To the members of the National Spiritual Assembly.
Beloved co-workers in the Cause of God!
In the midst of your unceasing labors for the progress of the Movement in
that country, I am sure you would welcome every now and then such news as
shall breathe a fresh spirit into your activities and stimulate you to
further effort for the promotion of His Cause.
Only the other day, in the course of my study of various Baha'i documents,
I came, as if by mere chance, across a very important message from our
beloved 'Abdu'l-Baha, bearing no date, and revealing no sign as to exactly
where, how and to whom it was given, written in the Master's own
handwriting upon a leaflet that seemed ordinary and ill-preserved in
appearance but which on close study proved of the profoundest interest to
all believers in the East as well as in the West. As to the authenticity
of these remarkable words, so clearly and forcibly written, there is no
doubt whatsoever, and the measure of assurance it shall inspire in the
loved ones of Persia and the spirit of hopeful encouragement it shall
breathe in the friends of the West, have urged me to communicate it to
you, that subject to your consideration and consent, it may be
published(3) amongst the friends and redouble their confidence in the very
remarkable share the West is destined to contribute to the immediate
spread of the Movement throughout the world.
Recently, I have rendered it myself into English and enclosed is a copy of
the full translation.