation of a
world in travail must ultimately depend. And of all the institutions that
stand associated with His Holy Name, surely none save the institution of
the Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kar can most adequately provide the essentials of
Baha'i worship and service, both so vital to the regeneration of the
world. Therein lies the secret of the loftiness, of the potency, of the
unique position of the Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kar as one of the outstanding
institutions conceived by Baha'u'llah.

Dearly-beloved friends! May we not as the trustees of so priceless a
heritage, arise to fulfill our high destiny?

Your true brother,
SHOGHI.

Haifa, Palestine,
October 25, 1929.

Letter of July 17, 1932.

The beloved of God and the handmaids of the Merciful throughout the United
States and Canada.

Brethren and fellow-mourners in the Faith of Baha'u'llah:

A sorrow, reminiscent in its poignancy, of the devastating grief caused by
'Abdu'l-Baha's sudden removal from our midst, has stirred the Baha'i world
to its foundations. The Greatest Holy Leaf, the well-beloved and treasured
Remnant of Baha'u'llah entrusted to our frail and unworthy hands by our
departed Master, has passed to the Great Beyond, leaving a legacy that
time can never dim.

The community of the Most Great Name, in its entirety and to its very
core, feels the sting of this cruel loss. Inevitable though this
calamitous event appeared to us all, however acute our apprehensions of
its steady approach, the consciousness of its final consummation at this
terrible hour leaves us, we whose souls have been impregnated by the
energizing influence of her love, prostrated and disconsolate.

How can my lonely pen, so utterly inadequate to glorify so exalted a
station, so impotent to portray the experiences of so sublime a life, so
disqualified to recount the blessings she showered upon me since my
ear