mising land.

Your fellow-worker,
Shoghi

LETTER OF 27 NOVEMBER 1924

27 November 1924

To my dearly-beloved brothers and sisters in 'Abdu'l-Baha.

My most precious brothers and sisters in the love of God!

Your most welcome letter bearing the signatures of those who have attended
your Annual Baha'i Congress recently held in Stuttgart filled my heart
with a joy that I cannot express. As I read it over and over again I could
feel from every word, nay every syllable, of that soul-stirring message of
yours the promised quickening power of the Word of Baha'u'llah and the
love of 'Abdu'l-Baha which will, in time, I am certain, achieve the most
far-reaching transformation throughout Germany.

Your great and promising country, dear to you all, blest by 'Abdu'l-Baha's
sacred feet, and the object of the hope and affection of Baha'is in every
land, is in a most startling manner rising phoenix-like from the ashes of
humiliation and despair, determined now to raise aloft victoriously and
serene the Standard of Baha'u'llah and with His love set all the world
aflame.

From the reports of the marvellous progress of your work leading to the
establishment of an ever-increasing number of Baha'i Centres and
Assemblies in the North, South and Center of Germany I can well realize
how faithful and loyal you have been to the last wishes of our departed
Master, how the showers of His promised help have rained upon you, how
gloriously triumphant you must feel now that the hour of a re-awakened
Germany has struck. I should be so pleased to receive a general and
up-to-date report on the present activities, position, and strength of the
Cause in Germany together with a list of the various Baha'i centres
recently established.

Persevere in your task, redouble your efforts, spread on to the remotest
corners of your vast and mighty land, approach fearlessly both the high
and the low, infuse deeper and deeper the Baha'i Spirit into every heart,
and do not for a moment relax till all your land may from end to end throb
with the joy of the recognition of this Most Great Cause.

Behold what 'Abdu'l-Baha saith: "The triumphant hosts of the Celestial
Concourse, arrayed and marshalled in the Realms above, stand ready and
expectant to assist and assure victory to that valiant horseman who with
confidence spurs on his charger into the arena of service. Well is it with
that fearless warrior, who armed with the power of true knowledge hast