To the beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful throughout America, Great Britain, Germany, France, Switzerland,Italy, Japan and Australasia.
Fellow-workers in the Vineyard of God!
Over a year has elapsed since that calamitous Hour, when the glorious Person of Abdu'l-Baha was veiled from mortal eyes and His Spirit ascended to the Kingdom of Glory; and I feel that the time is now ripe to take those fresh and momentous decisions which will enable us to fulfill, speedily and faithfully, the last wishes of our departed Master (34:2)

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