lived and
suffered is gradually spreading and embracing the whole of the people of
the world.

She is undoubtedly conscious of our activities, following our work and
impatiently awaiting the result of our battles. Let her passing,
therefore, be a source of added sacrifice and more energetic striving on
the part of her devoted friends and lovers.

26: These nine months during which the Guardian ...

(100) These nine months during which the Guardian has asked the friends to
discard feast days, are meant to be months of mourning for the passing
away of the Greatest Holy Leaf. The friends should also use it as a period
of redoubled energy in serving the Cause in expression of our deep love
for her as well as for the Cause she so much suffered for.

27: Surely no matter what we say about her still ...

(101) Surely no matter what we say about her still we have not done
justice to the abounding love she had and the services she rendered to
Baha'u'llah and the Master. Her life was full of events, full of
sacrifices in the path of God. Ever since her childhood she had to endure
hardships and share the exile and persecution that Baha'u'llah had to
suffer. In her face one could easily read the history of the Cause from
its earliest days to the present moment.

Notwithstanding all this she never grumbled nor lost her faith in the
future. She kept cheerful and tried to give cheer to others. She was a
real source of inspiration to every person that met her.

The only adequate way to show our love and devotion to her is to arise and
serve the Cause for which she so earnestly laboured during all her mortal
life. Her deeds and sacrifices should act as examples for us to follow.

28: Indeed it would have been for you such a joy ...

(102) Indeed it would have been for you such a joy to meet the Greatest
Holy Leaf during her earthly life, but the Guardian does not wish you to
feel depressed about it; this beloved soul will from the Heaven of her
Almighty Father guide you to serve the Cause which has been so dear to
her. Shoghi Effendi values your sincere sympathy in this irreparable loss;
he hopes that we all will follow the example of her saintly life.

29: He fully appreciates the deep sorrow that ...

(103) He fully appreciates the deep sorrow that you, as well as the other
friends, feel for the passing away of the Greatest Holy Leaf. All those
who met her cannot feel but an emptiness in the