The beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful in Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A. Care of the members of the Spiritual Assembly
Dear brethren arid sisters in 'Abdul-Baha:
In these days of world unrest, of political upheavals, of social disruption and spiritual ferment, the one Power that can bind effectively together the scattered and conflicting elements of human society and breathe into them the vivifying and eternal Spirit of Life is indeed the power of the Call of Ya Baha’u’l-Abha.
We, of this noble Faith, the chosen ones of God, who carry with us this wholesome Medicine for the ills and sicknesses of this world, must now bestir ourselves to further activity and relentless efforts in the great and urgent mission entrusted to us by Baha’u’llah, that we may minister freely and effectively to the needs of mankind.
Our primary duty is to create by our words and deeds, our conduct and example, the atmosphere in which the seeds of the words of Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha, cast so profusely during well-nigh eighty years, may germinate and give forth those fruits that alone can assure peace and prosperity to this distracted world.
Clear in our vision, broad in our, outlook, tireless in our energies and steadfast in our hopes, let us promote one and all this great work of Reconciliation of which the world stands in such great need at present.
May the Light of His Divine Guidance illumine our path and lead us to our glorious destiny.
Your brother
(Signed) Shoghi.
circa March 1923
(Shoghi Effendi, The Star of the West, Vol. 14, April, 1923)
