ing masses of Thy ardent lovers, who have sworn
undying allegiance to Thy memory, whose souls have been nourished by the
energies of Thy love, whose conduct has been moulded by the inspiring
example of Thy life, and whose imaginations are fired by the imperishable
evidences of Thy lively faith, Thy unshakable constancy, Thy invincible
heroism, Thy great renunciation.

Whatever betide us, however distressing the vicissitudes which the nascent
Faith of God may yet experience, we pledge ourselves, before the
mercy-seat of thy glorious Father, to hand on, unimpaired and undivided,
to generations yet unborn, the glory of that tradition of which thou hast
been its most brilliant exemplar.

In the innermost recesses of our hearts, O thou exalted Leaf of the Abha
Paradise, we have reared for thee a shining mansion that the hand of time
can never undermine, a shrine which shall frame eternally the matchless
beauty of thy countenance, an altar whereon the fire of thy consuming love
shall burn forever.

SHOGHI.

Haifa, Palestine.
July 17, 1932.

[Editorial Note: Messages on the following pages, added to the 1968
edition of Baha'i Administration, are also contained in Messages to
America, 1932-1946.]

FOOTNOTES

1 Descendants (feminine) of Baha'u'llah.

2 Bahiyyih, sister of 'Abdu'l-Baha.

3 Published in the booklet "Prayer of Baha'u'llah: Prayers and Tablets
of 'Abdu'l-Baha."

4 These translations, with others received later, were published as a
pamphlet by the N.S.A.

5 Published in the booklet "Prayer of Baha'u'llah: Prayers and Tablets
of 'Abdu'l-Baha."

6 The complete list of terms is to be found in Baha'i World, volume
VII.

7 See previous footnote on transliterations.

8 Published in "The Star of the West" during the year 1923.

9 Published in the Baha'i Magazine, Star of the West.

10 Baha'i Scriptures, New York, 1923; replaced by Baha'i World Faith,
1943.

11 Published in "The Star of the West."

12 Baha'u'llah and the New Era, by J. E. Esslemont, London, 1922;
Baha'i Publishing Committee, New York, 1927.

13 This enclosure consisted of a copy of an article by Queen Marie in
her newspaper syndicated series entitled "Queen's Counsel." Since
the queen's first public reference to the Cause in this series, two
additional references have appeared, one on September 26 and one on
Septe