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I have been acquainted by the perusal of your latest communications
with the nature of the doubts that have been publicly expressed,
by one who is wholly misinformed as to the true precepts of the
Cause, regarding the validity of institutions that stand inextricably
interwoven with the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh. Not that I for a moment
view such faint misgivings in the light of an open challenge to the
structure that embodies the Faith, nor is it because I question in the
least the unyielding tenacity of the faith of the American believers,
if I venture to dwell upon what seems to me appropriate observations
at the present stage of the evolution of our beloved Cause. I
am indeed inclined to welcome these expressed apprehensions inasmuch
as they afford me an opportunity to familiarize the elected
representatives of the believers with the origin and the character of
the institutions which stand at the very basis of the World Order
ushered in by Bahá'u'lláh. We should feel truly thankful for such
futile attempts to undermine our beloved Faith--attempts that protrude
their ugly face from time to time, seem for a while able to
create a breach in the ranks of the faithful, recede finally into the
obscurity of oblivion, and are thought of no more. Such incidents
we should regard as the interpositions of Providence, designed to
fortify our faith, to clarify our vision, and to deepen our understanding
of the essentials of His Divine Revelation.
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