plenitude of its splendor in the Abha Paradise, and be made
the footstool of His Throne on high, and acclaimed as the earthly heaven,
capable of fulfilling that ineffable destiny fixed for it, from time
immemorial, by the love and wisdom of its Creator.

Not ours, puny mortals that we are, to attempt, at so critical a stage in
the long and checkered history of mankind, to arrive at a precise and
satisfactory understanding of the steps which must successively lead a
bleeding humanity, wretchedly oblivious of its God, and careless of
Baha'u'llah, from its calvary to its ultimate resurrection. Not ours, the
living witnesses of the all-subduing potency of His Faith, to question,
for a moment, and however dark the misery that enshrouds the world, the
ability of Baha'u'llah to forge, with the hammer of His Will, and through
the fire of tribulation, upon the anvil of this travailing age, and in the
particular shape His mind has envisioned, these scattered and mutually
destructive fragments into which a perverse world has fallen, into one
single unit, solid and indivisible, able to execute His design for the
children of men.

Ours rather the duty, however confused the scene, however dismal the
present outlook, however circumscribed the resources we dispose of, to
labor serenely, confidently, and unremittingly to lend our share of
assistance, in whichever way circumstances may enable us, to the operation
of the forces which, as marshaled and directed by Baha'u'llah, are leading
humanity out of the valley of misery and shame to the loftiest summits of
power and glory.

Shoghi

To the beloved of God and the handmaids of the Merciful throughout the
West.
Haifa, Palestine
March 28, 1941

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