aracteristics, of that genuine and profound love that was born of God,
and that we had learned to admire in the Master...

In this great loss that the followers of the Faith both in East and West
have come to suffer our Guardian's share is the greatest and perhaps the
most cruel. His sole comfort, in this great calamity, is to see the
friends unitedly working for the spread of a Cause for which our departed
_Kh_anum had given up all her life, and for the triumph of which she
cherished the highest hopes. The expressions of zealous enthusiasm and
hope, of genuine self-abnegation and love that the American believers and
especially our precious sister Mrs Agnes Parsons demonstrated in their
last Convention meeting have greatly brightened the closing days of her
life.(75) Shoghi Effendi trusts that her memory will increasingly serve to
cheer and hearten the friends in their ever-widening activities.

2: The passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf, so ...

(76) The passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf, so cruel in the feelings of
unalterable grief that it has evoked, is, indeed, a tremendous loss to us
all and particularly to our Guardian. Her presence among us was such a
source of inspiration and joy that we cannot too deeply grieve the
immensity of our loss. She was a real mother to every one of us, a
comforter in our pains and anxieties, and a friend in our moments of utter
loneliness and despair. But alas! We failed to appreciate adequately what
her presence among us meant and it is only now, when she has gone for
ever, that we come to realize the irreparable character of our loss.

And yet, however deep our consciousness of her unexpected removal from our
midst may be, we cannot but feel certain that from her heavenly retreat
she is continually showering her blessings upon everyone of us and is
interceding on our behalf so that we may recover our energies and
unanimously arise and dedicate our lives to the service of her Father's
glorious Cause.

Her memory will, assuredly, continue to inspire us for many, many long
years and will prove, when the hour of adversity is at its darkest, to be
our best sustainer.

May her glorious spirit inspire us with faith and hope, steel our energies
and enable us to make every sacrifice in the path lighted by her saintly
and eventful life.

3: The ascension of the Greatest Holy Leaf is, ...

(77) The ascension of the Greatest Holy Leaf is, indeed, an irreparable
loss to us