He has noted with profound appreciation, in particular, the account of the
farewell meeting held in Bombay under the auspices of your Assembly on the
occasion of the departure of our indefatigable and highly esteemed Baha'i
sister Miss Martha Root from India. No more eloquent tribute could have
been paid indeed to the historic work accomplished by that well-beloved
star-servant of the Cause during her stay of one full year in that country
than that beautiful and impressive gathering which had met to bid her a
last farewell upon her leaving your shores. The warmth and spontaneity of
your love must have profoundly impressed and moved her heart, and given
her an added proof of the unbounded gratitude which you all surely cherish
for her, after these many months of ceaseless teaching activity she has
spent in your midst.
The Guardian wishes to express his own gratitude to the members of the
N.S.A., and through them to the community of believers throughout India
and Burma for the hospitality and loving assistance you have all,
individually as well as collectively, continually extended to Miss Root
all through her stay in your country. The essential now, he feels, is for
each one of the friends, and particularly the local Assemblies, to arise
and with unflinching resolve to endeavour to follow up the splendid work
she has so ably, yet so unostentatiously, accomplished. They would be
certainly failing in their debt of gratitude to her, if they allow the
seeds she has faithfully and painstakingly scattered, during these months
of arduous and uninterrupted effort, to get lost. Rather, they should
spare no effort to water these seeds and enable them to germinate and
yield in due time most abundant and lasting results.