rkened sky of my agonized
and stricken heart.

19: I wish to add a few words in person as a ...

(51) I wish to add a few words in person as a token of my deepfelt
appreciation of your loving message of sympathy in the great loss the
family of 'Abdu'l-Baha and myself have sustained. My prayer for each one
of you is that the Almighty may aid you to perpetuate her glorious memory,
to walk in her footsteps and to transmit to future generations the
tradition she has bequeathed to us all.

20: I am moved to add a few words with my ...

(52) I am moved to add a few words with my own pen, to what has been
written on my behalf, renewing my plea to you and through you, to each
member of your beloved community, to prosecute, with undiminished vigour
the enterprise which you have so splendidly inaugurated. The Greatest Holy
Leaf, from her retreat of Glory, is watching over you, is interceding for
every one of you, and is expecting you to play your part in the great
task, with which the prestige of her Father's glorious Cause is so closely
associated. You have, while she lived amongst us, contributed to a
remarkable degree to the brightening of her earthly life. By your
persistent, your heroic endeavours you will, I am sure, bring added joy to
her soul, and will vindicate afresh your undying loyalty to her memory.

21: The passing of the beloved Khanum has ...

(53) The passing of the beloved _Kh_anum has plunged me in unspeakable
sorrow. What a gap she has left behind her! It is terrible to contemplate.
Your message, which I greatly value, lessened considerably the burden of
my grief as I am fully conscious of the extent to which you have, in so
many different ways, contributed to her physical well-being, and to the
joy and satisfaction of her soul. We are all indebted to you for the many
evidences of your loving and unfailing solicitude for her welfare, and we
can only pray at her grave that her spirit may intercede for you before
the throne of her glorious Father, and aid you to accomplish still greater
things for a Cause, in the path of which she toiled and suffered all the
days of her precious life.

22: I greatly value the expression of your ...

(54) I greatly value the expression of your loving sympathy and am greatly
relieved by the sentiments your message conveyed. I will pray that you may
be assisted, individually and collectively, to follow her inspiring
example, to bring happines