Blest and beloved ones of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá! [throughout Germany]
To have been unable, owing to sad circumstances over which I have had no
control, to keep in close and constant touch with you, the beloved children of
‘Abdu’l-Bahá, since His passing from this world, is to me a cause of sad
surprise and deep and bitter regret. To say that ever since the Dawn of a New
Day has broken upon me I have in the least felt reluctant or disinclined to
enter into relationship with every one of you, or felt indifferent to a Cause
which is so close and dear to your hearts, would indeed betray every sentiment
of love and fellowship which animates every one of us in our servitude to His
Holy Threshold. It was rather my utter exhaustion, my profound feelings of
sorrow, the overwhelming sense of my own position and responsibilities and the extreme
pressure of work that have caused me to maintain such a long silence and seem
forgetful of those brave and valiant lovers of the Master in that land.
Of the thoughts that sustained and comforted me during my hours of restful
retirement was the realization, never dismissed from my mind, that in the
German friends the Master will surely find loyal and grateful children who will
repay the tender love and paternal care which He had for them with a devotion
and service, so profound and lasting that will prove worthy of the many
blessings that have been theirs in the past.
