To my dearly-beloved brothers and sisters in ‘Abdu'l-Baha:
care of the American National Spiritual Assembly.
Dearest Friends:
The day is drawing near when, for the third time, we shall
commemorate the world over the passing of our well-beloved ‘Abdu’l-Baha. May we
not pause for a moment, and gather our thoughts? How has it fared with His
little band of followers, since that day? Whither are we marching? What has
been our achievement?
We have but to turn our eyes to the world without to realize
the fierceness and the magnitude of the forces of darkness that are struggling
with the dawning light of the Abha Revelation. Nations, though exhausted and
disillusioned, have seemingly begun to cherish anew the spirit of revenge, of
domination, and strife. Peoples, convulsed by economic upheavals, are slowly
drifting into two great opposite camps with all their menace of social chaos,
class hatreds, and world- wide ruin. Races, alienated more than ever before,
are filled with mistrust, humiliation and fear, and seem to prepare themselves
for a fresh and fateful encounter. Creeds and religions, caught in this
whirlpool of conflict and passion, appear to gaze with impotence and despair at
this spectacle of unceasing turmoil.
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