O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter of 9
September 1909 hath been received. Be thou neither grieved nor despondent over
what hath come to pass. This trouble overtook thee as thou didst walk the path
of God, wherefore it should bring thee joy. We addressed the friends in writing
ere this, and made a verbal statement as well, to the effect that the friends
in the West will unquestionably have their share of the calamities befalling
the friends in the East. It is inevitable that, walking the pathway of
Bahá’u’lláh, they too will become targets for persecution by the oppressors.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
