Haifa, Palestine,
February 23, 1924.
Letter of September 24, 1924.
The beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful throughout the
Continent of America:
Dear friends:
I return to the Holy Land with an overpowering sense of the gravity of the
spiritual state of the Cause in the world. Much as I deplore the
disturbing effect of my forced and repeated withdrawals from the field of
service, I can unhesitatingly assure you that my last and momentous step
was taken with extreme reluctance and only after mature and anxious
reflection as to the best way to safeguard the interests of a precious
Cause.
My prolonged absence, my utter inaction should not, however, be solely
attributed to certain external manifestations of unharmony, of discontent
and disloyalty--however paralysing their effect has been upon the
continuance of my work--but also to my own unworthiness and to my
imperfections and frailties.
I venture to request you to join me in yet another prayer, this time more
ardent and universal than before, supplicating with one voice the gracious
Master to overlook our weaknesses and failings, to make us worthier and
braver children of His own.