ember 1923

The beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful in Hamburg,
Gera, Schwerin, Rostock and Waernemunde.

My dearly-beloved brethren and sisters in the love of God!

The letter of our beloved and highly-esteemed fellow-worker, Dr.
Grossmann, together with the enclosed Baha'i leaflets and reports, as well
as the most welcome and encouraging circular letters sent out by the
Hamburg and Gera Baha'i Assemblies, have all been received and read with
pride and gratitude. So unexpected were these messages that were conveyed
to us from those uttermost corners of Germany, and so beautiful their
spirit, that we all felt at once surprised, gladdened and inspired. How
wondrous, how all-conquering is the Spirit of our beloved Master which,
despite the terrible distress now reigning all over Germany, and
notwithstanding the confusion and the gross materialism in which mankind
is now sunk, is causing these vigorous, radiant and hopeful Baha'i centres
to be established, linked together and strengthened, in even the uttermost
regions of your great country.

I have shared all your news with the friends in the Holy Land, and will
forward them to all the Baha'i centres throughout the East, that the
friends of 'Abdu'l-Baha may realize more deeply than ever how His promise
is being fulfilled. The Haifa Spiritual Assembly will soon send you a
special message acknowledging the receipt of your circular letters and
will be glad to share your news with the friends throughout the East and
the West.

Germany is at present in the throes of unprecedented afflictions, and the
immediate future may seem still dark and disquieting, yet we, who follow
in the Master's footsteps will ever bear in mind His sure and emphatic
promise that your fatherland's present plight will erelong be turned into
a material prosperity and a spiritual regeneration more glorious than ever
before, and will offer to the eyes of the world a vast, rich, and ready
field for the propagation of the Baha'i principles.

Let us then take heart, and endeavour to deepen in spirit, to reinforce
our numbers, so that, however depressing and distracting the conditions
around us may be, we may persevere, with clear vision, steadfast hope, and
united effort to achieve the triumph of the Baha'i Revelation throughout
the world.

I am eagerly awaiting every news you may wish to send me, for I thirst
after the glad tidings of the progress of the Cause in your mighty and
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