Whether in the ferocious and insidious campaign of repression and cruelty
which the rulers of Russia have launched against the upholders of the
Faith under their rule; whether in the unyielding animosity with which the
Shiites of Islam are trampling upon the sacred rights of the adherents of
the Cause in connection with Baha'u'llah's house in Ba_gh_dad; whether in
the impotent rage which has impelled the ecclesiastical leaders of the
Sunnite sect of Islam to expel our Egyptian brethren from their midst--in
all of these we can perceive the manifestations of the relentless hate
which peoples, religions, and governments entertain for so pure, so
innocent, so glorious a Faith.
Ours is the duty to ponder these things in our heart, to strive to widen
our vision, and to deepen our comprehension of this Cause, and to arise,
resolutely and unreservedly, to play our part, however small, in this
greatest drama of the world's spiritual history.
Your brother and co-worker,
Shoghi.
Haifa, Palestine,
March 21, 1930.