Mourn loss of immortal heroine, Marion Jack, greatly loved and deeply
admired by 'Abdu'l-Baha, a shining example to pioneers of present and
future generations of East and West, surpassed in constancy, dedication,
self-abnegation and fearlessness by none except the incomparable Martha
Root. Her unremitting, highly meritorious activities in the course of
almost half a century, both in North America and Southeast Europe,
attaining their climax in the darkest, most dangerous phase of the second
World War, shed imperishable luster on contemporary Baha'i history.
This triumphant soul is now gathered to the distinguished band of her
co-workers in the Abha Kingdom; Martha Root, Lua Getsinger, May Maxwell,
Hyde Dunn, Susan Moody, Keith Ransom-Kehler, Ella Bailey and Dorothy
Baker, whose remains, lying in such widely scattered areas of the globe as
Honolulu, Cairo, Buenos Aires, Sydney, Tihran, Isfahan, Tripoli and the
depths of the Mediterranean Sea attest the magnificence of the pioneer
services rendered by the North American Baha'i Community in the Apostolic
and Formative Ages of the Baha'i Dispensation.
Advise arrange in association with the Canadian National Assembly and the
European Teaching Committee a befitting memorial gathering in the
Ma_sh_riqu'l-A_dh_kar. Moved to share with the United States and Canadian
National Assemblies the expenses of the erection, as soon as circumstances
permit, of a worthy monument at her grave, destined to confer eternal
benediction on a country already honored by its close proximity to the
sacred city associated with the proclamation of the Faith of Baha'u'llah.
Share message with all national assemblies.
[March 29, 1954]